THE GRINSTEAD FAMILY

ALLIE MAKES ME LAUGH

Allie & I snuggled into my bed last night to watch the movie "Enchanted". There is a scene where the princess sings out her window to get animals to come to her & help her with cleaning. Allie says to me "mom, I tried that and it doesn't work"
I replied "you really tried that"
She says "YES, and I was SCARED that I'd get the bees to come too, but no animals came".
This child was DEAD SERIOUS!!

In other news....

Jake's soccer team FINALLY won a game. They looked MUCH better & played like a team. Hopefully the rest of the season goes well.

The kids ran the mile at school last week. Jake's time was 7:50 and Allie's was 12:03. Jake said that he wasn't happy with his time...some one beat him. Allie didn't care, she did finish & thought that was great.

We had Talent Show practice this week for both kid's groups. They are starting to look good. Costumes should be in this week, which will be fun to see.

Allie was in the local paper with some friends & their May Day baskets.

Jake got 100% on his last math test over multiplication and division. He's on a roll with spelling too.

Allie got on "yellow" light this week. She got into an arguement with a classmate & pushed her! Nice! I asked her teacher about it & she said that Allie had just had it with this other child...which led me to believe the other child deserved it!

Jake went to a b-day party on Friday night. They went to the movie "Speed Racer". He seemed so old when I picked him and a friend up at 9:45 and took them home. They were hashing over the movie and laughing. It reminded me of being picked up on a Friday night after a movie...but I was much older!

I was off on Friday. I used up my last personal day. I spent the day running errands and managed to squeeze in a long lunch with a friend. It was a nice day.

We had a scare with Kim's pregnancy mid week. She had some major swelling in one of her legs and had to go to the ER. They suspected a blot clot, but thankfully that wasn't the case. She was put on temporary bed rest & is now just to watch the swelling and take it easy. Mid-June needs to hurry up and arrive.

Scott's b-day was yesterday. He worked all day. We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and came home for some of his favorite dessert that the kids and I made (Heath Bar dessert).

I woke up this morning to many homemade cards/pictures from the kids for Mother's Day. They also made me breakfast in bed (a pop tart & Diet Dr. Pepper). It was sweet. I think Allie & I are going to hit the mall later for some fun.

This week brings:
Monday: Allie's dance, Allie's school concert, my mom visits
Tuesday: coffee with mom before work, soccer practice for Jake
Wednesday: volunteer in Allie's room, Talent Show practice & a few stray auditions
Thursday: Allie's Daisy meeting
Friday: PJ Day at Hansen, Jake soccer practice
Saturday: Kim's shower
Sunday: Jake's Scout picnic