Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! As usual I am way behind on my blog. The days are so filled with work, the kids, girl scouts, work, PTA, oh and did I mention work? haha Anyway I feel like I don't have enough time in the day! But I am very thankful for all of it! There is not one thing I would change. I am so thankful for my babies, my family, my job, etc.. I always remember this whenever the days are long and stressful, but this time of year I make it top priority to stop and remember all of my blessings! I think I will start this update with Ally. She is about to be 7 years old on Dec. 10th! She is growing up soo fast. My BABY is going to be 7! Where did the time go? She is doing really good in school. She is like a sponge! All she has to do is hear something once and she has it memorized forever! She is in an accelerated reading group at school because she is reading so well! Her teacher says she has an amazing vocabulary and is reading really well! She is also doing really well with math although she still writes some of her letters and numbers backwards. The teacher says this is perfectly normal and that she is doing better and better with this each day.
Ally is also a daisy Girls Scout.

She is in a troop with about 15 other girls. At first she had a really hard time because she is as shy as her mama. Some of the girls started in the troop in the middle of last school year and were already friends. She was one of the newcomers. I understand where she is coming from because even the group of parents there has been hard for me to "fit" in to! She has now made lots of friends and has been in the Harvest Festival Parade, sold nuts, and has volunteered at the food bank as part of her community service actions.

She seems like she is having lots of fun and she is very proud of being a "Daisy."
Ally is an amazing artist. She loves to draw and is very good at it! She loves to draw herself as a princess and her favorite little boy named Matthew as the prince. She also likes to draw flowers and nature. One thing I notice about her drawings is that they always have smiles on them! She is my happy, lovable, always aiming to please sweet baby girl. Last but not least, we had to go back to the Dr. on Monday because Ally asked me what would happen if her tonsils got so big that they grew out of her mouth. I knew then and there her throat hurt. When I asked her she said no but then finally admitted that they did. Well 36 hours, one throw up, and a fever later she was diagnosed with Strep for the 6th time since last Dec. Here we come Ear, Nose, and Throat Dr. Hopefully the amoxocillin will clear it all up!