On Saturday we celebrated Juliette's 6th Birthday. She wanted a pizza party. All the children made their own pizza. I think everyone had fun. About 16 children came. I got worried after I invited everyone with how it was going to work. But the kids were great and didn't really need help. What a relief! It was a fun party!
LuLu our rabbit likes to babysit the kittens when Cookie, the mother, takes a break. Lulu is so sweet and the two kittens are so cute and getting big.
This is Lulu the "Easter Bunny". Carol made the outfit and put together the shot. I never know what pictures are going to show up on my camera when I down load. It's always a surprise.Major is busy with cub scouts and flag football. He caught two interceptions last game and make a touch down both times. It was their teams first win! He is such a responsible boy! I just tell him what to do and he gets it done! He is getting really good on the piano. He makes up stories, poems and songs all the time. He reads constantly and always tells us something interesting that he learned. He loves “Popular Science” magazine and “National Geographic Kids”. He reads “The Friend”, “The New Era”, and “Guideposts Magazine” cover to cover the day we get them! His sisters are also very proud of him and love him very much!
Lucy loves to dance! Almost everyday she turns on the ipod and makes up dances for hours. They are actually really good. She is getting a little better about keeping her room clean and getting ready in the morning. She is looking forward to getting baptized. She is a very loving and sweet girl.
Juliette is as funny as ever. The other day she sang to the fireplace (she could see her reflection) for about an hour, all the “Hairspray” songs, with actions. She didn’t know most of the words so she just made up stuff, but she definitely had the melodies down. It was so funny watching her. She is so dramatic and quite the performer! She makes us laugh all the time! She is doing better in school and is really sweet.
Today I took the kids and my two nephews to the Biosphere 2. It was really fun! We all enjoyed it very much! I have always wanted to go there. 
This is in the Rain Forest. It also has a desert and an ocean. I think my favorite part was learning about and going into the "lung" that pressurizes the whole thing. It was very educational and interesting!
This weekend Carol decided she was going to make "Cat Dresses". This is her first one. Our poor cat didn't like it too much! She is now making one for her teacher's cat.
Major broke his pinky playing basketball. The first time he injured it he just sprained it. The next week he did the same thing, but this time it broke. But that didn't stop Clint from signing him up for flag football! 
Carol and Major ran for school offices last week. Carol ran for President and Major ran for Historian. Neither of them won, but they learned a lot. They had the best posters. Everyone especially liked Carol's. They also did well on their speeches. 
There was a lot of competition. About 10 kids ran for each office. They did their best and hopefully they will win next time.
Carol celebrated her 12th birthday on Saturday. She had 13 girls come from school and church. She had so much fun and was a very gracious hostess. I was proud of her.
I stayed up half the night dipping chocolates. We had chocolate dipped marshmallows, cherries, caramels and peanuts. We also had chips and salsa and some other junk food.
I also made tuxedo strawberries and chocolate dipped pretzels. Carol thought the strawberries looked like they were at church!
The girls broke into three groups and made up skits with a bag of props that we gave them. They were very silly skits, but the girls had a great time!
Each girl made a birthday wish on a balloon and we let them go.
Happy New Year! Juliette has been sick since Christmas, but still keeps going. Nothing slows her down! She has been a snuggle bunny lately since she doesn't feel well. She is so sweet and happy. She draws all the time and tries to make words. She also tries to play tunes on the piano.
Lucy is finishing up more antibiotics for yet another ear infection. She will be having surgery this spring to repair the hole in her ear drum and then maybe she won't get so many infections. She loves to dance and is always wanting to perform for us. She is smiley and happy and a good student.
Major is now a Webelos scout and very motivated. During Christmas break he constantly played his favorite song "The Entertainer" on the piano and even tried to do one hand playing that and the other hand playing "Music Box Dancer". Now he wants to learn the guitar (or any instrument that we suggest.) I have to constantly kick him off the computer! I guess having gameboys and stuff does have advantages - I would be able to use the computer!
Carol is now in YW and loves it! She is growing up so much! She finally believes me that she needs to know how to play the hymns on the piano. After going to YW just one time and seeing how no one can play, she has been practicing "I Believe in Christ" everyday so she can play it in YW. She loves her animals (two cats and rabbit)! She wants to have an animal kennel and take care of other peoples animals, since I can't stand to have that many.
I was lucky enough to get sick the day after Christmas. I ended up going to the ER a few days later (only because no Urgent Care was open). We have a new hospital right by our house and I was the only person there. I was afraid I was getting pneumonia again so I went. They gave me two breathing treatments, a shot and some heavy duty steriods. It got me through, although I'm just barely now feeling normal. School starts tomorrow and then no more sleeping in. Boo hoo!
