This girl is priceless.
Every time she gets in trouble, and has to apologize, she adds her own little flare.
And it goes like this, “I’m sorry…poo poo”.
Most of the time, she says it loud and proud.
But then there are those times when she really knows she is in big trouble. Those times, she says “I’m sorry” loud, and then walks away with a whispering “poo poo”.
This girl is way beyond her years in teasing and naughtiness.
And you can only imagine what the other kids think — they crack up at her, thus adding fuel to the fire!
We saw the Ferris Wheel go up, and we knew it was going to be a good weekend!
We invited the Nichols, Seastrands, and Thackers over to hang in the cul-de-sac, then head to the fair, and finish up the night with swimming.
It was a really fun day with only one hiccup.
But that hiccup was major.
Scout watched every minute of the festivities from his window. He got in major trouble last night, and got grounded. Good thing I have Micah to back me, because I may have had him miss part of the day, but get to come out later. But Micah said this is how they learn, and told Scout his punishment stands. It killed me, but I agreed with Micah completely.
Micah and I were both amazed at what a good attitude Scout had during his punishment. He didn’t complain, or whine. He just watched from his window and yelled things out every once in a while, like “good job on that jump Dash” or “Pippi is in the street”.
Micah finally allowed him to come down for dinner, but it was only adults inside while the kids swam. He watched, ate really slowly, and then happily went right back to his room.
This morning, Navy woke me up so we could go through her first grade memory book together. It was a far cry from Scout’s first grade chicken scratch and scribbling. She colored in the lines, wrote creative things, and did me proud! It was like a little adventure thumbing through her pages. My favorite parts were her tributes to everyone in her family, and these little gems that were tucked away in her book:
Jesus and the Golden Plates!
Can’t be bummed when she writes “That’s why we try to be our best” about Jesus.
Navy — you are as rad as they come!
Navy and I had an hour or two by ourselves this morning. It was like a slice of Heaven. We went through her memory book, we talked and laughed, and we discussed our day.
And then she fluttered all around the room doing her thing.
She finished up an art project she started the night before.
And climbed the bookshelf to find her next read.
We spent hours and hours cleaning out the garage this morning. Each kid was a pretty good helper. But every once in a while, we had to reel some biker dudes back to the garage to help.
For Christmas, Nonnie got tickets to go to Newsies with Scout. So tonight was the night, and apparently it was great “once you could get past the accents”! Scout said it was good, but Navy could go to the next play. My favorite thing was that Nonnie got a picture of Scout. I was really impressed, and then she told me that Scout set the whole thing up, and all she had to do was press the button. Haha!
When my Mother’s Day present was a night at the Dana Point Marriott, I almost screamed out with joy! And then when I found out Britni was getting the same thing, and we were going together….I DID scream out with joy!
Let’s make this a Mother’s Day tradition!
I got this Email today:
I’ve got to be honest…
I feel like the word “Bully” is a little extreme, and is also highly overused in society today.
But if I am wrong, and I am “that mom”, then I think I might also be a bully.
But I prefer to call it a prankster.
(And to go farther with the “that mom” theme…shouldn’t the kid who almost ate the bird poop get a note home. Like “your kid might not be the brightest…”)
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Sidenote: I did speak to Scout about this, and told him to always be kind, and not pull pranks at school.
Talk about their happy place!
How cute is Dash to set up coloring — each with their favorite coloring book, on top of their DayDay/NightNights!
They giggled the whole way through this little activity he set up.
Navy is the best! So today, when she asked that I go in to the morning announcements, I happily walked her in. They do school announcements, birthday shout outs, and then sing a patriotic song after the Pledge of Allegiance….and then…. the Bergeson Bests. These are little paper coupons that are put into a box when kids do something great around school. On our way in, Navy was telling me that her name has never been called! I told her there are a lot of people in her school, so it makes sense to not get called often. And then today….while I was sitting there…her name was called! I was so excited for her, I forgot to take a picture. Yay for the recognition.
And after the school’s recognition, I decided to personally recognize her for sitting on her knees (the more uncomfortable way to sit), to protect her outfit. Glad to see that my requests are being met. There is something about black bums on new clothes that drives me nuts!
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