Where does the time go?

I took the girls to eat lunch today (the last day of school) with Jack. They wanted to go through the lunch line to prepare for next year! I just can't believe Jack's going to be in 3rd grade and the girls will be in Kindergarten. I did find out while I was there that "subject to change" the girls are going to be together in Mrs. Faulkenberg's class. They are going to LOVE it!! Can't wait to see who Jack has!!!

Poor Jack

Jack has gotten so into baseball this year! He wants to play it all the time and can't wait for All Stars. While hanging out at the field with the Tretter's and Coleman's playing around, he caught a bad bounce to the right eye! Ouch!! The thing is...they called to let me know he got hurt but then he went to Nick Coleman's and jumped on the trampoline and played basketball. How bad could it be, right??? I was a little shocked when he got home!!


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4/27/11 - Abby is so funny!

While at school last week, Ms. Virden was talking to the kids about their full names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. She asked Ally what her address was and she said "Tippecanoe". She then got to Abby and asked her. Abby said "I don't know...I live with Ally!" That girl is a character!!!

4/23/11 - Ally finally decides to run away!

It's a rainy Saturday morning and everyone is stuck inside. As I was getting out of the shower, I heard noises in Abby and Ally's room. When I went in there, Ally had her rolling Barbie case and was filling it with clothes. I asked her what she was doing. She said Jack and Abby were being mean to her and she was leaving. She had packed every dress she owned so I told her to wait until I got ready and then I'd help her pack. I explained to her that she'd be sleeping on the streets so she couldn't take dresses and would need warm, old clothes. I told her to make sure her blanket stayed off the ground, etc. After we packed her clothes, she got a ziploc bag of leftover waffles out of the fridge and was ready to head out. Jeff asked her to stay and I told her we'd miss her. As I headed to the door to open it for her, out of nowhere, Jack starts going hysterical...crying and begging me not to let her leave. He was so upset! She goes on out and turns around and waves. She gets to Mike's house next door and Jack's screaming and chasing her and begging her not to go. After much negotiation, he talked her into living on the driveway and just coming inside to color Easter Eggs and make the Bunny Cake. She came back in and it started storming. She decided she would live in the garage but that soon went out the window. It definitely didn't go ask expected. I never thought Jack would even care! He was so sweet to her that day!!! BTW, later I emptied her Barbie case. She had a stuffed cat, pencil, paper, bubble gum, diapers and a poster of Troy and Gabriella from her room!!!

4/21/11 – Jack “The Slugger” Patterson

Jack’s always talking about hitting a home run. He asked if he could get $20 every time he hit one. I (Mom) told him I’d give him $20 for a Grand Slam but not every home run!! So, here we are at Game #2, bottom of the 6th inning, 2 outs and bases are loaded and Jack’s up to bat. We are losing by 5 runs. Jack’s hitting has been so much better this year. He’s very solid. He gets up to bat, let’s the first one pass and then POW…he hits an awesome in-the-air ball that goes right inside the fence. Everyone takes off running and Jack is flying! By this time, we are all screaming. He’s heading towards 3rd base where Sam Duggan is coaching and Jack doesn’t even look up. Drew Duggan is in front of him and Jack’s on his tail. He gets to home plate just as
the ball does and he’s SAFE! GRAND SLAM!!!!! He’s so excited. We are so excited! They are all in the dugout cheering. I run to the dugout and tell him we owe him money! His response – “Were the bases loaded?” :-) He didn’t even know it! He said Dad promised him $50 for a Grand Slam!!! We ended up losing by 1 point but what an exciting ending. He’s been on Cloud 9 ever since. We got in the car and he called everyone…Grandma and Papaw in Florida, Grammie, Greg and Billie and finally Devyn. It was great!!!

Finally!

I’ve been asking the girls if they want to get their ears pierced for the last 6 months. They first said they’d do it when they turned 5 and then when that came and went, they decided to wait until they turned 7! J Well, on Saturday, April 2, Abby and I went to Kohl’s to look for them some cheap summer clothes. While checking out, Abby announced she wanted to get her ears pierced. I just said “ok, whatever”. She said “no, right now”. I told her I’d take her to the mall but if we went, she was getting them pierced…no changing her mind! She said that was fine. So, she and I snuck (we didn’t tell anyone) to the mall. We went to Claire’s and she picked out little rainbow colored flowers. She hopped right up there and sat through all the cleaning and marking of the ears, etc. She never did anything but smile. Two workers came back and on the count of 3, she was done! She never even flinched!! She was soooooo excited!! We went straight home and showed Daddy and Ally (who was asleep on Daddy’s lap!). Ally was excited for her. We also went right to Grandma’s to show her!! While at Grandma’s, Ally said she wanted to do it. It was like 7:30pm by this time. I knew we had a busy day the next day and thought she might chicken out if we waited. So, we ran back home, picked up her blankie and headed back to the mall. She was good, sat up there, and picked out some light blue flower earrings. As the girl was (slowly) getting everything ready, I could tell she might cry and was getting nervous. She was holding her blankie tight. Once the girls finally got the guns ready, she was smiling nervously. 1-2-3 and pop….she started to laugh a little and then started crying hard! J I picked her up and we all cheered that she had her ears pierced and showed her in the mirror. She finished crying before we even paid. So, after that, we went back to Grandma’s and then finally home at around 8:45pm. I was exhausted but the girls looked so cute!! They have to wait 6 weeks to change them. Just in time for Totten Hall’s Graduation!!!!










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Boys will be boys!

On a Thursday night while dropping off food at Christy Rolley’s house, Jack got to play with Sam and his friends outside. All the boys had Airsoft guns and were playing war. Of course, as soon as we got home, Jack wanted to go to Walmart to buy one! So, Jeff took him and let him buy one with his own money. Once home, Jeff gave Jack 3 rules…no shooting people, no shooting animals, and always wear your safety glasses. Friday went by without a hitch. Then came Saturday! The boys were out at 8:00am as usual. Jeff was on the computer, and I had just taken a shower. While I was getting ready, I heard Jack’s cackle…that cackle that means they are up to something! I looked out the bathroom window and could only see Jack P. He was standing at the easement with his glasses on and his arms inside his shirt and laughing away. I told Jeff to go check on them because I had a feeling that they were shooting each other! Jeff snuck outside and watched for about 5 minutes. Jack B. was about 20 feet away just shooting Jack P. like crazy!! Needless to say, Jeff jumped all over both of them and sent Jack B. home and Jack P. inside. Jack P. was so upset because it was only 10am and he had to stay inside until his practice at noon!! And, he was grounded from his gun for a week. What can we say…it only took him a day and a half to break the rules!!!!!!!!!


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