First Tooth Lost!!

It was like any other school morning in the Powers House. Mommy woke Joey up for school. After a few minutes of tickles and giggles, Joey got out of bed. He was on his way to the bathroom, when "it" happened!! "Mommy, oh my... my tooth... oh it just came out... OH MY TOOTH JUST CAME OUT... LOOK!!! This was the screeming coming from Joey. To say he was excited was an understatement!! He called Aunt Louise, not sure he didn't wake her up, but she was happy for him!! So he got ready for school, and we loaded up. We got to school, and as Joey was getting out of the van, he saw one of his friends. That was it, he was gone and started sharing his "cool" news!!

Another First

Joey ended his first week of First grade with some good news. He earned two bees for his good behavior. Good job!! Also another first to add to the baby book, he has his first loose tooth. Bottom tooth, one in the middle. He told me about it all day!! I tried to tell him it may take some time for it to come out, but no, he is sure it will come out soon!!!

First day of First Grade

Joey's school lunch with a little surprise!!

















As we were on our way out the door. Joey ran back in to grab something. I told him we need to go. He ran back out and while catching his breath said "I need an apple to give to my teacher, I almost forgot to get it!!" We have been reading books about going to school, and the children give the teacher an apple. I just hope the apple was good. I haven't bought apples in a week or two, oops!!






Leon and I went for a walk around the fish pond. Just some pretty flowers we saw.

Butterflies were all over the flowers. I was excited to get a few pictures of them.

Boys and toys

It just goes to show, there is no difference between boys and men, other than the size of their toys!!


I don't know who was more excited about the new truck, Leon or Joey!!! Leon, is just happy to be in a truck. Joey loves the color, and thinks it is just cool to have a truck.


Joey's first ride in the truck. Bye, bye boys!!

Last day of Kindergarten

Shhh, sleeping little Joey. Oh wait, it is time for school!! WAKE UP JOEY!!!







I packed him a fun last day of school lunch. 1/2 of PB and J sandwich, a few Cheetos, raisins, veggie juice, oh yes and a last day of school cookie!!

The last day of Kindergarten came to a fun end. They had field day today, a lot of games played on the field.

We went to the mall after school and got Joey a new friend at Build A Bear. Hearts is his name.

Then we went to the candy store. How cute are the Lego candy.

School is almost out!!

Joey is almost out of Kindergarten. It is so hard to believe that his first year is almost over. Looking at all he has learned is just amazing to me. It at times, has been a tough year. Learning he has ADHD is the hardest to work on. It just seemed no matter what we did, there was such a tiny change. I am thankful that he was put on the right medicine the first time. We didn't have to try a few until it was right. We are thankful to Miss Robinson that she worked with us. She has taught him so much, and he really loves her. She is a very positive teacher, and we will miss her.


He has came so far this year. Learning how to write, count, and read. He is a great reader, he loves to read. His math, he is able to add and subtract up to the sum or difference of 20. His writing is much easier to read now. The letter in his name face the correct way, most of the time.


Cute little poem about the Kindergarten class. He is very cute to watch say it. He isn't able to snap, so he makes a popping noise with his mouth.

My little boy is not so little any longer. The baby years are gone. I look forward to all the new adventures we will go on from here. My sweet boy, Joey, I loved you then, I love you now, I love you always!! How do you suppose of all the little boys I got the most special one. I'm so proud of you, and so proud to be your Mommy!!

Almost done!!

Joey is about finished with school, last day June 3. Although he has summer school starting June 8. He is taking a Lego building class. He is very excited about it. I'm not to excited about the time, 7:30 am - 12:00pm. We have about a 15 minute drive to the school. Ha Ha, I thought he was hard to wake up at 7:00am not looking forward to waking him up at 6:00am!!

I know this is Joey's blog, but I wanted to share a few pictures of mine and Leon's bed. It isn't finished, the frame needs to be repainted white. I think I want to put vines and flowers all the way around the frame. I was getting an idea of what it would look like. One of these days I will get my quilt done. It matches the blue and white flower pillow.

































I cut out pictures and put them under the glass.

The week comes to a nasty end!

Oh where to begin with this week! Well Cinco De Mayo went out with a big bang, in Joey's school. They had a 50 foot section of ceiling come down at a fundraiser, believe it or not. No one hurt!! The thought was maybe because of all the rain we have gotten. However it is due to old building and the wrong nails used back in 1930!!

Oh well, school will be ready to have students back on Monday. They have gone to a church near by. Made me wonder what "non-believers" thought of that. Wednesday Joey did not want to go to school. He was a little scared. He did go and finished the week. Such a brave little guy.

Thursday he had a growth hormone doctor appointment. He grew 1 and 1/3 inches in 6 months. Not sure on the weight, but he has lost some. Due to the Concerta, he is not eating very much. Pushing veggie/fruit drinks, lots of fruit, carb and protein foods I can combine. Peanut butter and whole wheat bagel. He still will eat his favorite peanut butter, banana wrap.


So I know your thinking this is a picture of night time. NO!!! It was 8:15am, yes, this morning. We had tornadoes all around us. We were safe and everything fine here. Just a few branches, and a bunch of leaves. When it was all over, it was a sunny warm day.

We are looking forward to a quiet weekend!!

Because of Jesus, we get to party!!

Good Morning and Happy Easter to everyone!! Our day was a busy one, with so much fun packed in every minute.



