Jace's 5th Birthday

Wow, my little (ha ha) man is another year older. His birthday was on the 23rd and he got to celebrate that day with the Younts in Priest River. Then on Saturday we had a little get together here for him. He is so grown up I can't even believe it!







Jace had a hard time figuring out what theme he wanted for his party. Right after his party last year he decided that he was going to have a Thomas party this year. He stuck with that for a long time. Then he started getting into Pirates and decided that he would have a Thomas AND Pirates party. I was just thinking "Okay, whatever, we'll see what he decides when it gets closer.". Well, he couldn't decide and then he added Spiderman to the mix! SO, if I had gotten a better picture of the cake you would see that it has Thomas, Spiderman, AND Pirates on it! Side note - I didn't put that many pirate flags on the cake, that was Jace's special touch.



After the party, everyone went up to a baseball field just past our house and Jace got to show off his new motorcyle riding skills. He has had the motorcycle for about 2 months and he just got his riding gear for his birthday (Thanks Grandpa Dave and Grandma Janis!). He thinks he is pretty sweet and was doing his best to show off for everyone watching. There were a few times that we were sure he was going to crash because he was watching us instead of where he was going. I'm pretty sure if I looked hard enough I would be able to find several grey hairs from all of the times my heart has skipped a beat because he scares me to death! I'm sure it will be that way forever though.

Cleaning Time

Phew! I am finally done with my 4 weeks of subbbing in the same class, hooray! I don't have any subbing jobs lined up for this week, although I am hoping to get called at least a couple of days. Yesterday we took the kids to Pendleton, OR and met Tim's mom so she could take them up to Priest River for the week because our evening babysitter has been really sick and not able to watch the kids while I am at Albertson's. I have to work Monday - Friday this week and we thought it would be fun for the kids to spend a week with Grandma and Grandpa. Thanks Ann! Anyway... Here I am without kids for 5 days! I have a huge list of things I need to do. Tim has been so awesome about keeping to house picked up and the dishes done for the last 4 weeks, but we are having company this weekend and I have spare time on my hands, so I will be spending my days shampooing carpets, mopping floors and wiping down every square inch of my house. I love having a clean house!

Jace's First Day At His New Preschool

Today was Jace's first day at the new preschool he is going to this year. He was really excited and has been waiting for 3 weeks to be able to wear his new school shoes. If you look closely in the second picture, you will see that they light up! He wanted these shoes so bad that he was willing to give up getting birthday presents from us so he could get them.

He had to get a new backpack this year because his old one was too little. He chose Spiderman and was really pumped about it. Isn't he the coolest almost 5 year old you've ever seen?

Time Flys When... Am I Having FUN?

Okay, so this is pretty much what I have felt like for the last 2 weeks. By the end of this week I will have worked 14 days in a row (19 out of 21 total) and will still have one week left. HOWEVER there is good news,the hard part is over! This week I only have to teach 1/2 days and I only work at Albertsons on one of those days. It actually has flown by, and I'm really glad I did it because I have already been offered another long term subbing position in February and all of the teachers I have been working with have told me they will use me for themselves.