Candy Blast From The Past

Last week my Mom brought me some special candy and it was quite the blast from the past. It's sour grapefruit wedges and they are so good! We used to eat them when I was in high school and she would give them to me as special treats. I don't remember how we discovered these candies. We got them at Mr. Bulky's at the mall (which is now called Lolly Pops) and she stopped in there to get me this special treat again last week. Thanks, Mom! What a fun, yummy surprise!

Swim Meet!

A few weeks ago we went to my nephew, Trevor's, swim meet. This was a first for me as I'd never been to a swim meet before, so it was pretty neat to see how it all worked. Trevor is a sophomore in high school at Webb City and this is his first year swimming. He has done very well so far and swim two-three different events. At this particular meet he had to fill in for someone and swam the 500 meter race. The pool was 25 meters, so this meant he had to swim down and back 20 times. We all felt so sorry for him having to swim that distance! He did a good job and was the last to finish, but he finished! I look forward to going to more of his swim meets in the future!

K-Prep

Lucy will be in kindergarten next year and we've already started preparing for it! A few weeks ago we went to a K-Prep time at the elementary school Lucy will go to and met with our Parents As Teacher educator. Lucy got to do a "science experiment" where she colored a coffee filter with markers and then dropped water on the coffee filter to see how the marker spread once wet. She also got to play a fun color game where she used a straw to push a pom-pom to its matching color. She had a great time!

I had a great time just watching her and also seeing the elementary school! I explained to Lucy how she would go to school there next year, but I don't think she really cared all that much. I soaked it all up and looked around as much as I could! There should be a K-Prep meeting each month until the end of the school year and we will certainly be going. It is a great way to get Lucy familiar with the school, hopefully making the transition from preschool to elementary school an easy one!

My Decorations

I have these letters spelling our Jesus on my piano. Lately I've noticed that little hands have tried their hands at redecorating for me. :)

Baking Bread

This summer Lucy and Molly got to experience something my sister and I experienced quite often when we were growing up. They got to have Gumma bake bread on them! I have fond memories of my mom doing this to me and am happy the girls got to experience it, too! We would lay on the bed and my mom would pretend to bake bread on us by cracking an egg, pouring in salt, flour, yeast, etc., and then mixing and kneeding it all together. She would then pick us up and toss us into the oven. It was just such a fun little thing to do! You can watch Gumma make bread on Molly here!