First Dentist Appt.

 Ok, ok, ok, so I maybe should've been to a dentist before now, but it's a big first step and I think both my mom and I were avoiding it. Come to find out, there was nothing to be afraid of, it was actually a lot of fun.  Yes, that's right...I said FUN. If you're in the market for a dentist, you should check out Growing Smiles. They are a pediatric dentist office. The dentist, Dr. Kelli Henderson, had come out to our preschool and had given a talk about taking care of our teeth and also gave us a sheet to complete, crossing off the sun or moon everyday for a month. Once I had the sheet completed mom scheduled the appointment and away we went.  The lobby has video games, a flat screen t.v. with movies showing non-stop, books, coloring books, crayons, games, lots of entertaining stuff. I got a prize for turning in my completed sheet and guess what I picked out....a race car, of course.  Getting my teeth cleaned and having x-rays taken, didn't even phase me b/c every time I turned around I was getting cool stuff.  I walked away with a bag full of goodies, including a t-shirt that if I wear every appt. I get a prize. It was great! Way better than very other "trip to the dentist" story I had ever heard about. I'm even ready to go back. 

Giving the important stats to my dental hygienist.

Also, check out the flat screen t.v. on the ceiling.  I took in a full episode of Sponge Bob while getting my teeth cleaned. Headphones to drown out the noise.

 Taking home my loot.

 We even picked up some special toothpaste that tastes like vanilla frosting.  Have you ever heard of such a thing?!

Guess who's next in the lineup?  Not sure that her appt. will go as smoothly as mine did, but the office said that they were ready for the challenge, so a full report will be available on the blog following her first appt., which still needs to be scheduled because mom says, "she just doesn't know if she's ready to tackle that yet!"

Three, Four...shut the door

 Reesing got a baby doll from the Easter Bunny and a friend gave us a toy stroller.  She loves strolling her baby around the house, around the yard and just about everywhere.

 Reesing also loves these furry little critters called Zhu Zhu pets.  They make her giggle all the time. In return, she makes us giggle when she squeaks in her little chipmunk voice trying to imitate the Zhu Zhu pet and what she thinks it's saying.

Then she likes to say "bye bye" in her little chipmunk voice as she waves her hand, and then heads out the door. 

 Except for when mom and dad dead bolt the door b/c she will continue going in and out 1,000 times. It usually takes her several tries before she figures out the door is locked.

School's out for the summer

My regular school ended in May.  I did get to enroll in two different summer camps (pictures to come) through my school and I also got to attend Vacation Bible School, so I've been staying busy and keeping my mind active. Below is some of the artwork that I brought home at the end of the school year.

The bowl I made at school.  We had a special Mother's Day event at school and I was able to hang out with my mom at the art show we had at school.  Several of my art projects were on display, with my bowl being one of them.

This was at the top of my poster.  I wrote my own name in my favorite color, green!

This was a painting I made during the "Masters" series where we studied several famous artists and got to create our own masterpiece.  This painting was inspired by Georges_Seurat.  Our teachers taught us the coin phrase "Seurat the Dot" to help us remember that this artist created masterpieces out of many little dots.  I taught my mom and dad something new with this one. They were impressed.

Another masterpiece.

The turkey I made.  His feathers are made out of a coffee filter that I painted.

Trying to keep my mind sharp this summer.  Mom and I have been reading a lot and working on writing our letters.

This was the picture my teacher took on the very first day of school.

Beautiful butterfly.

Flower

And the leaf I made when we were learning about caterpillars.

My puppet

The special piece of paper certifying I completed the year.  Yay for me!

This is the book that I'm so proud of.  It's filled with lots of special things written and drawn by me. The next time you see me ask to see it and I can read it to you. It won't disappoint you!

Future Jayhawks - Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

We've been busy doing so many fun things this past spring/summer that it's been impossible to keep the blog updated with EVERYTHING we've been doing. So, we'll make an attempt to try and get caught up (yeah right) b/c that's gonna be hard.  We've been busy, busy, busy, but it's been fun and so worth it. 

