Moments of our Lives - Week 5

Hello again!  This week is a bit of a blur.

I loved seeing my student on Monday.  He has grown a ton and is looking more and more like his dad.  I met with him and his Occupational Therapist to do some testing since she will be moving on to another job.  We will miss her a ton. She helped us learn a lot last year about his Sensory Integration Dysfunction. I am looking forward to new challenges with my student this year.

On Wednesday while I went to my doctor appointment daddy made a hat with LeAnne.  She has enjoyed wearing it all week long.

Friday morning we took LeAnne to Sears to have her pictures taken.  She did very well and they turned out nice.  Click here to view the pictures. 

Friday afternoon LeAnne discovered she how to hit a ball with her bubble wand and LOVED it.  Daddy and I were amazed at how well she was doing.  Will she be the athlete in our family?  I said can you say scholarship and daddy says can you say team USA.

This is John's last weekend on days until February. He starts working nights next week. :-( We don't like it but that's just the way it.  We'll make the best of it and look forward to February and be thankful for all the time he has been on days. 

Sunday was a girls day because our guy got called in to work.  Sunday over time pay we gotta take it.  LeAnne and I had a laid back Sunday. We started working on the letter I with a few crafts.  The high point of our day was walking to the city park across town for the Rockin Redeemer concert.  LeAnne played in the park while we listened to a variety of Christian artists sing.  It was a fun time of play and worship. 

LeAnne has been very into the Veggie Tales these days and is starting to sing the theme song.  It's absolutely adorable!! We love these precious veggies! 



Its so sad to think I only have one more Monday of summer vacation.  School starts Tuesday Sept 6th.  On one hand I'll really miss the lazy days of summer but on the other hand  I be happy to have our routine back, happy to see my co-workers and my student.  I hate the thought of not being with LeAnne so much but I know grandma Marcia has miss her and we'll make it work.  Next week I'll recap our summer and set some goals for the school year. :-)

Have an amazing week!  HUGZ!

The Leonard's

Moments of our lives - Week 4

This week was a bit of a blur and I did keep up with this post daily but here we go...

Tues 8/17/10 - It's letter G week and  I found recipe online to make gum drops using water & Jell-0. All I had in the cupboard was lime so I made green gum drops. It sorda works.  Its not gummy rather a big ball of sugar & isn't a pleasant taste. I am wondering if I made another flavor and only used a tiny drop of water so they were smaller if it would be better.  I may try this or next time buy some gum drops at the dollar store. :-) Grandma Marcia came to our rescue by getting LeAnne some gummy bears. :-)

Tues 8/17/10- I got goodies from Mr. Fed Ex & Mr. UPS today!  Mr Fed Ex delivered the Flip Slide HD camcorder I won!  LeAnne was napping when it arrived so I was able to figure out how it worked. Oh I LOVE this thing!! It's so easy to use, takes great quality videos and it's easy to upload and share your videos.  You'll certainly be seeing a few vlog's from us. :-)  Then Mr. UPS delivered my winnings from Growing Tree Toys.  A roll of paper to put on LeAnne's easel, wooden magnetic alphabet letters and an alphabet book.  The latter 2 items will be for her birthday.

Tues 8/17/10 -  When LeAnne got up we put glue onto a capital and lower case G then added glitter.  Oh what a mess! I think I need to get some of those glitter glue pens.  LeAnne loved it! According to LeAnne it was "perfect", this is her newest word she uses when things are just the way she like them. :-) 

Wednesday 8/18/10 - Will this girl ever sleep well consistently?  She woke me up around 1pm, cry sounded odd so I got up, rocked her a minute and back to bed we went. Then she woke me again around 3am, but I could tell she was fine so I turned the monitor down and from time to time turned it up to see if she was okay.  Soon it went quiet but the next thing I know the cry and hey mom sounded really close with the monitor down.  This would be because she was standing outside our door! Ahhh this is a first, she got outa bed, walked upstairs.  On the way back down stairs she tells me she is wet, I change her then she's ready to hang out and I am like um NO you are going back to bed.  Oh dear girl!

Thursday 8/19/10 - I actually went out tonight to do something fun!  I went to a Lia Sophia jewelery part a friend had. I won a nice necklace playing ring bingo and bought a really nice necklace.  There is so much I want so I think I am going to have a party in November. Who wants to come or place an order via mail that will count towards my party?

Friday 8/20/10 -   7:30 am the phone rings, its John calling, oh no what's wrong?  The truck lost oil pressure then died on his way to work. :-(  He had it towed to a repair shop and we should find out Monday what's wrong. He ran a diagnostic on it before the tow truck got there and thinks the engine could have seized and that will be pricey. :-(

Friday - LeAnne & I started on the letter H today.  She's doing really well with the sound for H.  We also did some stamping with hearts, and a house.  She is also working on her first ever bible verse this week (Love your God with all your heart Mathew 22:37) She's doing well! :-)

Friday night - LeAnne Kimberly! Girl what am I to do with you... up screaming once, get her back to sleep, then up again, I try to ignore so she goes back to sleep but before I know it she was up stairs, opened our door saying "mama wake up". Oh boy!  


