Happy Birthday to Mallory

Yesterday was another milestone for Mallory. She turned 9! I am most surprised by this because she already acts like she is 15 or so.
She loves High School Musical so it was an HSM birthday. She got the chapter book, a poster of Zac Efron, and the cd from HSM2. We took her to eat at one of her favorite places, Red Lobster. She also wore a badge all day that said Happy Birthday so that everyone would know and sing to her. Then when I pick the kids up from Reach, a mid week church program, she complains because everyone sang to her. See what I mean about the 15 year old part?
This Friday she is having 7 of her bff's over for a slumber party. It will be High School Musical heaven!

WOW! What a weekend!

Revolve was fantastic! It was super high energy with lots of great concerts. The main theme was "Girls are you seen as a treasure or a target by guys, and what can you do about that?" It was very relevant and presented by a hottie, Chad Eastham, who clearly kept the girls' interest. The concerts were by Hawk Nelson, KJ52, Natalie Grant, and Ayiesha Woods. I'll admit I was feeling my age when KJ52 performed. It's all hip hop and I couldn't keep up the hop.
My favorite part had to be the drama team. They were a group of 4 young people who moved me to tears! They were very talented.
We already have seats reserved for next year! www.revolvetour.com

Revolve

Tonight I am headed to Nationwide Arena with 24 other beeeautiful young ladies for the teen conference called Revolve! It is like Women of Faith but for the younger set. This is why I became a youth leader people!!! It is run by Natalie Grant. I also get to see KJ52 and Hawk Nelson! I am pumped....see I am already practicing my teen speak (although I am pretty sure pumped is out by now).
I will let you know how wonderful a we had next week! In the meantime, go to revolvetour.com

A pox on the pox!

Oops! Mallory has shingles. It is very blistery, somewhat painful, sometimes itchy, rash that follows the nerves around one's torso. I should know because I had a very bad case as a child and Seth had them last year. Now it is Mallory's turn. The oops comes in because now 2 babies at the sitters have them and both their moms are teachers. I have cost the school district money for substitutes. Oops! Well not me personally, but you know what I mean.
The weird thing is that both of my kids have gotten this virus. Most of us associate it with older people. The doctors say it is a virus that lies dormant and just flares its ugly head when it feels like it. Once you have the rash you are no longer contagious. That means it was too late by the time we knew Mallory had it. Sorry babies! Sorry Madelyn!

Jonah is sooooo cute! I could eat him!

I have a rockstar on my hands. Jonah has been carrying around Mallory's Barbie guitar fpr a few days now. he even writes his own lyrics. The latest, which I think is a knock off from a new show called Yo Gabba Gabba (where do they get these names?), has one line repeated over and over. It goes like this~

I'm so happyyyyyyyyy when i play with my friends.
repeat and strum as you sing..........

Jonah has also gotten very bossy lately. When I learned the words and tried to join in, this upset him a lot. Evidently this song is only meant to be a solo. I was told to stop singing now! sigh, there was a time when a duet would have been preferred.......
they grow up so fast.

My last birthday in the 30s......sigh

Time keeps marching on. This busy time with young kids seems to be flying too. They, my kids, keep growing up and they won't stop no matter how hard I try to hold on.
This birthday was completely uneventful. I spent it at the famous Marion Popcorn Festival Parade. yeehaw! Mallory rode on a float for Douce Dance, so we were there to cheer her on. Unfortunately the parade was a mess. There was what seemed like an ending to it, yet Mallory's float hadn't come by. Neither had RV's band. Seriously there was a 5 minute gap, and then the rest of the parade came straggling through.
Randy and I did go early and get 2 of my favorites, french fries with vinegar and a lemonade with extra sugar. Happy birthday to me!
A few of my 7th graders recognized my big day. I got a dvd of my favorite movie, High School Musical 2 and a pumpkin.