Fall 2011

The girls started school last month at Summit Academy, where I am Maggie's gym teacher! Maggie is in 1st grade and has Mrs. Campbell. They have a behavior chart in the class which Maggie is "off the chart" almost every day, which is a great thing. She had her first spelling test and got 100% She loves school and has a buddy named Mackenzie. They go to art class after school on Mondays at Ms. Ubers house, which was my art teacher in elementary school! Maggie is in gymnastics on Wednesdays and piano on Thursdays. She lost both of her top teeth which is hilarious when she smiles. Maggie and daddy love playing a game called "Angry Birds" and shooting their guns in the yard at targets. She has a pink BB gun.

Morriah is in preschool and has 3 teachers - Ms. Sara, Ms. Winnie, and Ms. Lauren. She too loves school. On my lunch, I go down and hang out with Maggie for a few minutes while she eats. I then go down to Morriah's room where she is getting ready for a nap so I get to rub her back and sing a song. She is obsessed with having her back rubbed while we sing either - Twinkle, Twinkle, Your are my Sunshine, or I love you Ria. Her body is so frail and delicate. You can feel every little bone. She went to the doctors yesterday with dad and she weighs 29 lbs! She is healthy, just sooo tiny and petite. Morriah is in gymnastics and we crack up at her uncoordinated little bean pole body trying to walk across a balance beam.

You girls both stayed home from school with me today. Morriah is recovering from a nasty cough so I just kept Maggie home too. Right now I am listening to you girls inside your fort you made under the dinner table. Morriah just said "I don't want my cheese stick actually." What 3 year old says "actually"? Maggie is sitting in Morriah's car seat and says "Taxi, can you bring me to 5565665665 yellow street." Hahaha.

The weather is now started to get cold and leaves are changing. We have 3 trees in the back yard that have all the autumn colors in them. I love sitting by the bonfire with your dad at night, swinging on our cushioned swing with a glass of wine and admiring those 3 trees and the wonders of God's creation, like when deer come right into the yard and eat apples from the apple tree. We really do have a beautiful yard and I am thankful for your dad takes pride in it and keeping it looking so good. Though I don't know if we want to stay here too much longer. There are too many creepy people walking the streets here and your dad wants a place with more property for hunting.

Well, I am going to make dinner....that's a joke. I don't make dinner. Well, I am going to call dad to pick up dinner. :) Love you girls with my whole heart!!!!

Lil' Comedians

The first video is Morriah having a obsession of licking her lips and the second video is Maggie and her best friend Kami swimming. This camera is flippin cool and can go under water!





Some funny stories and quotes the kids have said lately:

Morriah was picking her nose and had a nice sized booger on her finger.  She was walking around the house with it saying "I have a booger, I have a booger."  She then comes up to me and shows me the booger and says "Mom, is my booger beautiful?"

Maggie asked grandma what handicapped means but before grandma could answer, Maggie asks "Is it when they don't make any sense?"

Maggie and Morriah are in the backseat playing "Raise your hand if you like......."  Morriah ends it with "Raise your hand if you like kicking someone in the face."  They both raised their hands.

Maggie dropped a doll in the backseat and asked me to pick it up for her while I was driving.  I told her I would get it when we got home.  She kept whining about it and finally Morriah says "Maggie you better stop or mom is going to FREAK out."


Morriah just had her 3rd birthday on July 22 but we are not truly celebrating it until August 20th where both girls will have a birthday party here at the house.  It is going to be fairy themed.  They are obsessed with fairies and smurfs.  Actually I think I am the one obsessed with the smurfs.  Growing up I had tons of those little figurines and watched it every day.  Now McDonalds has those figurines in the kids meals and I drove to 7 different McDonalds yesterday trying to collect all 16.  I only have 8 so far.  Then I spent hours on ebay trying to get Gargamel and Asreale figurines.  Jim finally told me I was crazy so I gave it a rest.

Morriah had her first dentist trip....1 tiny cavity on her chewing tooth.  Maggie did not have any cavities and thankfully never has.  I was so nervous for Morriah to get happy gas and a shot but the cavity was so small that they didn't need to do either.

We are so enjoying this summer.   Me and the girls spend most of our days at our friends the Bell's, usually swimming and then when Jim gets off work he comes over and we grill out.  It has been so relaxing and the kids love to swim.  We will be doing our annual lakehouse next week with the Bells, Hands, and Hicks.  Can't believe I only have 3 weeks left of summer before I have to go back for professional developments for 2 weeks and then school starts again!

Father's Day

I have to admit it was a very nice Fathers/Mothers day.  We all went out to breakfast at a family diner in Trenton and then went and had daddy pick out a fishing pole for Fathers Day near Elizabeth Park.  As the fishing pro did his business at the park, I took the kiddies to the playground at the park and a walk in the woods.  Maggie caught a toad and daddy caught 3 silver bass and then then the girls went on a pony ride at Elizabeth Park.  Grandma Finley watched the girls while the old folks got a hot stone massage and went to a Japanese Steakhouse for dinner. 

Jim has built a "fairy house" in the mulberry tree on the side of our house.  He built a little door in the trunk of the tree that opens to a hole.   Maggie places a surprise in the hole for the fairy's to take and every few days the fairy's take the present and leave something for Maggie.  She gets so ecstatic, I have got to start recording it...it's so freakin hilarious.   Today they received from the fairy's a coloring pad of Tinker Bell which they spent an hour on the porch coloring.  The night ended with the girls sleeping together in Morriah's bed (a very unusual experience because they usually start a wwf wrestling match within 15 minutes) but they were sound asleep after a short movie.

I love my Pan Pull and..........
Be kind and show love.

The Beginning

I started writing a journal for my children when they were first born.  It started out with a post every few days....then every few months and now I haven't touched it in over a year.  Not that I didn't enjoy leaving messages for my daughters, Maggie and Morriah, but after having 2 kids and working full time as a Physical Education teacher, I just got lazy.  It's much faster to type so maybe I will do better with this blog thing.

A little about the Pan Pull family:  Jim is the big daddy... I am the sweet momma... we have two children, Magdalynn Grace (Maggie) and Morriah Rose.  Maggie will be 6 in September and Morriah will be 3 in July. We have been married for 14 years on May 30th this year and I still get butterflies when I see him.  This whole blog thing is for my kiddies....to let them read about the crap they put their parents through.  Just kidding...though you guys are very, very emotional and dramatic....we love you more than you will ever know. 

Maggie just finished her first year of school in Kindergarten at Bobcean Elementary in Flat Rock.  I am so excited that she will be going to 1st grade in the fall at the school where I teach, Summit Academy in Flat Rock.  Morriah will also be going to my school for preschool.  I will be their gym teacher once a week!  

Jim is working in Detroit for Brand Scaffolding.  It is a very dangerous job but he is so dedicated and works so hard to provide for the family.  

We are restauranters.....I gave up on cooking so we eat out almost every day and is one of our daily highlights.  I am a couponer so we always get a good deal and I am sure you will here about them every time you read the blogs.

Be kind and show love........