  One evening back in May mom took Reesing and I up to the KU campus for a tour.  Reesing and I did a lot of running, not walking. School was still in session, but there was not a lot of people out, so we owned the sidewalks, and just about everything else.

This is the coolest sculpture on campus. Reesing and I had a great time exploring the tree sculpture inside and out.

There was also a lot of stairs to climb and count.

After walking through campus once we waited for a bus to come and take us back to the other side of campus. That is me practicing for my future days at KU. Just a sidenote, If you're ever up on campus you can ride the KU buses for free.

 I sat in my own seat and made some new friends with complete strangers.

Reesing decided to sit with mom on the bus tour.

We took a short dip in the Chi Omega fountain.

Then we had to walk all the way back to car, dripping wet, while leaving our wet Jayhawk prints, um I mean...footprints all over campus.

Reesing checking out all the cool bikes.

Reesing and I finding our way about the small town, otherwise known as KU.

It was a lot of fun and provided an entire evening of free fun! Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

I need your help!

Hello family & friends, I'm trying to win a photo session for my kiddos from a wonderful photographer and need your help. Please go to the WischDesigns page on Facebook (you would already need a set up Facebook account) and 1) "like" the page for Wisch Designs &  2) "like" the photo of Reesing that I uploaded (seen below). This was taken on our trip up north to my cousin's farm.  While we were there we got the full family experience, shucking corn, feeding chickens, witnessing a crop duster within 20 feet of the house, feeding rabbits, you name it...we did it.  It was a lot of fun and there will be many pictures to come from the trip. Thanks in advance for your help! 

Another household pet? I think not

Just last night as Dad was sitting in his and mom's room, and the house was winding down from the day,  he noticed a slow moving critter hopping across the bedroom floor.  GROSS!  It was a frog.  We're not sure how long it had been in the house, where it had been hiding or how it got into the house.  It was a big, slow & fat frog, so it's removal back to the outside was easier than expected b/c it did not move fast. Dad and mom made a pretty good "toad removal" squad. Although it wasn't too hard because as soon as mom flipped the toad on it's back it wasn't going anywhere. He had probably snuck into the house to enjoy some nice cool air conditioning on probably one of the millionth times the back door opened and shut as my sister and I's little feet pitter patter outside and then again back inside throughout the entire day.  We had decided that he is a smart little frog because our house is not that big, and he moves really slow, so he somehow escaped our sight until the house settled down and the little ones were not moving around the house so quickly anymore, when he decided to go exploring.  Glad he's been returned to the great outdoors and not sucking up anymore of our air conditioning, but we're still at a loss as to how he got inside.  Dad's theory is this,"I'm sure Reesing probably had him in her pocket," and that wouldn't surprise any of us.

Best Friends

 This is Reesing's face every time she sees a camera.  This is her saying "cheese" in the biggest loudest voice ever, so big that it forces her eyes shut.

 

 Reesing and Duce are good friends, but it also has a little something to do with what's in Reesing's hands.  Food.  Duce is Reesing's buddy b/c she's always carrying around some type of food down at his level.  Wherever Rees is you'll be sure to find Duce close behind.

Duce is such a good pal of ours that we even included him in our game of "A minute to win it" the other night.  He's a pretty good sport. We love you Duce. 

Gentlemen...start your engines!

 This is a picture of the race track/dirt track that is in my room.  It's actually a cedar chest that came from my great-grandma Bryan's house after she had passed away.   It all started when my dad put some painters tape on top of the cedar chest and made a race track on the lid of the cedar chest.  Since the first days when we created the race track I've probably ran 5,000 races on the track.  As you can see there is now a pattern in the top of the cedar chest from the continuous laps around and around the track.  It also becomes a live dirt track when I steal dirt out of my mom's flower pot to use on the track. She doesn't always like the mess that dirt makes, but she's usually pretty cool with it b/c she knows how much I love racing. The track is complete with pit areas and push trucks,  I've spent many hours running wing races, non-wing races, monster truck races, nascar races & any car allowed races.  Many repeat fans come out to watch the races, including mom, dad and Reesing.  Racing is one of my most favorite things to do and this is my therapy & sanctuary.