One Proud Momma!

Miranda has always been an excellent student. She soaks things up so fast and is very eager to learn! It frustrates her to no end if she can't figure something out.

At the beginning of the school year her teacher sent home her first Oral Reading Assessment. She gives them a story, they read it allowed and she times it. After one minute she makes them stop and grades them on how many words they read, how fluent they were, and their comprehension of the story.

On Miranda's first test she scored somewhere in the low 40s. Their current goal for the class is to read 50-60 words per minute, correctly. So you can see she was close, but not quite.

Well, I was amazed when she came home with her most recent reading assessment results!!

Miranda now reads 91 words per minute!!!! Even her teacher wrote, "WOW!!" on her test! LOL! Amazing! I know my baby is smart, but to see how fast she can improve on things is just insane to me. I have no doubt this little girl could be a rocket scientist if she wanted to be, seeing as how she can do anything she sets her mind to! She is definitely one smart cookie! ;) And I am one very proud momma!

Thank God there were NO Salamis!

While in the ocean in Florida, Loren told me she was glad we came. She said she was scared to go, because she thought a salami might get us...I asked what she meant by salami, and she explained, "you know, Mommy, a big wave!" Haha! "Okay Loren, you mean a tsunami!" Loren, "That's what I said Mommy!"

"UPS Feeds Us!"

We passed by a UPS truck, and this is the conversation that followed:

Loren: Mommy, that's a UPS truck.

Me: Yes it is!

Loren: Megan (her step-mom) works for UPS.

Me: I know.

Loren: UPS feeds us.

Me: What? (I giggled)

Loren: UPS feeds us!

Me: How do they feed us?

Loren: I don't know, daddy said they do! He said UPS feeds me!

Apparently, when the girls got very excited over the FedEx plane and signs at the Millington Air Show their dad and Megan took them to, their dad told them he doesn't like FedEx. He said they should like UPS. When the girls asked why, he said, "Because UPS feeds you." LOL, and of course now she thinks UPS literally somehow feeds us all!

Say What?!

Miranda had well over 10 "boyfriends" in kindergarten. My hope was this meant boys who are friends, lol...not quite so sure.

This past summer I reconnected with an old high school friend of mine, and she has a son who is about a year older than Miranda. These two kids hit it off right away!

She decided he was her "boyfriend" because he did things such as, get her coat for her when we were leaving and whatnot!

Oh how she goes on about him, and I must say, I am proud that she appreciates a gentleman, hopefully no "bad boys" in her future!

She said she only has ONE boyfriend this year, the boy talked about above, lol. Even though two boys in her class, and I am quoting, "Have their eyes on her!" Seriously now!

A couple weeks ago she drew a picture of her and this boy on their wedding day with 3 baby girls. I told his mom, who told me that he says Miranda is his girlfriend and they are going to have boys! Oh my goodness!

While at dinner last night, she informed aunt Nanie, "I am going to have 6 jobs when I grow up, (she listed them all) and my husband is going to stay home and take care of the kids!"

WOW! Really?!

I wonder what her future husband will have to say about that...LOL!

As for Loren...She has no desire to ever get married or have children! She wants absolutely nothing to do with it. Thank God...I can only handle one boy crazy child at a time!

Audrey Hepburn? Or Tomboy?

Loren and I were having breakfast after Miranda left for school and she had to wear my sunglasses because it was so bright!

I love this picture, she looks so elegant, almost a young Audrey Hepburn, my favorite actress of all time! ;)

And then...she went to put on her shoes for the day, and this is what she came back with!
My little Italian beauty has so much tomboy in her! Please, do NOT let the jewelry and dresses fool you. She has a lot of sassy rock star in her, but she is definitely a tomboy at heart!

I told her these shoes did not go, and to put some sandals on, but she said, "Momma, they go, they are purple (Poyrpel) like the dress and they have glitter and diamonds on them too!" So I guess in her mind, the shoes were as dressy as the dress. But still! Thank God we weren't going where anyone but family would see her fashion feaux pas. lol...that child!

I love it, even if she looks like a goober, because this is my Loren! :)

My Little Cuddle Bug!

Both my girls love to cuddle, which does make for a rough night if they are both in the bed with me, lol! But I don't mind a sore back now and again, as long as I can still cuddle my babies!

On this particular night I walked in to see Miranda cuddling aunt Nanie's baby, Emma.

If you look behind her though, there's Bella, her most favorite baby doll in the whole wide world, that she just can't sleep without! Yesterday Miranda had to take something special to her class for show and tell.
She chose to take Bella. This made me so happy for several reasons:
1. That my baby is not too big to take a baby doll for show and tell
and inform the entire class that she can't sleep without her favorite doll! :)
2. Because Bella came into her life when she was only 2 years old I believe.
My mother bought her the first one, and every time Bella has gotten too yucky or
too messed up, I have gone out and replaced her with a duplicate!
Thank God Walmart is good for certain things!
Bella has had several sisters added to the family, but she remains the only one that is cherished the way she is and for that...I LOVE that baby doll almost as much as she does! Because that means my baby is still my innocent little girl.
I truly think I will cry the day Miranda becomes too cool for Bella, I really do!

Last Trip to the Sprinkler Park...

It's been so hot here lately that sitting out in the sun, even with water nearby, was the last thing I was about to do!

So when I finally had a day off with cooler temps (I'm talking in the 90s people, how sad is that!) Loren and I grabbed our stuff and headed to the Collierville Sprinkler Park.

I was so sad when I saw the signs posted stating that they were only going to be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the rest of the month before they close for fall! :( That means this was definitely our last trip for the summer. And while I am VERY ready for some fall weather to cool things off, I'm just NOT ready for summer to end! NOT YET!

Loren and I had so much fun, I ran through all the sprinklers with her and could wring out my swimsuit cover up, not kidding! It was so worth it though.
After about an hour and a half, the sun finally warmed the temps back up and Loren was so tired. So she got me to give her a massage while she listened to my MP3 and chilled out. Ahhh...must be nice! ;)