Spring Time

I went outside this morning to get my news papers and this is what I found. I am so excited for Spring. This is my favorite time of year. I love seeing the new flowers coming up through the snow. It is a sign of new life. The weather has been beautiful. You can hear the birds chirping, the flowers growing and kids outside playing.

FIREPLACE

Another home project. Mike and I are never finished. We are always finding something to do, or should I say I am always finding a project for Mike to do. We had our living room painted and now we had to redo the fireplace, it just wasn't up to par for our new living room. So one day I asked Mike what he thought and after much asking and persuading I got him to work on it. Thanks also to Peter Young who is the master in doing tile, the project looks better that I had hoped for. But then again it always does

NEW OFFICE

YEAH!! Finally after months of looking at about 30 different locations we finally found what we are looking for. We are so excited to finally be out on our own. We don't get to move until the middle of May, but we have the location already. We are only 1 mile from the house and right next door to the kids elementary school. We are moving in to an office that has a huge reception area, 4 good sized offices a bath and nice kitchenette. We are taking over the lease for the whole building, up and down. We don't need all of the space as of yet, so we are going to lease out the bottom. (this way we can choose who is down there) The rent is cheaper than what we are paying right now and in a much better location. We are thrilled

Braces

So it is official Addie is finally old enough to wear braces. I took the cutest pictures of her getting them put on, with my cell phone and she made me promise that
I wouldn't post them. Well being the good mom that I am I was going to do it any way. But I cant get them downloaded off my phone. Addie you are lucky. She looks so grown up now. She only has them on the top for now because of her over bite, but within 6 months the dentist says she will have them on all of her teeth. We signed her up for Junior High, and she now thinks she is old enough to wear make up. OK I don't feel old enough to have a Junior High aged child. She is going to be 12 in less than a month. YIKES!!!

Shakespear...Much Ado About Nothing--Italy

Since Addie is in the Accelerated program they do a lot of plays and memorizing. This they put on different productions for the school and family. Addie is amazing when it comes this this type of thing. She always go far and above what is asked of them by the teacher.
Next they had to choose a country and present a food item along with facts about the country. She choose Italy. She did this with two other girls from her class. They made pizza rolls, Italian ice, and a few other things, they made their poster and station look like a little Italian cafe' it was the hit of the class. Way to go Addie.