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3/5/2010 Here aresome videos from Andrew's school musical. It was called "It's a Jungle Out There," and it was about finding the tkey to happiness. The monkeys thought it was playing games, the hyenas thought it was laughter, and the cheetas thought it was to party, party, party. The elephants knew that the real key to happinesss is good friends. It was cute. You have to look and listen closely, but you can see and hear Andrew in these small video clips.
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Comments I am SO proud of Andrew. Love, - Gram
me too! - Aunt Katy
me three! - Khelen
AND THE WINNER IS Stephen Andwer Rhodes!!!!! So good Andrew. MaMaw - Dot Ellis
2/2/2010 Happy Belated Birthday to Mamaw and Uncle Mike!
Here are a few things:
I unpacked our box of wooden puzzles today, and they are all moldy. How sad .
Liam has been sick. He was much better today until early evening. Then he was very whiny.
Liam calls Andrew "Dee- Drew." I am not sure if I have shared that one.
Andrew is currently misbehaving at school (and home,) but did get a good report card. Excessive talking was marked again though. No surprises there.
Andrew went bowling for his first time ever at our neighbors birthday party a couple of weekends ago. On his very first frame ever, he bowled a strike! He didn't do it again, but it was very exciting!
Things that make me smile: Liam singing in his bed at night. Andrew learning to read (eventhough it's a painstaking process.)
I find all sorts of toys and overturned containers under our light switches, and I know that Liam has been there turning on a light!
Comments You have TWO brilliant boys who can figure out things. AMAZING! - Gram/Judy
The following story is of the most hilariously cute thing I have seen recently. It caused silent sidesplitting laughter:
The day after New Year's many of the tv channels were doing 2009 countdowns. I stopped the remote flicking on Country Music television playing Carrie Underwood's new video. She and the other girls in the video are dressed in old west saloon girl type dresses. Liam was fascinated. He stood and watched, motionless at first. Then he bagan to copy the singers movements! He was swaying and squatting and throwing his arms out wide. I do believe that if he had known the words, he would have been singing! I had to control myself so that I wouldn't interrupt him and cause him to stop. As Cameron always says, "I wish I had a camera in my eyes!" You would have loved it!!!!
Comments These 2 most recent stories were supposed to be on Liam's site. - Whitney
Hooray for silent sidesplitting laughter! - Aunt Katy
Liam just found a big, yellow, plastic matress bag (used for moving your bed mattress from one countless house to another) in an empty cardborad box awaiting disposal. He brought it to me insisiting that I tie it around his waist. At this writing he has worn it around his shoulders like a prince and around his waist like a strange bridal train. Kids are fun! Yes, I have benn dilligent in watching him so there has been no risk of suffocation. He did ask me very sweetly to wrap him up in it as he laid it on the floor. I politely refused.
My GPS was stolen out of my car last night. Cameron took Andrew to school this morning, and noticed that the door was slightly ajar. Then he noticed that the GPS was gone. He was hoping I had brought it inside, but no, I had not. My dad will be very dissappointed in me for leaving my car door unlocked. I do usually always lock the doors. In fact I lock the doors by habit when I pick Andrew up from school and I only have to walk about 50 feet from the car! Yesterday when I came home, I had to get Andrew out, carry in a sleeping Liam and then get my bags from Target. I made 3 or 4 trips to the car, so I guess I forgot to lock it. Anyway, this evening we found out that our neighbors' car was roken into as well as many other people in our neighborhood. Somebody had a plan, and we were all victims. I'll be extra sure to lock my car from now on although I have nothing else valuable to steal, and I am sure the thieves won't be back.
The playroom is organized! Let me tell you how to tame your kids' toys: get a "Wall 'O Shelves" from Ikea! I took a picture and hope to post it soon. I hope the room will stay clean at least for a little while.
Many of you know how I have lamented the state of the Northwest Florida library system and how the libraries are one of the things I dearly about living in Greenville. Well, on a whim today, as I drove by I stopped into the new branch of the NWFL library. Now, it's nothing compared to SC, but it is an improvement for this area. It was full of patrons, too. The best part? They had ONE copy of the book I had to return unfinished to the Greenville library over Christmas, and it was actually on the shelf!! Now I can read the rest of the story! They also had another book on my reading list; I am so excited!!! My Aunt Amy once said that you are either a book buyer or borrower. I have discovered that I am a borrower.
