Information overload...hoping to catch all up to speed....

So this is a brief, yes BRIEF picture update of March 2009.

Robby had a great official birthday party at Laser Web in Ohio...




The kids started school at their new school here in Illinois.

Although we miss many fabulous teachers in Ohio, the kids' new school makes their old, highly sought after school look bad.

They started school before the moving truck brought our shipment. Poor Larry hung out finishing up stuff in Ohio for almost 2 weeks with an empty house, he did have a few animals and a laptop ;)

This is Kimberlyn's room "cleaned up" for the moving truck's delivery....I am unable to post a picture of her room now...she unpacked it and I haven't sorted it yet. Her means of unpacking was a mad rush to empty each box onto the floor to start PLAYING!
Isn't her room gorgeous!

Kimberlyn's first artwork from "Art" as her old school I never saw anything more than classroom type art even though the class had the art teacher visit their classroom, she'd never gone to art. I was impressed and she LOVES art class!


Kimberlyn's first field trip...to teh St. Louis Aquarium which sits above the City Museum...I highly encourage all to visit both places!


Kimberlyn's 1st computer artwork picture she brought home...Grandma A. should be pleased :)

Now it's more clear why I'm happier with this school. Not to mention the new Music teacher has Robby so motivated in music to earn "Recorder Karate Belts" that he practices at home all the time...GOODNESS that boy can play a recorder!! Not to mention Kaitlyn's class is having a sleep in at the St. Louis Science Center...holy moley- this school rocks!

Here's Tommy helping his sorry self to a snack...I promise I feed him, BUT he unpacked this out of a kitchen box - these cones were so old I didn't know we had them...oops....the movers packed EVERYTHING ;)

The contractor who fixed our retaining wall outside came out to fix the lawn...Tommy watched and then I took him out to play in the rain. It was a perfect day to play in the sprinkle!



Then we have Larry's Air Force Institute of Technology graduation...his dad came out for that and we made the older two kids come get bored to death too. It was cool and they did great. It was held at the USAF Museum.




The morning after the graduation we stopped by the farm for a last lesson before heading out of town to Illinois for the last time! The lesson ended up being a trail ride as the riding ring was a mud pit! This was Kimberlyn's first official "lesson" or time with Miss DeeDee for horse education :)