Sunday, June 15, 2008

RIP Geico



I'm a bad mom! On Sunday, June 8th Brandon received an Anole (lizard) for his 8th birthday which he named Geico (Yeah after the one on the commercials) and exactly one week later I killed it. We put him out in the sun to bask in the warm sun for a while and then took off to the beach and forgot to make sure he was in the shade with some water so he wouldn't dehydrate. Well he had dehydrated big time when we got back home and poor Brandon was crying in the pool. What do you say to your son when he knows that your the one who killed his precious lizard?? He was very forgiving when we told him we'd get a new one the very next day, and just like a kid, he soon forgot about Geico and started to wrangle a $28 Leopard Gecko from us. It's not happening, but we are getting the new lizard a better setup, so he won't have to be put out in the sun and forgot about. Here's a couple of pictures in memory of dear Geico.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Rachel Graduates Pre-School




It's official, Miss Rachel graduated pre-school. Yeah!! They seem to graduate from everything, but at least the only expensive one is their high school graduation. Still, we got her a pretty dress and put "pretties" in her hair, and took some poser shots before we headed down to Owosso Middle School for the ceremony. They all looked so cute in their fancy dresses and shirts and ties and of course the night was topped off with a gift of a graduation smiley face plush toy, a free ice-cream courtesy of the Cone Zone and cookies. She's a big girl now, heading out to Kindergarten, which in her words "is in the big school her brothers go to". Of course they are not looking forward to her being close enough to irritate and embarass them, but they'll survive.