Lane's First Walking Parade

Lane has been in an activity since she was three years old. She has chosen ballet, tap or gymnastics other years. She chose hip hop and competitive cheer this year. She is thrilled to attend with two of her close friends twice a week.
This year she participated in the St. Cloud parade. She had to walk the entire parade route and smiled the entire time. She told me that her feet hurt afterward but I was so proud of my shorty pie for keeping that smile on her face.
It will be fun to see her recital in June and her competitions as this come up soon. She has been working hard to learn new things this year and she's keeping her grades up. I'm a proud mom of my 7 year old!

Eddie

When Andrew and I lived in Daytona Beach, FL, we went to the humane society to adopt our second dog. Brody was in need of a brother or sister while we were at work and we wanted to save a fur-baby. We walked around the sad, gray building looking at all of the dogs and puppies who needed a home and I could have taken them all home.
And there in a kennel looked the most pathetic one of all. We asked if we could take him out and meet him. He kissed our nose and had the most playful manner. He never lost his love of life. He was obnoxious and stubborn, like any Alaskan husky.
We had to bring Brody to meet him. We found out that Eddie was taken away by the county from a woman who beat him harshly. Eddie got away from us in the humane society yard and that should have been a sign to us that he was an obnoxious beast but he was meant to be our crazy boy.
Eddie passed away a couple months ago. He never stopped loving the kids, food, or toys. He always seemed to smile, even in his last days when he was in pain.
We miss him dearly and we are so glad we were able to give him 14 years of love and life on this earth. It never seems like enough time.

Extra Credit - Alex

Alex brought home an extra credit assignment for science class. He has been studying life science in fifth grade. He had the opportunity to make a shirt with different bones and organs on it.
I bought a long sleeve shirt, 3D paint, and fabric paint. We took two days to draw and paint the bones and many organs on the shirt. It only resulted in one meltdown due to miscommunication about the placement of blue bones but we managed to get through the entire project.
When the project was complete. he proudly wore the shirt to school on a Friday. His opinion on the entire thing - It's gross. I highly doubt he will enter the medical field at this rate.