AIM high!!!

Just a quick note to let you all know that Izabella qualified for the AIM program at her Elementary. This is gifted child testing from what I understand. She went through 3 rounds of testing I believe, one including and interview and this week we got a note from the Gifted Program Director that she qualifies. We're not 100% sure yet what exactly this means, but from the little that I do understand it means that she will have either 1 hour a day or 1 hour a week away from her normal class to be in this AIM program that will teach her at a higher level than the students that did not qualify. We are very proud of her and as usual, Steve is taking all the credit for this as of course, she gets it from him. If she gets her smarts from him, then that leaves her beauty thanks to me!! I'll take that!

Anyway, just wanted to share. Hope you are all having a great week and a great upcoming holiday weekend!

We belong in the ZOO! and Happy Mother's Day

We had a school field trip last Thursday to the ZOO!! What fun this turned out to be. I decided to ride the bus with Izabella because she doesn't get to and she's been begging me so I decided that this would be a good way for her to get to do that. Somehow, I don't recall my hips hitting both sides of the seats as I walked down the isle to the back of the bus. Something must be wrong! They must be making these buses smaller nowadays! At any rate, because I was a bus riding chaparone, they gave me another student to be "in charge" of and who do you think that was? but of course, Mr. Drew! He and Izabella have become the best of friends, in fact, his mom and I are discussing the possibility of a sleep over with the 2 of them. Why not! Anyway, here are a few pictures of our day at the ZOO! hope you enjoy!

And then came, Sunday, Mother's Day!

Friday at school was Muffins with Mom day! She started out the day, but picking my entire outfit. Poor thing, it took forever, nope-that doesn't fit me, too small, wrong season, try again, etc. I went to school with Izabella, where she served me breakfast of muffins and orange juice. She gave me the bag you see in this picture (which was for Father's day too, on the back) and inside was a card from Izabella made for me. It read:

What I know about my Mom. (it was a fill in the blank)

My mom is very Sweet.

She is 99 inches tall.

She weighs 109 pounds (my favorite answer!)

She has brown eyes (actually hazel, but close enough!)

She has brown hair.

Her favorite food is Salad. (I don't know about that one!)

Her favorite color is Red!

She did one for Steve that I will share at Father's day! Anyway, on Sunday morning, I wasn't allowed downstairs until breakfast was made. Poptarts and fruit salad! She drew a few more pictures for me and gave me a very cute little card. We didn't do much the rest of the day and then we went out for dinner at a little place called the "Right Wing Cafe", one of our little favorites and then it was home and back to the regular schedule of shower, brush the teeth and then to bed. By the way, we all had dentist appts. last week and no cavities! for any of us!! YAY!

Happy belated Mother's Day to all of you whom I thought of yesterday and to my Mom and Mother in law again, Happy Mother's Day! Love and miss you all, XOXO!

Having some FUN!

Last Saturday, the weather finally came through for us to have a Soccer game! Yay! I'm not sure if she wants to continue because she complains the whole way there and then when we get there she's out there having the best time and she's really proud of herself when she scores, which is atleast once a game! Then she says she loves it, who knows. She wants to go karate and gymnastics but she has to finish this first. She could do both but that's up to her! Anyway, here are a few pictures from the game and then from Sunday morning, when we payed school and Izabella got everyone at their table and with a hat on and we did crafts and coloring for about 2 hours and then we had breakfast for lunch. My kind of Sunday's, nice and lazy! and fun too! Enjoy!