Mother's Log March 2017

March 12
Eventful Day! 
Lily went to Nursery without me--she's finally old enough!! 
We had our first day of choir practice at the house routine.  (Still made it to church late thanks to daylight savings...)
Jeremy was finally beat at Scrabble!! (By Sami)
Lily drank out if the dog's bowl.  Came into the room carrying it and drinking.(Yeah... stomach still turning on that one)

March 14
Lily was stuck on the brick while I showered today.  Apparently the one inch off the carpet made her nervous and she just stood there crying and frozen until I came to the rescue.  I'd say she's scared of heights but she's really not.   She tried to do a flip off the upstairs banister last night!  
Lily is so big!!  We had our 18-month well check today.  She's in the 50th for weight, 75th for height, and 90th for head!!  Whoa!

March 15
We went to the park again today.  The weather has been so warm.  Kassi and Lily play well together at the park.  Lily is insane on slides.  She doesn't care how big or steep it is, she goes head first! 

March 27
Happy Birthday to my dad.  It's been 2 1/2 years since he passed away.  I miss him. 

March 29
Happy Half Birthday Sami!  Growing up too fast and looking less like a girl and more like a young woman everyday. 

Today marks five years since Mike passed away.   It doesn't feel like five years.  It feels more like one or two... Life has just gone on.  Kids have been born.  Families have changed.  Everyone is older.  Mike would have been 37 this year. 

On a funnier note:  we sat down to dinner tonight and the middle girls were being rowdy.   I was trying to get them to calm down for prayer and suddenly Lily says (in toddler accent), "guys stop!"  We all looked at her stunned and started laughing!  Then she leaned forward and pointed her finger at her sisters and said, "No, no, no!"  ...  yeah... hilarious!

March 31
It's been a really long week.  Lots of tears.  Some humble pie.  Apologies given.  Lessons learned.  Restless nights.  Sick kids.  I can't wait for Conference Weekend to start tomorrow and Spring Break next week!  It couldn't have come at a better time!

March 1 at Valley View

The following was sent by the girls' principal yesterday.  I must say,  I'm rather proud to claim this school as "mine."  Mrs. J has been a blessing to the school.  This is her third year as principal and what a three years it's been!  She adores my girls and still hugs Sami whenever she sees her.  The community at this school is so unique.  What a blessing Valley View Elementary is in my life. 

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Hello Valley View Families!

You may have heard yesterday was a busy day here at school!  We had a surprise assembly where our very own Wendi Stringfellow was the first recipient of the Heidi Martin, Mighty Heart Educator in Excellence Award!  She was nominated by a parent for the award.  She received $10,000.00 to purchase items for use at school, Jazz tickets, a night's stay at Little America, dinner at Ruth Chris, and a beautiful plaque.  KSL's High Five anchor Lori Pritchard visited and we all gave Mrs. Stringfellow a "High Five."

If that wasn't enough, our school counselor Miss Sara Carver received her own "award," a marriage proposal from her now fiancée Hayden Spencer.  The students helped a blindfolded Miss Carver locate her award by clapping hot and cold until she reached him.  By the way, she said, "Yes!"  The day ended with our wonderful school musical production of "Meant to Invent."  It is an honor and a privilege to serve as principal of this amazing school!  I just wanted you to know about the great day we had!

Respectfully,

Mrs. J