Cailin's Art Show

During the 1st and 3rd Thursday afternoons this past school year you would have found Cailin and Delaney at another homeschooling friend's home taking art classes.

Cailin had a great time learning about different mediums, perspectives and other art related information (can you tell I'm not versed in the proper grammar of art).

I asked Cailin what her favorite part of art class....what she enjoyed learning about the most...and she tells me "I liked it because my great friend Elsie was in it."

Well there you have it, all the time, effort and money put into a great learning experience, and simple playdates would have sufficed. I'm sure she got more than just that, but, I'm glad she had a great time none the less.

The Bumblebee's--Spring Soccor

For the past few years Cailin has been asking me to sign her up for soccor, but I always seem to miss the deadline to actually do it. This year, I finally got her signed up in time. She loves it of course. It's fun to watch her get in there and chase after the ball. A couple of time she's even tripped an opposing team member. I especially like to watch the little twirly dance she does after she kicks the ball (this doesn't always happen, but it's cute).

Getting some pointers from her coach Mr. B.

Go Bumblebee's Go!!

Locks of Love

For the past year or so Cailin has had a goal of letting her hair grow long enough so that she could donate it to the Locks of Love foundation. This foundation makes hair pieces for children who suffer from alopecia due to various reason.

The requirement was that the hair must be at least 10 inches long. A few weeks ago she came to me with a ruler. "I'm ready to get cut my hair Mom, I'm tired of dealing with all the tangles." Oh but, the hair wasn't quite long enough.

She waited about a month longer. We measured again and this time she indeed had 10 inches of hair to donate. Yeah!

I called and made her an appointment. Yesterday we went to the beauty shop and Cailin got a hair cut. The stylist kept mentioning how thick her hair was....after many small snips the ponytail was off.

I had to laugh at Cailin's first reaction to shorter hair. Shock, disbelief yet, a happy sparkle in her eyes.

Oh she looks so cute! She hates it when I say that word, but she really does look cute!

I love my new hair cut!

Kitty Witty Voo Voo Meow Meow aka Amarica

Hi. It's me, Cailin. The cat laid before your eyes is my amazing dead cat, Kitty. Her real name was Amarica, but I always called her Kitty. It became more of a name than a nickname. When I got her, she was just a little kitten that had been born in a house across the street. I begged Mom and Dad for a cat. Mom had no problem with it, she loves cats. But Dad's more a dog person then a cat person. I like some dogs- dogs like Baily, which are middle sized dogs. I don't like big dogs, or little dogs. So I knew it would be a problem trying to get Dad to let me have a cat. But luck was on my side. Dad said yes! So Mom took me over to the house, to see which cat I wanted. We couldn't buy them yet, they were still suckling milk. But we wanted to see the little kittens. I only remember two of the kittens, but they had lots. I looked and wanted Kitty, but Mom wanted the grey one. But I wanted Kitty! We needed to get a girl, because Dexter, our other cat, is a boy, and might kill a tom kitten. Soon, we found out the grey one was a male, and my wish came true... I got Kitty!!!She loved to sit in the flower pots to take a nap.
She died because of a tumor that burst or a bubble of air in her bloodstream on March 16, 2010.