Alphabitty Moments: Kk

First of all, I must congratulate my friend and boss (!) because she has won the Blurb.com contest with her Alphabitty Moments book! $3,000 is nothing to sneeze at! This parade is obviously a very good idea as the panel of professional judges has agreed. I am super excited to be working with her in her blog business and hope it grows leaps and bounds as a result of this outcome!!!

Here is my entry for the week. I'm not terribly proud of the actual photos, but the kids do love to fly kites. And the jacket Megan is wearing with her pj bottoms (how many times have I referred to the fact that my kids are not often properly dressed at our house?) was a gift from my aunt. It was hers and is a special brand of leather coat (which escapes my memory- typical) that my great uncle sold years ago. My aunt wore it when she was young, kept it, and thought it would be fun to dye it and pass it along to my kids to enjoy and dress up in. And Megan does enjoy it and wear it.

Now about the kite. Mitchell's chore for today included picking up the entry that is always cluttered with coats, shoes, boots, outdoor toys, dirt, grass, sticks.....kites. He was overwhelmed with the chore and in frustration, and laziness, he threw the kites in the garbage. He claims he should not have to pick up anything he did not leave out! I don't think he understands that's what I do all day! I wonder if he will retrieve the kites for future fun, or leave them and regret it later. Is this a lesson I let him learn the hard way?


Now, go to the home of Alphabitty Moments and congratulate MamaBear on her success and and check out other Alphabitty pages for the letter Kk. Happy Day!

Alphabitty Moments: Jj is for Jump4Joy

This was the girls' first year to be a part of Jump4Joy, a small Christian dance group in our area. I love this program because it's relaxed, they dance to uplifting music, it's cheap, and they only meet for a couple months. Just my type of extra-curricular activity! It's just enough to give the girls a chance to move to music, hang out with other girls and at the end, they give a fun show and have a formal banquet with awards. Megan and Madison loved it!

Now, jog on over to

to see what others came up with for this weekly challenge.

Alphabitty Moments: Boyhood initiation-mowing

My son turned 10 this summer and his father deemed him old enough to learn to drive the Xmark. He takes his job very seriously and he does it well.

 

Alphabitty Moments

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I suppose most children cut their own hair at some time. Some escape a major hairstyle change while others require more drastic measures. When Madison chose to take the scissors to her hair, she cut some very short bangs and gave herself some generous layers around her face. So I took her to a friend who fixed her up and suggested this fun hairstyle to hide her one inch long bangs. We loved it!

Alphabitty Moments: The letter G

It seems this boy only grows taller. He's a rail! He takes after his mother's high metabolism. Poor thing only wants to wear pants these days to hide his bony knees and skinny legs. Someday he'll be grateful~ when he's 30 years old and doesn't have to worry about watching his weight!

Alphabitty Moments:The letter F

Alphabitty Moments: The letter E (&D)

I've missed four letters, but I think I can catch up on this project! The goal is to scrapbook one page a week and share our pages at 4theLoveofFamily. MamaBear says:

"The carnival was created as a way to record the little things your kids do. These keepsake book pages are meant to take a closer look at the ordinary and every day moments of childhood. Some day we will look back on all the little things and realize they were really the big things."

Sometimes I'm not sure I want to remember that Madison does school in her pjs with a mess of hair in her face. She actually had a bath that morning, but no one would guess it! She just threw her jammies back on. Who can resist being all cozy? And look at how she is enjoying our garage sale find!

 UPDATE: Catching up already!

I used Mixbook.com for these pages.