No sleeping in with a 6 year old in the house. Joey checking out his basket at 7:01 am.


We had a egg hunt in the house. Rain today, all day. I wrote little clues on pieces of paper and put them in an egg with a chocolate candy. Ok so we really made him work for his surprise at the end, but he had a blast.

I asked him to get in his sock drawer and that started the fun.

Clue #1: Thyme to cook with Rachael Ray, what do you think she might say?


This lead him to the kitchen, answer EVOO.

Clue #2: Mommy will ask you every morning "Where did you put your shoes?"



Answer: pockets on the inside of his closet door. Egg in his shoes he was wearing today to church.


Clue #3: The sky is dark, the moon is out. With a hug and a kiss it's time to say- Goodnites.



Answer: Bathroom, for Goodnites Pull-Ups.
Clue #4: Arm, Arm. Leg, Leg. Belly, Belly.

Answer: back to kitchen, this time to the drawer in the fridge that holds his growth hormone.

Clue #5: The living room is not the only place to watch a movie.

Check out Joeys cool "home shoes" as he calls them. Ok when my 6 year old can almost fit into my shoes, there is something wrong there!!
He has taken them over, as his own.



Answer: Mommy and Daddy's room. Leon and Joey had just watched Alvin and the Chipmunks in our room a few nights before.

Clue #6: My how fast the 30 minutes of play time goes by.


Answer: Computer!! Hidden under the mouse pad, and so excited about a surprise!!

He thought he was just looking for eggs!!

He has wanted the Lego game for so long. We had downloaded the Demo, and decided it was ok for him. Joey will still only get his 30 minutes of computer a day, so I'm sure he will spend it on this game for a long time.

Ok so I got brave and we tried something new. Joey dyed eggs for the first time. Not as much as a mess as I thought it would be. He had asked about dying eggs, because some other children at school had talked about it.


Joey's first egg, I love the little finger prints left behind.


Hard at work, notice he has eggs in every color.


Such a colorful hand!! Things went pretty well we started with 12 eggs, sadly he ended with 10.



The two that didn't make it. Both of them took a fall to the floor.

We went over to Aunt Louise's for lunch. It was pretty tasty, chicken, mac and cheese, veggies and dip, etc. Shelby made cupcakes and cookies.

Joey got to hunt plastic eggs outside for a few minutes, while the rain took just a little break.


A special gift from Aunt Louise! Although he said to her: "Wait, wait, wait, you made a mistake, I can't have this..." Aunt Louise let him know she had talked to me about the age on it, and I had said it would be ok. As you can see, he was happy with that!!

He spent the next several hours putting the thing together, never got upset, he just kept working on it. Pretty cool!!

A final picture with Tina and Shelby. Then it was time to come home. From 7:00am to 7:30pm it was all about Easter fun. What a great day. He even got a few Easter eggs at church.

Before he went to bed we talked about the reason we have Easter. He said he knew "because Jesus died for us, and rose up again. So now we get to party."

So from our house to yours, we hope you to got to party!!

Dear Jesus,

Thank you for our day. Thank you for my basket, candy, my game, my bionicle. Thank you for helping me be a good listener. Thank you for the stuff you did on the cross, and you got to rosed up. Amen
Joey Easter 2009

Easter Eve

We got up this morning and had breakfast, then headed out the door. We went to church for an Easter Egg Hunt.

















There were baby chicks, they were so cute!














Joey gathered his favorite colored eggs, all yellow and red. The candy inside, Tootsie Rolls, everyone of them.




















Joey in the play place, it was so busy.

Joey sitting in the back of a Army jeep.

Joey sitting in one of the storage boxes on a fire truck.

He, well Joey and Mommy, rode the little train. Sorry no picture the camera batteries died.

Spring Break 2009

Boy this week did go by fast. We had plans to go to the park and have a picnic. However it is raining this morning, and changing over to snow later this afternoon. So we will have a picnic in the living room, and a movie with popcorn. We were able to have some fun outside this week, we went to the zoo.



Joey standing on the elephant.


















We saw a peacock, and hoped he would open his feathers.















Sadly he did, in the shade.














But the flamingos were in the sun. However they were all asleep.




















We only saw the mom otter for a very short time. As you can read she was taking care of her babies, in the building.

Also, Joey was able to read most of the sign himself, such a good reader.













How many raccoons do you see? We laughed because they were all together in that one part of the tree.


















Mommy and Joey by the waterfall.



















Beautiful daffodils remind me that warm weather is on the way. I wish I could have brought them all home with me. They were all over the zoo, what a huge vase I would have needed.









Yes I know it is just a goose, however it had Louise trapped on the bridge for several minutes. Everytime someone tried to walk around him, he would open his mouth at them. As if he was going to attack and walked towards them. Joey walked around the goose and took Aunt Louise's hand and helped her around him.

We named him Freddy the Frighting Goose!







Now this is what I call a "catnap". I guess they were sleeping off their lunch.









Hello Mr. Giraffe. He was looking for some crackers. Iwas up on the feeding deck, and he was getting his fair share of food.
















He is 20 feet tall, just huge!



















This is the snake house, I used the zoom to get the picture of the building. While Louise and Joey went in to see the snakes I sat outside watching the swans fight with the geese. Much more exciting than some yucky snake, eeewwww.