Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Happy 11th Birthday G!

This year for G's birthday, she chose to go to the movies and eat out. She chose to go eat at Johnny Rocket's and go see the movie Hop. She loves the music at Johnny Rocket's and the food is not so bad either. Hop was a pretty good movie and was fitting as Easter was just around the corner.
Here is the birthday girl all decked out in her new birthday outfit, sitting in Johnny Rocket's waiting for her bacon cheeseburger. . .

Going to see HOP. . .
This year I ran out of time to make her b-day cake so she decided to get an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. It was a Strawberry Cheesequake cake and it was super yummy!
Attempting to blow out ALL those candles. . .
In order to find her "Big" birthday gift, she had to go on a scavenger hunt that started in the. . .
School room which then took her to the. . .
Kitchen, which then took her to the bathroom. . .
She then ended up in the kitchen pantry. . .her final clue took her to the secret location of her gift, which took her to the. . .

laundry room. It was strategically placed in the dryer!
She had absolutely no clue she was getting a computer! We had been giving her small clues but none that led to her getting a computer. She thought she was too young to have her own.
She was so surprised that all she could do was cry at first...
Gwyn's Big Birthday Surprise....her very own computer!
It didn't take her long to figure out how to "surf the web". . .
Rise and shine sleepy head....homemade cinnamon rolls for the birthday girl on the morning of her big day!
Love to all,
J and gang

First Day of School...

Today was our first official day of school. The kids were super excited to get started on our new curriculum. We started using the Calvert Homeschool Program. I will miss using Sonlight, but we had to make some changes to accommodate all of our time/schedules. All in all they had a great but busy day. I got up and made them homemade chocolate chip pancakes and sausage. They were super surprised!
G our sixth grader. . .
J our fourth grader. . .
Acting like they like each other! LOL!
Love to all,
J and gang