Pop Warner finally back in the Memorial Day Parade

Pop Warner finally returned to the Memorial Day Parade this past Saturday, after about 15 years of not being in it and what do our girls do they take second place of the 30 youth groups participating. Way to go girls oh yea the boys that particpated also wearing their championship jerseys.

I was taking pictures of the girls doing the routine that they learned in 15 mins for the judges of the parade and someone behind me said they never know when sign ups are they would love to get thier kids into Pop Warner. Really we only have month long sign ups every May, huge sign in front of the War Memorial with the dates and times. Full Front page of two newspapers at the end of every April announcing its that time for sign ups. I get at least 10 flyers from school announceing sign ups per kid. Of course the great Pop Warner mom I am whip out my phone and give them the number of the president if they cant make sign ups tonight, he'll take care of them.

Makayla is on injured list due to spraining her ankle in Lacrosse last week so they asked her to wear Pop Warner tee-shirt and help with banner since she might hurt herself being a base or backspot.

Ms. Makayla and her military escourt turning off the end of parade route
Ms. Makayla in parade

My baby girl in her brothers football tee-shirt hers are white and getting too small

The banner the mom that made it did a great job, it was actually two dimensional I loved it

Girls during cheer

Scary moment she went down no mats just road luckly bases and spots know their jobs and do them well

float both sides carried our championship trophies from the past couple of years

Girls in parade

2009 CNY Championship banner 2010 must have been on other side of the truck

Next year we will have State championship for both football and cheer its our year for both, as long as they schedule compitions, and state games right our boys can't do it without their cheerleaders ask any of the boys or girls and they will tell you. Everytime the team doesn't have thier cheerleaders they loose their game, even if the older girls are their, they don't have the same connection as when all 50 of them are on the same field.

My goofball child and advanced math

These glasses a friend gave Kenny for his birthay and he loves them he is such a dork he was posing for pictures the other day with them on. I told him they will look really dorky when he shaves his head for football and dyes it red and green. Which is what some of the players decided they were doing this season. I hope its not going to happen I don't want a child with red and green hair.

I finally received his 5 week report yesturday in my email. He always tells me hes almost as smart as the smart kids, I always tell him honey with straight A's you are a smart kid. Yea mom I know but I don't like being called a smart jock. I think its better than being called a dumb jock, look you can get plowed over, knocked on your butt and hit with a helmet and shoulder pads and it doesn't knock the smartness out of you.

He has been scared of taking advanced Math next year ever since his teacher showed the students the list of kids that were possibly going to have to take it, and his name was on that list. You have to have an average of an A every quarter in 6th grade in Math and English to be placed in the Advanced math. His average is right now a A- in English this quarter and he said hes not going to bring it up to an A so he doesn't have to take it. When I asked why he told me because I don't want to take the regents in 8th grade. Mom thats scary to think about. My thinking is do it and get it over with its one less regents you have to take in highschool. Little does he know that he has to take the English regents in 8th grade anyways. I will keep that a secret until hes in 8th.

The Rescue truck that isn't just that and dirty girls

We send alot of time at the fire department since my brother has been a firefighter since the year Maranda was born. Christmas parties, rehersal dinners, halloween parties, family reunions, birthday parties, you name it we've been there for it. The kids favorite thing todo is play in the fire trucks especially the resuce truck, it has been everything imaginable the favorite has been a space shuttle, after the Christmas party last year the kids played for hours inside of it there were about 8 kids doing this so long that we had to order pizza and wings for dinner about 8pm. That night one of the other firemen took all the kids for a ride in their newest, largest firetruck they loved it. Sirens, lights and all. All these kids are between 9-13 and love that they still have the imagination they have when playing in the rescue truck, the training dummy is also carried by them all and used when they are playing.

My pretty kitty yesturday for a little while anyways

Why we were at the fire department yesturday, they had a mud fest just Makayla and I went because the other kids had their own things todo with friends it was fun as always

This was after it was done the girls all decided it was thier turn to play, for hours in the mud obsticle for hours

My once clean niece

Never knew girls could get so dirty this was when we made them get out about 3 hours after they first got in needless to say they spent about an hour and a half in the firehouse showers trying to get caked in mud out of their hair, and is still not all out after a bottle of shampoo then they were using hand soap in thier hair

All I can say is they had fun, another day two cousins that are best friends shared and loved, after the showers they reinflated the bouncy house and slide and had fun until the wee hours of the morning

Just another thing I haven't had time for

My blog is just another thing in my life that I have ignored but another thing that I feel I might have todo in part of decluttering my life. One thing that my children and myself have learned in the past few weeks if there is something we want todo or something we need todo the time is NOW!! With the news of Kenny's friend fighting for his life yet again this is the 5th or 6th cancerious brain tumor he has had, how much more can this body of a 13yr old take my son prays for him daily and has for the two years since his first tumor. That along with the death of a beloved man whom not was only a great person in the lives of my children at school he was also a family friend and neighbor. The kids at school have decided on 3 great memorials for someone whom is already truely missed at school and in thier hearts. RIP Mr. R. you will never be forgotten.

I finally found my camara to upload the pictures of the mini birdbath Makayla made my mom for Mothers day, I should go take pictures of my Mothers day present while its not raining out this morning.

First you know I have to put a picture of one of the kids up this was Easter morning when Maranda got home from Myrtle Beach Miss Makayla was so excited to get woke up by sissy she had to grab the camara and take a picture of her getting her gifts out.

this is a picture of what Maranda texted her sister and brothers while she was away

Texted I recived from her, I love that my 16yr old still misses me while she is on vacation

Of course these pictures are in the wrong order I can never get them right on here

The completed birdbath

top view of birdbath

baby girl working on birdbath

still working on birdbath

supplies she used

just another shot of supplies she used

This was much loved by grandma now I need to get the stuff for her to make me one

I finally found my camara to upload the pictures of the mini birdbath Makayla made for my mom for Mothers day I really should go outside and take pictures of my mothers day gift since it isn't raining yet today.