Created at Spirit Park
during Stephanie's TBall Game
on July 30, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Summer Camp
On Sunday, July 17th, I drove the two older kids to TimberLake Camp by Marquette, Nebraska. We found their groups and I helped Meredith carry her stuff to her cabin in "Railroad Town." (A little wooden cabin with no a/c in the middle of a heat wave.)
Stephanie, Philip, and I picked her up on Tuesday, the 19th. She would have gladly stayed until Friday but she has to wait another year for that.
Her favorite thing to do at camp was: Everything.
Horseback riding, swimming, church, the campfire, singing, hanging out at the cabin, the lunch and the songs they sang at lunchtime.
The main thing she talked about afterward was the mudslide in the obstacle course.
She did get to ride a horse though so she was happy. Her group only got to ride them in the corral but that worked for her!
Stephanie, Philip, and I picked her up on Tuesday, the 19th. She would have gladly stayed until Friday but she has to wait another year for that.
Her favorite thing to do at camp was: Everything.
Horseback riding, swimming, church, the campfire, singing, hanging out at the cabin, the lunch and the songs they sang at lunchtime.
The main thing she talked about afterward was the mudslide in the obstacle course.
She did get to ride a horse though so she was happy. Her group only got to ride them in the corral but that worked for her!
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Softball Game
Meredith's game was at 5:30 today. We're supposed to be there 15 minutes before every game. Today was the first day we actually made it on time!
This was a good game today. The girls played very well. The other team played exceptionally well. I'm thinking their coach was NOT a first-time coach. These girls were backing each other up. Our girls don't know what that means yet. One of their girls was about Hayden's size and she was really good. Still, our girls played very well. We had a lot of really good hits and the girls are figuring out that it's a race to first base. Sometimes, they slow down before they get there but they did much better today.
That being said ~ I really, really want to get Meredith on a team with an experienced coach. I want her to have a chance to learn some of this stuff that she should be learning. If I had the time, I would take her out to the park and teach her myself. I don't have that time right now. I am, however, toying with the idea of coaching or assistant coaching myself next year. We'll see about that.
The team we played today was the Blue Jays. (I'm putting that here in case I want to try and get her on this team next year!)
This was a good game today. The girls played very well. The other team played exceptionally well. I'm thinking their coach was NOT a first-time coach. These girls were backing each other up. Our girls don't know what that means yet. One of their girls was about Hayden's size and she was really good. Still, our girls played very well. We had a lot of really good hits and the girls are figuring out that it's a race to first base. Sometimes, they slow down before they get there but they did much better today.
That being said ~ I really, really want to get Meredith on a team with an experienced coach. I want her to have a chance to learn some of this stuff that she should be learning. If I had the time, I would take her out to the park and teach her myself. I don't have that time right now. I am, however, toying with the idea of coaching or assistant coaching myself next year. We'll see about that.
The team we played today was the Blue Jays. (I'm putting that here in case I want to try and get her on this team next year!)
Saturday, July 02, 2011
She Did It Again!
I can't believe it! I don't understand it! Why would she lie to me about reading a book? Again?
OK. This morning Hayden gave me a book that he finished last night. Tonight I walk into Meredith's room and she hands me the same book and tells me she finished it. Ummmm....When? I know for a fact she hasn't read all day long. So I asked her what it was about. She says, "Umm, that monster?"
Yeah. Right.
That also reminded me that I meant to ask her about the Baby-sitters Club book. It was over 200 pages and I told John to remind me to ask her what it was about because I was suspicious about that one too. Normally, she doesn't read books that long.
Yep. Didn't read that book either.
All those Goosebumps books she checked out because Hayden told her they were too scary for her (I told her that too) but she wanted to disprove him. She'd hand me one of those in the morning and tell me she read it.
Didn't read any of those either.
Mommy got really mad! I hate being lied to. At least when they're lying to me because they don't want to get in trouble, I can understand that. That makes me mad too but I understand that.
Why would you lie about reading a book you didn't read? What purpose does that serve? I've already told her I don't care if she doesn't like a book, it's okay to not read it and just take it back to the library. I've got one of those books right now. I think I would like it but I just don't feel like reading it.
So I got to spend 10 minutes trying to get the truth out of her. The longer it took, the madder I got. I finally got the truth and then had to just walk away for awhile. When I went back, I advised her that from now on, she would have to give me a report on every book she tells me she read. I advised her that she is not ever to allowed to lie to me again. Not ever in her entire life. And if she lies to me again, something bad will happen.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go delete a bunch of books off her Goodreads account.
OK. This morning Hayden gave me a book that he finished last night. Tonight I walk into Meredith's room and she hands me the same book and tells me she finished it. Ummmm....When? I know for a fact she hasn't read all day long. So I asked her what it was about. She says, "Umm, that monster?"
Yeah. Right.
That also reminded me that I meant to ask her about the Baby-sitters Club book. It was over 200 pages and I told John to remind me to ask her what it was about because I was suspicious about that one too. Normally, she doesn't read books that long.
Yep. Didn't read that book either.
All those Goosebumps books she checked out because Hayden told her they were too scary for her (I told her that too) but she wanted to disprove him. She'd hand me one of those in the morning and tell me she read it.
Didn't read any of those either.
Mommy got really mad! I hate being lied to. At least when they're lying to me because they don't want to get in trouble, I can understand that. That makes me mad too but I understand that.
Why would you lie about reading a book you didn't read? What purpose does that serve? I've already told her I don't care if she doesn't like a book, it's okay to not read it and just take it back to the library. I've got one of those books right now. I think I would like it but I just don't feel like reading it.
So I got to spend 10 minutes trying to get the truth out of her. The longer it took, the madder I got. I finally got the truth and then had to just walk away for awhile. When I went back, I advised her that from now on, she would have to give me a report on every book she tells me she read. I advised her that she is not ever to allowed to lie to me again. Not ever in her entire life. And if she lies to me again, something bad will happen.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go delete a bunch of books off her Goodreads account.
Friday, July 01, 2011
Tent
Meredith built a tent out of a blanket and chairs in the hallway.
Her little brother and sister were annoying her. . .
"If you guys break my tent, I will DESTROY you!"
Her little brother and sister were annoying her. . .
"If you guys break my tent, I will DESTROY you!"
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