I had to go to Dillard's today and buy Andrew a coat. The poor thing had to go to school in his jacket because I hadn't bought him a coat in his new size this year. Who would have thought we would need it? Last week we were sweating in jeans and longsleeves! Cameron came in from dropping Andrew off at school this morning and announced, "We need to move to Florida!" Liam looked so cute going to school this morning in a big coat, hat and gloves. I should have taken a picture; he turned heads walking to class. At home, as we were leaving, Liam insisted on wearing his backpack, too. He slow-motion stumbled in the foyer and was stuck on the floor. Cameron and I had a good laugh as I helped Liam to his feet. After that he relinqished the backpack!
The new policy at school this semester is that if you move from your green light to yellow or red, you take that color home. You can't "earn back" your green light anymore. Andrew insists that this is very hard. He brought home a yellow light today for not following the rules in the cafeteria.
Despite having to get up earlier and get dressed instead of wearing pj's, I am happy to be back on a schedule. The break was nice, but busier is better for me. I hope you all are getting "back into the swing of things!" Oh, and Mamaw, I totally did the "kids are back in school" dance this morning!
Comments Neither did we. Before we left I asked Liam if we would win the lottery, and he said "Yes!" Paul and I bought a ticket but we weren't lucky. - Khelen
I felt kind of :mean: about that "kids are back at school" dance --but not too bad. - MaMaw
Happy New Year! I hope 2010 is kinder than 2009 was.
Mike and Klaire were here last night. We ate boiled shrimp, watched TV and played games. It was a good night. The kids had fun with their Aunt and Uncle. Cameron volunteered to keep our friends' 4 month old, Tripp, while they went out to dinner. He is a sweet and docile baby, although he did spit up on Cameron twice!
I hope (not resolve) to be a better blogger in 2010. My goal is to end these pages and move to a more traditional family blog. So, now begins the agonizing processes of creating a cute blog name. Suggestions please!!! We can run a naming contest and the winner will receive lots of praise, thanks and glory, posted for all to see! Let the naming commence!
We are still unpacking. It seems to be going more slowly this time.
Uugghh...
Boxes, boxes, everywhere,
and I can hardly think!
I am going a little bit crazy. It's no surprise that when moving, the house is a mess. I expected it. I thought, "I'll embrace the mess, and live with it instead of against it." No... that's just not me. I am reaching my limit... Also, in addition to the moving mess, the neighbor kids have been over a lot. That in itself, I don't mind, but the whole combination is a bit overwhelming. For a while yesterday evening in our house, we had one Anderson boy, three Lackey boys, one Marchant baby boy, three Rhodes males and one lone girly Mommy! Wow, there may be spa vacations in my future. Any girls want to go with me? Cameron's solution? Have a baby girl! Is is that easy?
I am off to cook my New Year's Day good luck food!
Maybe it will help me win the lottery tomorrow night.
12/17/2009 The weather is just awful- cold and rainy. It's not a good time to be moving, but once again that's what we are doing. Out of the renatl house and back where we started by Monday! What a year! All of that to end up back where we started. I wonder if I'll ever understand it?
What have you missed?
Liam is talking so much more now. Liam is using the potty more often- the real potty not the kid potty. The other day liam went into the bathroom and then I heard a water noise. I went to see what was up, and Liam had climbed onto the toilet and was sitting facing the tank and going potty. That's how he does it now; he's only fallen in once. He gets offended if you try and put a real diaper on him. Pull-ups only please! Liam is entering a bit of "terrible two" phase. He occasionally gets mad and will throw himself face-down on the floor. He also misbehaves on purpose. Also, he wants to do everything himself. I hear "Me do!" all day long.
Andrew is well and quirky as ever. I went to his school to help with a "Book Walk" on Tuesday. It's so funny to watch and listen to him in that environment. Today I helped with his school Christmas party. The kids made gingerbread houses. Not much of Andrew's candy made it onto his house. The parts he did finish, however, had a good explanation. There were security panels with buttons and laser beams. Last Wednesday while I was in Los Angeles, Andrew played the Star of Bethlehem in the church program. Hopefully, I can get some pictures. Liam was going to be an animal of some sort, but decided at the last minute to take his costume off and pee all over himself. He didn't get to be in the show! cameron was funny telling me about it.
I took a trip to L.A. with some friends. I had a fabulous time, and surprisingly I really like California. Cameron did well keeping the boys and didn't complain so I could enjoy my time. He had some funny stories to tell when I got home, though.
We leave for SC on the 23rd. it will be great to see family! I don't know when we will get the internet turned on at our new old house (not that i post so often anyway.) Merry Christmas everyone!
