Enrichment Fair

This year Jenna has been a part of an enrichment program at school. She has gotten to do some fun projects with some of her friends. This week the projects were displayed for all to see. One of the projects that Jenna's group worked on was an amusement park made out of marshmellows.

All the students were proud of their work!

Sharp's Farm

I had the opportunity on going to Sharp's Farm with Natalie's class. It was a perfect weather day. I think everyone had a great time.


The student's were able to pick a plant to bring home. Natalie chose a tomato plant. Hmmm....I wonder if I'll kill it???

Orthodontist

Once Jenna began losing her baby teeth and her permanent teeth started coming in, it was clear that she had my mouth. (Sorry, honey). It also became clear that we were headed for the orthodontist.
Last Summer we went for, what I thought was, a consultation with the orthodontist. I thought we'd hear about what they wanted to do down the road. Much to my surprise, they were ready to start treatment right away.

So we did. After lots of x-rays and scans they gave laid out a plan of action. We were told of three different appliances that Jenna would use over the next two years.

The first was a pallette expander with a cage to hold her tongue back. She wore this for a few weeks before some problems began and it fell out. Thankfully, it did what it needed to do. I no longer had to turn the key to help expand her mouth. She did still need to have the cage to hold her tongue back. She wore that for about 6 months. She did awesome! Her friends were always supportive and interested. Jenna just has a great outlook on life and is laid back about the entire process.


Next came a temporary retainer that she wore at night. No big deal.

Now we're on to our next appliance....the bionator. This is a retainer with a cage. It's going to help her tongue thrust, but more importantly, it'll shift her bottom jaw out and her top jaw back. She has a significant overbite that needs to be fixed.

I was worried about this one. It takes up her whole mouth. It affects her speech. She has to wear it all the time for an entire year. I just wish her teeth weren't like mine. But, once again, Jenna has amazed me. She was excited to get it. She picked the color. She's been extremely responsible about wearing it. She's easy to understand. And her friends have been great. She was able to wear it gradually....a couple of hours a day the first week, a few more the next etc. Now she wears it all the time. She knows that in a year she'll look completely different.

Way to go Jenna!!

Mother's Day at Preschool

Catherine's preschool had a special party for the Mom's. We were greeted by our children and handed a rose and then led to our seats. They made us gifts and cards.

It was a sweet time.

These are the gifts. (I don't know why the picture rotated.) It's a cross cookie cutter, spatula, oven mit and a picture. The question on the picture reads, "Why did God make mothers?" Catherine's response was, "for me to love."

Easter

As we prepared for Easter the girls and I decorated eggs, made these fun bird's nests and resurrection rolls. It was a special time of discussing the true reason for Easter. I love that they get it. They know that it's not about candy, but about Jesus.

Still, the girls were able to be a part of two different Easter egg hunts. One with our neighbors and one with their cousins. What a happy day!




Poppy took two of the girls for a ride in his new convertible.



We celebrated Catherine's 4th birthday on Easter. We made sure her hair didn't catch on fire this time.

Time To Catch Up

It's been months since I have touched this blog or even uploaded pictures from my

camera. So, now it's time to start this "blog" thing again. I stopped

scrapbooking awhile ago, so this blog is the only way to capture our life. So I'll

be "backing up" to the winter and going from there.

Once I'm caught up I'll need to go back and finish 2010. Oh my!

Spring Break

We traveled to NYC for Spring Break. We had a great time visiting with cousins and aunts.




The girls think riding the subway is the coolest thing.
We told the girls back in December, when we were up here, that we'd come back and get their American Girl Dolls ears pierced. The girls were soooo excited about this. It was well worth the money to see the joy on their faces.


Our little one fell asleep on the subway....so sweet.