Saturday 8/22/10 - Made an H cake today with a cool pan that Elaine got for me. It turned out well. :-)

Sunday 8/22/10 - Today was a really good day!  LeAnne & I had fun just hanging out at home and I felt good.  I like feeling like I can cope with whatever comes my way.  I want more days like today.  After LeAnne woke up from her nap we played with shaving cream.  She wasn't sure what to think but enjoyed it.  I had a great video of her making a capital H and saying her bible verse but oops I deleted it. :-(





Having turkeys in our front yard never gets old (as long as they don't tear up the flower beds). We even got a HUGE turkey feather this week from one of them. LeAnne is a little disturbed that the feather came out of the turkey. 



I am excited to see my student tomorrow for some testing.  I do miss him!  I LOVE being home though. I am going to miss my girl when I go back to work. I feel torn. I LOVE Summer!!  Okay gotta wrap this up and hang out with my girl. 

Love

The Leonard's

Moments of our lives - Week 3

Hello again!

Mon 8/9/10 - I love grocery shopping with my husband!  We share EVERYTHING when it comes to finances so I think its important we share in the spending of the money too.  Plus he's a really good shopping partner.  We go aisle by aisle and get it done. We've also teamed up to spend our  money (God's money) smarter by clipping coupons and using the grocery game  to help us find the deals.

Tues 8/10/10 - I had another appointment with the dermatologist to get the plantar warts on my right food treated. He froze 2 and put blister juice on 4 of them.  You know it's gonna be bad when the doctor warns you about infection (keep em clean), tells me not to hesitate to come in if I think infected and then says 3 times you WILL be in pain for at least 5 days. He says take it as easy as you can, take over the counter pain meds and keep your foot up.  I said "Great", just what the mother of an almost 3 year old wants to hear.

Tues 8/10/10 - This morning John was drinking his coffee out of his Veterans cup; LeAnne spells it out V E T E R A N and then says "coffee".  Daddy thought that was pretty darn cute. :-)

Wed 8/11/10 - OUCH! I am pretty sure I am DONE with my foot.  Thinking cutting the warts out the first time would have been smarter, instead of having to heal twice and hoping not to have to do it again in 5 weeks! Ahhh I can't do it again! I'll be back at work and there is no way I can walk.  I borrowed a pair of crutches from my mom but I am not sure what is worse, hobbling on my heal or using the crutches. I feel like the biggest baby on the block and I hate not being able to do anything without my foot throbbing.  So I do a few things, sit down to rest, do a few more things and that has been my day.  Thank God LeAnne is being mellow for mama today!!

Wed 8/11/10 - I got a call today from my Mary Kay director who was also a childhood 4-H friend.  I appreciate her A LOT!  She told me she is going to be talking about me tonight at the unit meeting because she has chosen me to be her most improved consultant. Yeah!  Plus I've heard I have a prize coming. :-) Thank-you for being so supportive Shelly!!

Thurs 8/12/10 - OUCH! my foot hurts so bad. Just coming down the stairs this morning was rough and I even thought about sliding on my buns a few times.  I am very thankful my awesome husband called in sick today to stay home to take care of his girls.  

Friday 8/13/10 - I am sick of talking about my foot.  I feel like a whiner. I am sick of sitting around all day long. I want the full use of my foot back.  I miss my foot! LOL!!  Good news is that I am able to walk on my toes some today!  I am hoping & praying my foot is well enough tomorrow John and I can still go on our day in Tri -Cities together.  We need a day to ourselves!

Saturday 8/14/10 - Tri-Cities here we come!!  LeAnne spent the afternoon with grandma Marcia while daddy & I had some much needed time alone.  Wrap that foot up good and we are going!  It was so nice to spend time together and not be heading to a doctor appointment. First stop was Khol's where we got some fall clothes for LeAnne.  Next stop Shopko to get some fall clothes for me!  John was such a big help! I was so shocked when he even said he wanted to see each thing as I tried it on. It was really nice to have his opinion.  I was even presently surprised to have gone down a jean size! As soon as this foot is better I will be hitting the Wii fit work outs hard. I MUST get this body of mine in shape! After ShopKo we headed to Olive Garden for an early dinner. Oh man you talk about yummy! It was such a nice treat. On the way home John was really sleepy so I tried talking about anything and everything to keep him alert.  We shared some laughs and I learned my husband doesn't like small talk, almost 10 years together and I am still learning new things about him. :-)  LeAnne had a very nice afternoon with grandma!

