Kenzie the teachers pet

I just got back from Kenzies teachers conference. Kenzies teachers LOVE her. They say they are so glad to have her in there class. They actually said "can we xerox copy her?" Byron and I look at each other and think are we all talking about the same child here? At home Kenzie is a PEST...especially to Mikayla...any chance she gets she tries to antagonize and tease her. So here is what we have concluded...Kenzie is a teachers pet, a princess at school and an faker. But hey we will take a child that is good at least half the time instead of never. In fact as soon as we walked in the door Kenzie had meltdown. She was screaming about I don't know what. Well at least she has her teachers fooled!

The Circus

Friday we took the kids to the Ringling Bros circus in Jacksonville, FL. We all loved it! It was in a really nice arena with cushioned seats even. It had a magic show and anti-gravity theme to it. They made an elephant disapear, a person turn into a tiger, sawed somebody in half, and they even did a skit in the rafters upside down...crazy! After the show we raced out of there to do some shopping since we are limited on shopping near us. So on our way to Costco we see a rat come out of the sewer I guess and cross four lanes of traffic in broad daylight and MAKE IT! Made me think of Ratatouille. Not something you see everyday. Then Amber got some crunchy honey chicken to go at PF Changs a really yummy resturaunt. This day was a fun treat for everyone.

Buddys new talent

The other night during family scripture study, I heard a whistling sound. After asking the girls to be quiet I saw Zach's lips in an O shape and learned that he was whistling, a true whistle. Everybody then tried to do it, and we found, that Makenzie and Mikayla can not whistle and Amber can barely whistle but Byron is good at it. We thought that Buddy whistling must be a fluke but he has done it many times since and sometimes when we hear a whistling sound we look around and will see that it is coming from Buddy. He will be reading a book or playing with a toy and whistling. He may not be able to talk but he can whistle!

Mikayls New hobby

So its not really a new hobby, she has been riding horses since last summer but I didnt want to pass up this picture that my dad took while visiting that brings back such fond memories of me riding when I was young. The rush! This is the only sport/hobby besides tv of course that Mikayla truly seems to enjoy and stick with. She even likes cleaning out there stalls and fishing while there. I can't even get her to put away her own laundry without crying and throwing a fit about it... and yet I have to PAY (a pretty penny) for her to pick up horse poop and she doesnt even complain about it.

Mikaylas new favorite toy

So while on our Tampa trip Mikayla was highly entertained by our GPS system. She proceded to count down the miles we had till we had to turn...now mind you this trip was 4.5 hrs long. So after about 10mins we had to tell her to be quite and only tell us 2 miles before our turn. She really enjoyed this "toy" and asked if she could have one when she was 18 (she keeps asking when she can get a cellphone too) She figured out things on the GPS that I never new existed! Who knew that a GPS could entertain a kid for hrs?

Tampa Trip

Last Friday we decided to accompany Byron on a work trip to Tampa 4.5 hrs away. The main reason for the trip was to see his gma on the way home in Weeki Wachee. We left Thursday after school spent the night at an Embassy suites. Had an awesome breakfast the next morning of made to order omlettes, fresh fruit and waffles. The kids were in heaven. Of course none of us slept well having not arrived until 10pm thanks to Kenzies many potty stops...what should have taken us 4.5 hrs ended up taking 6 hrs! We went to the tampa aquarium friday am while byron went to his meeting. The aquarium was awesome except it only took 2 hrs to go thru and then I still had 2.5 hrs to watch the crabby and tired kids in the hotel room until Byron returned. They were litterally bouncing on the beds and throwing pillows, I having given up on containing them and cleaning up...there was no kids tv stations to even help! When Byron finally returned from his leisure lunch with friends we went to visit his gma Audrey who made us a great homemade spagetti dinner. Then we drove the 4 hrs home and again arrived at 10pm. Overall it was an eventful trip. I would highly recommend the aquarium in Tampa, it is rated top 5 best kids aqariums and during the summer they even have a water playground that the kids even loved in the cold with no water!