Webkinz Extravaganza

Webkinz Day Extravaganza

Rebecca is addicted to Webkinz. They are celebrating their 3rd anniversary with a weekend of activities at retailers. We went online to find the closest retailer participating with all of the games. The closest one was in downtown Columbia at Bo Beep Toy Store. We set out for a day of fun. The store was doing different games every hour, so we had to fill time in between activities by shopping at local stores. Rebecca was able to do face painting, gumball guess, and the gem hunt. She came away with about 4 free Webkinz, free trading cards, and a free Webkinz bracelet. We also bought some Webkinz clothes and animals. Her favorite, a husky. Her middle school mascot will be a husky. She's already preparing for school spirit.

Face Painting

The Finished Product

Gem Hunt

11 Layers of Kelli

LAYER ONE:
Spell your name with animals.
K- koala
E- elephant
L- lionL- lizard
I- iquana

LAYER TWO:
Name: Kelli
Birthday: October 3
Nickname: None
Current Location: My comfy den chair
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: salt and pepper
Right or Left: left

LAYER THREE:
Shoes you wore today: maryjane crocs
Your perfect pizza: pepperoni and extra cheese

LAYER FOUR:
Best holiday: Christmas, birthday
Most missed memory: being thin

LAYER FIVE:
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Coke
McDonald's or Burger King: McDonald's
Adidas or Nike: neither
Lipton Ice Tea or Hot Chocolate: tea
Chocolate or Vanilla: vanilla

LAYER SIX:
Curse?: sometimes
Do you sing?: sometimes
Want to go to college?: Yep-to become and administrator
Get motion sickness: only on a cruise ship looking out at the horizon
Think you're a health freak: NOT
Play an instrument: I used to play the flute

LAYER SEVEN
In the past month. . .
Drank alcohol: no
Gone to the mall: yes
Eaten an entire pizza: no
Been on stage: no
Gone skating: no
Made homemade cookies: yes

LAYER EIGHT:
Have you ever...
Been in big trouble with your parents: Nope
Lied about your age: No
Used a fake ID: Yes

LAYER NINE:
Age you hope to be married: Already there~happily
Number of Children: one

LAYER TEN:
In a girl/guy..
Best eye color: doesn't matter
Best hair color : Doesn't matter
Short hair or long: short

LAYER ELEVEN:
Number of people you could trust with your life: 3
Number of CD's you own: Don't know
Number of tattoos: ZERO
Number of piercings: 2 in each ear, but I only wear 1

It's Official

Eric and I are officially dumb!! We have reached the point in our lives where we don't know anything according to our pre-teen. Oh the joys of parenthood.

Sunday Surprise

We got a phone call today around lunch time from a dear friend. She wanted to bring the kids by to see us. We haven't seen them in 5 years.
Pamelia, Lindsay, and Logan stopped by on their way back to Effingham County, GA. They moved there about 5 years ago due to Rusty's job. Lindsay and Logan were both in my kindergarten class when I taught at Red Bank. Pamelia was a dream mom. She was always there when I needed her and went the extra mile to help out with our class. She even watched Rebecca for 1 school year. What a great role model for Rebecca!!
The kids are all grown now. Logan is in the eigth grade and Lindsay the seventh. They are beautiful children. We missed seeing Landon and Rusty. Maybe on their next trip.

I can't believe I didn't take any pictures. However, it was great to see old friends.

Getting To Know You

I am a member of an awesom message board. They have begun having weekly blog challenges. I really liked this one, so I decided to give it a try. I just copy and pasted the directions straight from the message board. I hope you'll do the same and add it to your blog.

Blog Challenge #12 - Getting To Know YouCopy and paste the following section into your blog and answer as best as you can. You can elaborate (I hope you do), you can post pictures, you can be deep, you can be funny. Whatever you choose -just be honest.Second part of the challenge - post a picture (from this week) of you at your computer. Don't worry about cleaning up - just post and have fun.

1) Right now I want: To have all of my school work done so I can go to bed.
2) I wish I knew how to: Take professional photos.
3) When I want to indulge myself, I: Get a pedicure
4) You’ll never see me: Skinny
5) A childhood memory that I love: so many...going to Baskin and Robbins on Sundays and to Krispy Kreme after going to an event at The Omni in downtown Atlanta.
6) 2 things I do every single day: Get on my computer, Share my day with my family
7) Happiest moment of 2008, so far: Spring Break
8) Describe yourself in 3 words: 1. Worrier 2. Serious 3. Insecure
9) 2 scrap related goals for this year: 1. Finish Margaret's high school book 2. Begin with digital scrapbooking.
10) You have $40 that you MUST spend on yourself – what do you do with it? Get a pedicure!!

The Game Plan

During spring break, Rebecca and I rented a pile of movies to watch during the week. One of our favorites was The Game Plan. She and I watched it while Eric was at work. We new immediately that it was one he would like and we needed to watch it as a family. We all sat down Saturday night to watch it while Lexi was here. The movie went on and before we new it, we heard a noise coming from Eric's couch. He was crying. He's just a big ole' teddy bear on the inside!!

Look carefully. You can see the tear rolling down his right cheek.

It's A Girl Thing

Rebecca has had a bad habit of chewing her fingernails. It is a nervous habit that she's had for a few years. She started asking about 2 weeks before Easter if she could get her nails done. I told her that if she would quit chewing her fingernails, I would take her. That did it!! She quit chewing her nails. It was off to the nail place over spring break. Her friend, Lexi, went along with us. She had a plain manicure. They had a great time being pampered. We came home and painted each other's toesnails.