Comments WOW! This is an early present--news about the grandboys! THANKS! - Gram
So, yesterday at about 1:00 I received a call from the nurse at Andrew's school. He was in the clinic with a gash in his head, and I needed to come get him because it was more than a band-aid could remedy. I of course panicked, and the nurse tried to calm me a bit. She said Andrew wasn't crying and was being a trooper. I grabbed Liam from a dead sleep in his bed and hurried to the school. When we arrived, Liam had fallen asleep in the car and I had to wake him up again. Andrew was in the clinic sitting very quietly with a bloody cut just outside of his left eyebrow. He had been sitting on his knees in art class and fell of the chair, hitting the chair next to him. The students sit at tables with square wooden chairs. Andrew sits on his knees because when he sits on his bottom, the table is too high for him to really reach his work. I was told that he cried when it happened, and there was blood everywhere. However, the nurse was really impressed that once they got the situation under control, he was such a big boy about the injury.
We drove straight to the pediatrician's office where Cameron met us. The doctor determined that Andrew would not need stitches, and he glued the wound shut. Andrew was so serious during the visit. It made the nurse and me quietly giggle. Andrew seemed great for the rest of the day. He was tired this morning and was a bit reluctant to go to school. He did ask me, "What if it happens again?" I assured him that it wouldn't.
Comments Nothing like a little excitement. They need to make that chair and table better for him. - MaMaw
Here I have been starving for news AND it is a bloody story. So sorry that it happened! I hope my package arrived today, if not tomorrow! - Gram
Poor Andrew! I hope it heals well. - Khelen
Yes, package arrived and was appreciated! Thanks! - Whitney
9/21/2009 We have had a rough time lately with Andrew's behavior. Last week's "lights" went like this: red, green,green, yellow, yellow. His behavior at home was even worse. Today he came home with a green light, and during the time that I spent with him today (which unfortunately isn't a whole lot on Mondays) he was pretty pleasant. So, maybe last week was an abberation. I hope so! If any of you are around him soon, try to catch him in a good moment, and let him know it. I think he needs that right now.
So, last Thursday night was Open House at school. (I made sure Cameron got the camera out and put batteries in it, and then we left it on the kitchen counter!) Andrew was excited to show us around his classroom, the art room and the cafeteria. I got to join the PTA- woohoo! Also, last Wednesday I got to volunteer at school for the first time. I made a zillion copies for Mrs. Sharp. I am glad I can help. It would take forever for her to do that on top of everything else she has to do. Hooray for teachers!
On Saturday, Andrew refused to play in his first soccer game of the season, so there are no pictures of that. I guess the league didn't want to cancel games for the second week in a row, so they held games on extremely wet and muddy fields. Since Andrew wasn't playing, I ran (drove) home with Liam to get towels. When I got back about 2 minutes until the end, Andrew was in the game! The girl that keeps my kids while I am at the studio has two little brothers that come over to play a lot. Andrew saw them in the bethroom, and it greatly helped his attitude to see them getting ready to play. Cameron said it took a little prodding after they saw the Carff's, but it made a huge difference for Andrew. On Monday, Mrs. Carff takes Andrew to soccer drills with her boys. He went to practice today without issue.
In the last week we had two couple friends who had baby boys. So sweet; I love it!
Comments The rough times will pass. I know. Please send me your address. I must have misplaced it. - MaMaw
I, too, need your address. I called you, but you didn't answer and I haven't heard from you. I hope everything is okay and you've just been busy. - Lindsay
search for Florida/ Pensacola/ R.C. Lipscomb Elementary
enter student number: Andrew6802
I was impressed with the picture shown. Andrew is asleep so I can't ask him about it. Last thursday night was Open House night. Amdrew was very excited to tell us that all of the other kids in his class would have a black and primary colored art picture to bring home, but he would not. Mrs. Miller kept his project for a student art show later in the year.
Comments How cool! - Katy
I would know his art anywhere!! How great Andrew. - MaMaw
9/12/2009 Andrew's first soccer game was cancelled due to the threat of rain.
Andrew got all green lights this week and visited the treasure box. He was very proud of his glow-in-the dark dinosaur. He has had his on eye on that from the beginning. Each of the three weeks that school has been in session, Andrew has received 4 green lights. Luckily, because of the Labor Day holiday, this week was only four days long! Andrew's class had a sub on Friday. When Cameron walked him into the classroom, Andrew was very wary of Mrs. Banks. He wouldn't let go of Daddy's hand. After school, Andrew said he didn't like his teacher (sub.) I asked why and he said, "Because she isn't Mrs. Sharp." It's funny that he is already so attached to her. These kinds of things remind me that although I think Andrew is getting so big, kindergartners are really still young.
