Summer's Almost over

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. This summer flew by. Athena kept us busy and entertained the entire time. Rolling back the clock a bit, Athena started swimming as soon as the pool was warm enough. In a few short weeks she went from being afraid to put her face in to diving and swimming the length of the pool underwater. She also attended cheerleading and gymnastics camp and now believes she is ready for the professonal ranks.
We celebrated the 4th at Uncle Van (and Patty's)house. Where poor Athena receive no attention from her Dad (probably because I saw her for a total of 20 minutes the entire day since she was busy with her cousins).
Daddy went to Daytona the night before and hung out with the Fox/Rumpf clan at the track.

Athena then started her month (and counting)long birthday celebration. (When did birthday's start lasting more than the actual day?) Anyway, she went to Busch Gardens, Disney, SeaWorld, and Universal Studios. during her time in Orlando she actually had her birthday so Uncle Scott took her out for her birthday drink.

I almost forgot the most important day of the summer...if I left this out I would no longer be allowed in the house. Athena and Miranda attended the Jonas brothers concert on Aug. 18th. due to a screw up on the site their seats were stage side. they sat near enough that the opening singer (forgive me I have no idea who it was and have been told numerous times) shook Athena's hand. The Jonas' attempted to high five her but she was too short...so after the show one of them (again no idea who is who) peaked out from backstage and sent a roadie out with a guitar pick for Athena. When she arrived home (I thought she would have been out cold but I was mistaken...big time!) she ran upstairs yelling 'Daddy, Daddy THIS WAS THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE!!!' I then got a recap of the entire nights events, including how the band jumped on stage!
Hope everyone had a great summer and....HORRAY SCHOOLS BACK!!!

Kindergarten Valentine's Day Party

Athena attended her first school dance...she was not at all excited about thee event. Mrs. Campbell had each child dance 3 times..one she arranged, the second was 'ladies choice', and the final was 'boys choice'. Although Shane, (pictured left) was Athena's choice he was unfortunately picked before her turn. She did get to dance with Shane on boys choice. Even though she 'did not want to talk about it', I eventually pried all the events of the day from her (I had to promise not to tease her about it.) I did tell Shane's mother I would have to have a talk with her boy...


I believe this is Dale her first dance partner....the awkward first dance.


The Valentine folder...what goodies does it hold?!? Did anyone else realize that it was uncool (in kindergarten) to use pre-printed Valentines?!? We (and by we I really mean Miranda and Athena) had to handcraft our Valentines...and we were outdone!!! I think some people have too much free time!


Athena and her friends enjoying a Valentines day treat. It's great when school gets them sugared up and sends them home!!

Another milestone

My baby is growing up and losing her baby parts..namely her teeth. Saturday night, January 3, 2009, Athena lost her first tooth. She was eating some gummy candy and it twisted forward. We 'rushed' to the sink and rinsed the gusher (more like a trickle to most of us) of blood away so we could see the tooth. I attempted to remove the tooth, but I could not get two fingers on it, so I asked Athena if she could grab it because my fingers were too big. Not only could she but she pulled her own tooth out!! We washed it and wrapped it up for the tooth fairy. Then the excitement could not be contained!!! We called Mommy at work, Nana and Pop, Grandmom and Granddaddy, Seleste and Scott, and Lisa. We also had to take a picture of the new space in between her teeth. Bedtime was rushed so the tooth fairy would bring her a surprise. The next morning, bright and early, Athena rushed to my room, and in a sound only dogs can hear, exclaimed 'the tooth fairy came and brought me a dollar!!!!!!!!!!'
After, dragging myself out of bed we made a special breakfast of pancakes (yes I can cook) and the phone calls began again as I was informed there were still a few people on the planet that were not made aware of this momentous occasion. so we called Grandma and Great Grandmom and Great Granddaddy. (Both of whom had trouble hearing the soft-spoken Athena on the phone.)To cap off the the big event, Athena's friend called and invited her to the Aquarium Sunday afternoon.

It's been awhile!!

Happy 2009!! A lot has happened since my last post. So I'll attempt to summarize the last few months without boring the (insert your own adj. here)out of everyone. I guess we should start with Thanksgiving. Athena was in her school play of the first Thanksgiving. She was an Indian Princess (all the Indians/Native Americans for those of you pc types-were princesses or chiefs). I heard it was a very entertaining play were no matter what ills befell the Pilgrims, they all survived!!(hey it's a kindergarten play)Athena made the news paper with a couple of her classmates Gabby and Connor. (twice in 5 yrs! I think she is trying for the family record of appearances).


Athena's class also had an apple pumpkin day where they made pumpkin pies to take home! What a treat.



Athena also got to go on a road trip with Aunt Seleste and Uncle Scott to Tallahassee for the game against Boston college. They stopped by cousin Beau's house to visit (and give Seleste and Scott a break from trying to entertain a 5 yr. old.) After playing the Wii and jumping on the trampoline for a few hours they returned to let Uncle Scott take a nap! The game kicked off at 830 pm and Athena wanted to make sure everyone was fresh for the tailgating. According to the report Athena loved all the cheering and yelling, but heckling the BC fans was her ultimate goal!! (the kid is unwavering in her loyalty!) After the unfortunate non-win, she was out before the 10 minute ride to the hotel was complete. The next morning she was on the prowl for BC fans to tell them how she felt about their team. Scott tried,unsuccessfully, to coach her on being a good sport but she was focused on booing someone!!


Christmas came and apparently Athena was so good she received her own Toys r Us!! So much for putting everyone on a budget. We also have every Hannah Montanna item ever produced!! I am so well versed in HM that at the Bucs game on the 28th I actually heard a HM song and knew it...unfortunately I was alone with the knowledge. So sad.

Hope everyone has a safe, happy, healthy 2 0 0 9.