Sunday 8/15/10 - oops! We didn't get a move on it this morning so were not making it to church...darn! John is on his way to moms to mow and build some gates for her deck to keep the dogs off her awesome deck carpeting. :-) LeAnne and I  listened to music, danced  and cleaned the house.  Then while LeAnne napped mama finished up cutting/organizing her coupon binder.  So far clipping coupons,and hunting for the deals is saving us money.

Sunday 8/15/10 - We had some bubble fun this afternoon! It was lots of fun until LeAnne got some bubbles in her eyes.  As you'll notice in the video our neurotic bubble chasing Cavalier had lots of fun too.  Once Bella starts chasing bubbles she won't stop until there are no bubbles to be popped.  The poor bubble popping pooch wasn't feeling so well when we finished.  Her eyes were all read and she even got a little sick.  Good thing we don't do this often.




I can't believe Summer is coming to an end!  I don't want these lazy summer days to end!  LeAnne has been so much fun this summer.  I have been having dreams about school and I do miss my boy.  We have begun to plan a baby shower/birthday party family weekend for the 2nd weekend in October.  I can't believe LeAnne will be 3 soon! She requested a princess birthday, I am thinking we'll do a Cinderella theme.

Thanks for tuning into the moments of our lives!  Have an amazing week!

Love ya!


The Leonard's

Moments of our lives

Hi family & friends! I am going to start a new reoccurring theme here at Life with the Leonard's call Moments of our lives. My plan is to jot down things that happen in our lives daily and share the post at then end of the week. One of my biggest reasons for doing this is our little LeAnne is changing so much all the time and I don't want to forget the things she does and/or says.  This has already helped me with my scrap book journal writing. So here we go...

Tue 7/27/10 - John, LeAnne & I were on our way to town to go grocery shopping.  We were listening to LeAnne's Bible Action song CD after LeAnne said "Jesus please" like she does whenever we get in the car, which means she wants to listen to her Jesus CD.  The next thing we know she is singing to the songs! This is the 1st time she's EVER done this!  To hear her utter songs of praise made us so happy!  I know Jesus was happy too!


Thurs 7/29/10 - Today's craft project was to decorate a letter D.  I had glue on a paper plate, and a bowl of items for LeAnne to use.  In the bowl were marshmallows, various small noodles, buttons, rice and then I had glitter to go on top to add some bling. The first thing LeAnne did was put her finger in the glue and lick it. Oh the face she made.  Then she took a glue soaked marshmallow off the D I had put on for an example and ATE it! Ahhh!  It went down hill from there! She collected all the marshmallows and ate them. Then tried to eat the pasta and got made that it was hard.  I tried to get her to help me decorate the D and she put on the buttons but wanted nothing to do with putting on the pasta, and rice. Oh She did help with the sparkles (barxles as she calls them)  In the end I did a fabulous job decorating the letter D. It's my fault this happen, one day I tell her it's okay to eat your art (painting with pudding) and the next day it's not okay. LOL!!

Our Letter D crafts

Mama's beautifully decorated Letter D

Fri 7/30/10 - We were sitting at the kitchen table this morning, she was coloring and I was entering giveaways.  I sneezed and all on her own she says "bless you".  Oh my word! That today warmed my heart.

Fri 7/30/10 - LeAnne & I went to a really cute local bakery to have a doughnut since we have been focusing on the letter D this week I thought it was a fighting end to the week.  we had our doughnut, went to the park to play for a bit and then went over to water Grandma Marcia's flowers.  As we drove to the park she was singing the wheels on the bus song but since it's off her bible action CD its a different version and she was singing "the drive says go to church". It was adorable.

Friday 7/30/10 - As John is buckling in to LeAnne into her car seat she spells STOP then says Stops (we have a stop sign in front of our house. It was sweet!  Could she really be starting to get the concept that letter put together are words?


Saturday 7/31/10 - LeAnne asked for a glass of milk, this is a rarity because she's not a milk drinker. As I was cleaning up dinner dishes I hear her saying drinking slowly and I was puzzled as to why she would say that. Then it dawned on me that morning she'd watched a Word World where duck didn't drink his milk slowly so he got the hiccups. ha ha!

Saturday 7/31/10 - LeAnne was very into dressing up today. She even brought me her Easter hat and said "mama top hat" LOL!! :-) 

One of her interesting outfits on Saturday

  

 

 

 

 

 

 


I also want to add we are very proud of our oldest daughter Amanda, for doing a great job at her first job driving combine.  She has been harvesting rye grass the last 2 weeks and was recently switched to wheat.  She's not exactly happy with this switch because she has to pay closer attention but it is a raise in pay so I say keep your eye on the prize and think of the money you're making to buy your first car.  She has 3 more weeks of harvesting to go.  We miss her like crazy and can't believe it's possible she will be a senior in high school come September.