Dress Up Time

Jordon as you should know by now loves to play dress up. She has gotten Sienna into this act, well maybe Sienna does it because Jordon does ... who knows. Anyway, they both have fairy dresses and love to dress up together.
RECAP:
Some of you may or may not know but Bruce was laid off from Albertson's IT dept. a couple of months ago and has 2 weeks left. They gave him a sweet 4 week severance package (note the sarcasm). He has had 5 interviews in the last week or so and so far all but 1 job has called and said they hired someone else. Nevertheless he has felt really bad about that. I try to cheer him up but he feels like he is a disappointment to me and our family. I don't feel that way at all. I think he has done a great job holding his head up high and trying desperately to find another descent job. The 1 job he really wants we are hoping to hear from this next week, so please keep your fingers crossed for us.
So after 2 1/2 years of testing, tutoring and quarterly meetings with the school we have decided to hold Collin back into 3rd grade. The poor kid has ADHD and dyslexia and is only at a beginning 3rd grade level. After looking at his school work the first week in 4th grade at all the incomplete work I knew it was way over his head. I emailed the principal and told her I wanted Collin back in 3rd grade. We had a meeting the following day and we all agreed it would be in Collin's best interest. That following Monday they placed him in Mrs. Storey's class. The transition went really well and he is adjusting great. I feel that this has been a great move for him. Now he doesn't feel like he is the 'dumb' one in the class and is at the same level as all the other kids. We are hoping that this year will also help him mature more so that we can cope better with the ADHD.

Seeing Double??!!

So I've been getting a lot of comments that I look like my Mom these days. I think the short hair is a major factor. You be the judge!

Sienna

I have to say that Sienna's personality is super cute these days. She loves to put on the play shoes and walk around the house and stomp. She loves to make loud noises. She decided to go outside with these shoes on so I hurried and grabbed the camera.




Sienna on the other hand loves to have her picture taken ... can you tell?






Going along with the 'loving loud noises' this is our future drummer in RockBand. She loved it!

Jordon

So everyday after bath time Jordon would cry and make a big deal when I would comb her hair. She apparently has a VERY soft head. Well I got tired of this constant fight so I cut her hair again. She couldn't stop staring at herself in the mirror. She would thrash her hair from side to side, run her fingers through it the whole shebang. It cracked me up. So she hates having her picture taken these days so it is impossible to get a descent picture. This is the best I could do.

A bug

So Sienna has been cutting her K9 teeth on the top over the last week. All day Friday she had some horrendous diarrhea. She was pooping at least every hour so we were quick to get the poops off.
Saturday morning I got up at 7:30am to go to the gym but felt so exhausted. I had been feeling tired for the past 2 days and had a throbbing headache. I couldn't drag myself out of bed for the life of me. Cala called me at 9am and said she was coming over so we could go jogging and I told her that there was no way. My body ached, I had chills, I was exhausted and that headache would not go away. I laid in bed drifting in and out of sleep till a little after 10am. I got in the tub to warm myself up which worked a little. I got showered and dress and plopped down on the couch and began to drift in and out of sleep again. So, I was suppose to do an open house that afternoon. So I called the owners of the house and told them I think I might have the flu and that I would still be willing to sit at their open house for them, but if they didn't want my germs I would stay home. They asked me to please stay home. I then slept all afternoon till almost 5pm. We took a trip to Walmart because by then poor little Sienna's butt was raw. Cala got a sweet recipe for Natalie (I believe) on a homemade buttpaste remedy which worked wonders. I went to bed at 9pm and slept all night.
Sunday I woke up and felt much better just still had the headache, but I can deal with that. Sienna's diarrhea calmed down a bit. I think she only had 5-6 that day. So far today nothing. Thank goodness! That was our lovely weekend. :)

Princess Jordon and Silly Sienna

So Jordon just loves anything princess. She got dressed up in her Cinderella dress and wanted me to take pictures. She was trying new poses with her fingers. She's a nut! What I can't help but laugh about is Sienna's expressions in each picture. I giggled so hard when I looked at these pictures.

Bear Lake

This last weekend we went to Bear Lake, UT for a Baird family reunion. The drive was really long but we made it. The kids did pretty good for having to be cooped up for 5 hours. We stayed in a WorldMark condo. They have really nice indoor pools so we took the kids swimming the first night there. The kids were exhausted and we had them to bed by 8:30pm. They had us fooled! By the time Bruce and I got to bed at 10:30pm we thought, hey this might not be so bad after all. Then at 11pm Jordon woke up screaming. Bruce then slept with Jordon in her room and I brought Collin up to my room where Sienna was sleeping as well. Sienna then woke up at 2am and didn't go back to sleep till almost 6am. So nevertheless the first night sucked!
On Saturday we rented Jet Ski's for the adults and older kids. Collin had a great time riding with Bruce & I. It was a beautiful day out and we all had a great time. Grandma watched the girls back at the condo so that Bruce and I could enjoy the afternoon. We had a Potluck in Ovid about 30 minutes away from the condos. We had a ping pong tournament and horse back riding. The kids had a good time. We had them in bed by 10pm and they slept all night. THANK GOODNESS!!
On the drive home our luggage rack on top of the car came open and Sienna's suitcase flew out. I had to run down the highway and pick it up. Thankfully no one ran over it. BUT, the luggage case had a huge crack in it. We couldn't go faster then 70mph so our drive home took us 6 hours. Well we made it, had a good time, and not traveling again for a while ... LOL