The Past Week

Before I begin I wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS to my cousin Sarah and her husband Andy on the birth of their little baby boy, Neal. We hope everyone is doing well and we can't wait to meet him.

Congratulations also to Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Thompson on this being their 6th Great Grandchild.

It's been another week in the Miller household. I was a little slacking in the blogging department so I figured I would catch up today. The kids spent one afternoon this week decorating our "balcony" or as I call it, the hole in the ground. There was chalk everywhere!

You can see all of the chalk on the walls in the background of these pictures. Ethan and Tabitha had a blast using the chalk. They have never used chalk before. I guess that's what happens when you live on ten acres and have a gravel driveway. I have a feeling there is going to be a lot of chalk use while we are here.

After all of the decorating we had to clean up. I gave both of them scrub brushes and a bucket of water to clean. I think they might have had more fun cleaning it up then writing on the brick.

Ethan turned in his first school project this past Monday! It was a family tree that he had to cut out, color and glue. He also wrote the names of everyone in his family on the leaves and glued pictures onto them. I printed the pictures of us for him and then he did everything else by himself! I've always said I didn't want to be one of those parents that does the projects for their kids. After the hour long process to get this thing done, I can see why some parents just do it themselves!

Ethan had an exciting Friday at school this week. It was Goodies with Grandparents Day. Nana came down for a special visit and Ethan had a chance to take her to see his school and have brunch with her. From what I hear, they had a fantastic time!

Ethan also had an early release on Friday so he was home early to spend even more time with Nana. When he arrived off the bus we learned that next week he is STAR OF THE WEEK! He is beyond excited. This means he can do show and tell again, have lunch with Mommy and Daddy at school, and bring pictures in to share with the class.

We also had football practice 2 times this week. Ethan is starting to catch onto everything that he has to know for the games. Games start next weekend. That should be hysterical to watch!