Slacking, or trying to find the time?

Definitely a little of both! I have not been good at keeping up on the blog lately so here it goes.
Waaay back on my Birthday both of the kids were sick. Shay was able to go to school but Britton stayed home. I got to spend my whole Birthday with a sick boy. Before Shay left for school I got to open my present. The kids worked so hard on wrapping it. They colored the wrapping paper and wrapped it all by themselves.

Inside the package was a homemade envelope with money and a bracelet inside. The money is for a new swimming suit as you can see from the clue on the envelope that Shay drew.

Chopper also turned 11 weeks old on my Birthday. Isn't he the cutest little thing you have ever seen. He looks cute and innocent but trust me, he is not.

Friday both of the kids ended up staying home sick. Britton was so sick. He had crazy fevers and just slept all day. He NEVER does that. Even though the kids were sick and couldn't really enjoy it. Uncle Jonny and his wife came to stay with us over the weekend. He was in town for a soccer tournament. The kids were sick the entire long weekend. And Shayna even missed school on Tuesday. We never left the house. Poor Chopper was going crazy. Shayna ended up missing two of her swim practices which was really bad timing because she had her first swim meet coming up.
Both of the kids were able to return to school on Wednesday and Thursday my parents came in town for a visit so they could watch Shay at her first swim meet.
Of course shortly after they arrived Brittons bird, Hedwig, died. It was awful. Britton was so sad but he was trying so hard to be tough about it. He cried of course but he pulled it together to go to his soccer practice. I was so proud of him for taking it so well, I know it was very hard on him. He misses her pretty bad. Also the same day they arrived Copper turned 12 weeks. I can't believe how fast he is growing. I love how he tilts his head the same direction in every picture. He makes me smile.

Friday was Shayna's big day!! Her very first swim meet. She was so nervous but she ended up doing really well. Actually, I was shocked at how well. She was entered in two events. The freestyle and the butterfly. In her first heat (freestyle) she took FIRST place! In her second heat (butterfly) she took FIRST place! She swam against 7 other girls.

The way it works is you swim in your heat, then you get placed overall. Overall means where you place after all of the heats are done. So even though she took first in her heat she took 9th place overall in the freestyle and 6th place overall in the butterfly.  You only get a placement ribbon for 1st -8th place after that you get an honorable mention ribbon. She wasn't very happy with that. She thought she did terrible and was pretty disappointed. I thought she did amazing for her first time and can not wait until she goes to the meet next month. Now that she knows what to expect and how the placing works I think she can do better. I guess we will see, but out of a total of 20 swimmers 9th and 6th place isn't too bad....

And since she did so awesome we all went to MY favorite place......Yogurt Land!!