There is a show coming to Pensacola called Walk with the Dinosaurs. It is supposed to have life-sized animatronic dinos. I would love to take Andrew, but it is really expensive. However, Thursday night at the mall, a baby T-Rex was there to promote the show. Cameron tried to take the boys while I was at work, but they got there at 6:20. Cameron had run into traffic on his way home from work. They only got to see the foot of the dino and the outline of him under a sheet. For dinner, the boys went to CiCi's pizza. It seemes they had a great time. Andrew chose to keep a dollar and spend a dollar. He got some little toys out of a vending machine and has really enjoyed them.
I am trying to decide what to do for Liam's birthday. After school on Friday, I took the boys to thr Plaza Deluna downtown to see the new splashpad and scout the area for a picnic party. Cameron was on his way home trying to end his work day a couple of hours early (he got a call and that didn't happen) so he net us at the park. By the way, I just want to say that everyone is welcome to come picnic (or whatever we do) with us for Liam's birthday when we decide exactly what we are going to do. I may not send many invitations, but we would love to see everyone now that we are back in town!
One of our friends has her 2 year birthday party this afternoon. I'll post some new pictures soon.
8/31/2009 So, things have still been going pretty well around here. Cameron has been very busy with pool appointments and has had a lot of work to do at night. His territory might be about to expand, too. On Saturday, Cameron took Andrew with him to run some work related errands and then layout a pool- start him early! Then they went to the beach and a park. Liam and I had a harrowing trip to Wal-mart which resulted in a small chip in one of his front teeth. Not fun for Liam or Mommy! Then we all met up for some Mexican food at lunchtime. After that, we went to Triple Play for Allan's birthday party. The kids had a blast and the party flew by.
After Sunday School and church on Sunday, we ran some errands. Andrew got new soccer cleats, and I got some things for teaching dance this week. Oh, I mentioned church. Here's a funny Andrew story from last week: He told me he wanted to go to church on Sunday because in Children's church they were going to "plant the red seed," i.e. part the Red Sea! We also got a very nice compliment from the Sunday school teacher about Andrew's intelligence and his ability to answer every question correctly!
Today, Monday, I had the busiest day ever! I dropped Andrew at school, stopped by LPA to learn about office procedures and the stereo system so the I would be prepared for class this afternoon, went to Wal-mart, the bank, DK's for tights, called Lipscomb's art teacher to respond to her letter and say I would volunteer to help where needed and then headed home to make ribbon rings, print some papers, make and eat lunch, download music and burn CD's and get all of my clothes and paperwork together for class. Then I had to pick up Andrew from school, run home and change clothes, give the babysitter last minute instructions and then high-tail it to the studio to teach. I taught four classes and then came home and made dinner. Whew; crazy and productive! In the midst of all of that, I got a phone call from Andrew's teacher. Everything was okay. Mrs. Sharp just wanted to let me know something that happened and that he was wearing some of his "extra clothes." Liam was a trooper today. I was so busy, I didn't have time to rock him to sleep, so I thought he would fall asleep on the way home from picking up Andrew and then be sleeping while the babysitter (Miss Emily) was here. No, that did not happen. So, he fell asleep on the way home from the studio and has been asleep ever since except for one little wake-up.
Now, here I am updating and Cameron forgot something at his office that he really needs to finish his work tonight, so he has gone back to Gulf Breeze to get it. That's a bad thing about living so far from the office. It's going to take him an hour there and back. I have a few new pictures to post, but Cameron stole my camera's batteries for his X-Box controller. I'll have to steal them back and upload the pictures.
Andrew's new soccer coach called. The first practice will be tomorrow at 5:00. I hope it goes well!
Oh, and Cameron sent me flowers at the studio today. What a sweetie...and a showoff! He makes all of the other wives jealous!
Comments I remember those days, of the flower deliverer walking into the studio and a chorus of "Whitney!" would ring out, before they could even say who they were for! I think it's sweet. Hope you had fun in your classes! - Amanda
Yeah, including this wife! - Lindsay
Go, Mama, Go! - Katy
I am glad I was a stay-at-home Mom too. I think I was the one who wanted to be there-not the kids as much as I did. Could not stand to miss a thing--like you. I want to see that "Red Seed" being planted. Wonder what it became? Send that one to the Reader's Digest!! - MaMaw
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