Various Stuff....

So, the Strawberry Festival was last week. We had a good time. Monday, we went to see fireworks. Amy kept saying “BOOM!!! You see dat, Mama? There be more, Mama! See?” Quite cute. She woke up the next morning saying “Mama, we saw the BOOMS! “ Tuesday night, Jason and I went to a fish fry at HRG in Humboldt. Wednesday we were going to go to the Carnival, but it had rained about 6 feet over the past 3 days, so we decided to skip it. Instead, we went for a walk down Main Street and had dinner from the street vendors. Corn dogs, baby!!!! On Thursday, Elizabeth went to work with me so we could watch the Jr. Floats Parade. We had a good time. I’d never seen it before. Basically, it’s a shorter version of the big parade, but all the floats are pulled by hand instead of by car/truck. On Friday, Memaw, the girls, and I went to the Grand Floats parade. It was good, but we sorely missed Jason being there with us. He was at work. Saturday, we had our own fish fry, and then scouted out some funnel cakes for dessert. ;) We were supposed to go to the car show, but it would have had to be a boat show instead. Jason, Elizabeth, and Memaw were going to go to the horse show on Friday night, but it’s been rescheduled for this weekend.
We have had some RAINY weather over the past week or so!!! Early Saturday morning, it was storming so bad that the motion sensitive car alarms in the neighborhood were going off, and I thought the windows were going to shatter from shaking so hard. Thankfully, we had no damage.
Thankfully, the rain has held off for the past day or so and the kids have been able to play outside. They are much happier when they can be outside…and so am I!
Elizabeth has a series of math tests she has to take at school. There are 5 tests, and you have to have a perfect score on each on before you can move on to the next one. So far, Elizabeth is the only child in her class that has made a perfect score on all of them. As of today, she was taking test 3, one other child was on test 2, and the rest of the class is still on test one. I’m not the least bit proud. HAHAHAH!
I am so ready for school to be over!!! E’s teacher this year has been WONDERFUL, but I am ready for a break. It’ll be nice to be able to drop both the kids off at the same place, not have to worry about getting to bed by 8, and not having to make sure teeth and hair are brushed and clothes match(on the kids)…they can do it at Memaw’s house!!!!

On another note, I have tried something new, and I like it. I’ve made my own laundry detergent!!! It is SO much cheaper, and works great! I would estimate a batch saves me at least $50 over the course of 3-4 months. Plus, it’s just cool to say I make my own detergent. HAHAHAH Now, I want to find a “recipe” for fabric softener.

We are very excited about our vacation this summer. We will be headed to Gatlinburg to meet up with some college buddies. I’m looking forward to being with old friends, and to the girls being able to play with all the kids! We are planning on going to the aquarium, which is always a favorite destination for me.

Here are a few pics...and you thought Easter Eggs were just for hiding....