Lizzy is 11 and spring is here

Well June 5th Lizzy turned 11. Time surely is going by to quickly. I'm sure you are wondering what is going on with the number 4 candle. Well we didn't have enough single candles so Lizzy spotted the #4 and said we could use it and 7 single candles. A grand idea. She was the last one to have her "1st" birthday here in Dutch. Only 2 more to go and we should be on our way back home.

This little guy is a temporary addition to my babysitting lineup. He is 18months old same age as the little Elizabeth I sit. He likes Lizzy too. I must say that even Tommy is a great help with this one. I think its because he's a boy. I had to take this photo as a "blackmail" (hehe) because little Elizabeth has pretty strong attachment for my Lizzy. He's a great little guy and his parents are real nice too. They've been out here for a little while but they know all about KTN since they have fished there. It's nice to chat with them about home.

Yeah!!! The sun has finally come out 0f hiding. Most of May was cloudy but today we actually hit 50. Tropical weather for here. These photos were actually taken yesterday 6.6.07
The last photo is of a Willow Tree. I will get a better photo when all the leaves come out. It looks more like a bush. I was excited to see the daffodil sneak out of the ground. They are in bloom around town but these are just a few along one side of our yard not in a pot or anything. Well that's all for now. Were happy to see some nice weather so hopefully the next post will have some sunshine and beach in it.

last day of May......Lizzy bday party June1

Well Lizzy's class got to go to the beach and help out a biologist count some mussels. It turned out to be a decent day considering that 2 other field trip got rained out. Thats nothing new for KTN but here it doesn't rain nearly as much. The month of may we saw mostly cloudy days but they were dry up until the last days of school. Well there might have been a few rainy days in May but not good enough to remember.
We also had Lizzy's slumber party on the last day of school. It sure is easier to plan this year without soft/baseball schedules to work around. But we sure do miss the "ball" days. Soon we will be back at it again.
Yes the temp gauge is correct with the timing of the photo of Lizzy getting hosed down. True Alaskan girls wanting to have water fight even when temps are barely above 40. At times you could see their breath out there. They are a nice bunch of kids but we sure miss our ktn friends.

Chris has already been here for 1yr the kids and I hit that mark in Aug. 2 more years to go. All is going good here. The school year definitely went by fast. Lizzy got the presidential fitness award she was 1 of 2 in the 5-6 grade. Pretty awesome if I do say so myself.

The last week of May

Tommy is doing his last "teach n tell" of the year. May25. This is a different version of show n tell. The kids get to "teach" the class about what they bring in or do. Some kids do crafty thing or bring in a video game and show the class. This was a fun one he made the egg float by adding salt to the water.

They are playing around the world with division flash cards. Tommy is going against his friend Donnie. I've had a great time getting to go to his classroom on Fridays this year.

Well these photos were actually about 2 weeks before school let out. The one with the red boarder is at Lizzy's school. The kids get a blank piece of card stock paper which they call an "art card". At the end of the year you can turn some in and then they have a "art card trade" with multiple grades. It was neat to get to see the different styles of art work. The middle one is Tommy with his friend Buddy. They have been friends since day one. The art work with the blue matte is Tommy's. And the lone one of Lizzy is her at the 5-6th Poetry Cafe. It was very dark with just a spotlight on them. She did very well you could actually hear her. Earlier that day the dentist help "pull/pop" out 2 baby teeth, her canine teeth on the top. The 2 teeth that border your front four. Everyone was amazed at how tough she was to come the cafe after having 2 teeth "pulled".