5 favorite things this week:

1 - Watching Caitlin get paddled during the performance of Tarradiddle Tales. Caitlin gets 6 smacks with the paddle in payment for being a rotten guard in Peter the Fool. She thought that was the best part! She got to run around yelling "Ouch" and pretend she was being paddled! The audience loved it.

2 - Caitlin got to pick camp bunkmates. They got to put in the names of three girls that they want to bunk with at 5th grade camp. Then they had to circle the one they want the most. The teacher said that he guarantees one of them in the cabin and will try to put the rest of them as trailmates. Caitlin picked Olivia who use to be on the swim team with her and just transferred to her school this year. Olivia is also involved in the Children's Theatre and they seem to have loads in common!  

3 - Going to the movies. I actually took time for me and went to the movies by myself yesterday. Jeff said it is nice that I could hang out with all of my friends! It really was kind of nice to see what I wanted, sit where I wanted and just relax for a couple of hours. I saw The Lucky One which was fantastic.

4 - Graduating from my FBINAA training for Leadership Development. They took use to Picano's in Troy where we were treated with a five course Italian meal. It was fantastic, especially the Cannoli!! Then we went up to get our certificates and shake hands with the higher ups. It really was a nice event to finish off fantastic training. My Captain even came which was really cool.

5 - Going to Tim Horton's in the morning with Caitlin. Before the show on Thursday, Caitlin and I went to Tim Horton's for breakfast. She always does alot of talking when we do this and I get to learn alot about what is going on at school, with her friends and other kids, and some of the Mom's too!

After a week of either Caitlin or I being sick, we are finally getting back to normal. Caitlin brought home a horrible stomach flu last Thursday that I ended up getting by the middle of the night on Saturday. I was off work until Wednesday! Yuck.

We have had another busy week.
Caitlin did her last performance of the Tarradiddle Tales at Johnson Elementary School in Milford yesterday. It was fun to see how the performers interacted with an audience of kids as opposed to an audience of adults. What a fun show! Caitlin has enjoyed performing with the Huron Valley Children's Theatre and hopes to audition for their performance of Charlotte's Web this Fall. She is missing the pool party wrap up party tonight as well as a Volleyball game so that she can go to a Girl Scout Overnight at the Sloan Planitarium in Flint. It should be loads of fun.  

Today Caitlin got to go over to the Middle school and take a tour. They learned about the three electives they have to choose from: Choir (which I figured was a shoe in), Band, or Tech Art. Guess what she picked.....Tech Art! It is half a year of Tech, which seems to be like Graphic Design, and half a year of what we know as Art. She wants to try out for the show choir which is an after school thing, and join the Art Club after school. She is very excited. She said it is a whole new world and she can't wait!

I am so excited for her, but sad at the same time. She is my baby!!!

As for me, I registered for my final class needed to finish up my Bachelor's Degree finally!!!! I start on Tuesday and am glad to be on this final journey! Then I might try for my Master's. Maybe.....

In case you all couldn't tell...Cait got a hold of the blog!

She wanted me to write a post explaining the new blog design. I am not sure if everyone knows this or not, but ever since Caitlin was very small, she has called dandelions that are puffy "wishberries". Because of this, she thought that it would be appropriate to have "wishberries" on a blog about her!  Oh, and she thought it should be more exciting!! 

Waiting for the White Lake Easter Egg hunt to begin! Caitlin had a fun time. She did make the mistake of bending over to get an egg too close to the starting point and the sea of kids behind her pushed her over and kept going. She still prevailed though and got a bag full of goodies!

My 5 favorite things this week:

1 - Watching Caitlin playing Volleyball. She looked like she was really having fun! The girls are all really friendly and they really get into it. She is even "going to the ball" and not waiting for it just to come to her. I asked her if she liked this better or Basketball and she said she doesn't know, she likes them both!
2 - Picking Caitlin up after rehearsal the other day. She saw the truck and yelled "Hi Mom!" and ran from her friends to the truck waving like crazy. It was cute and made me feel really nice and grateful for all that we have in our lives.
3 - Audit of equipment at work. It actually came out perfect and I have ALL of the tether equipment accounted for. Whew!
4 - Neiko jumping on the bed for the first time. Cait was home with an immunization reaction on Monday and we were on the bed watching a movie. Neiko came running down the hallway at top speed and jumped up on the bed like superdog! It was hilarious! After we laughed and told him how silly he is, we had to yell at him and tell him to get off the bed.
5 - Caitlin holding my hand. We were walking through the woods on a hike and she reached over and held my hand for awhile. I love that and sadly do not think it will last much longer. Pretty soon I think I will hear "gross Mom".

Caitlin did Awesome at Volleyball tonight! They lost both games, but all of the girls were trying very hard. Cait got every serve over the net except for one! Her serves produce really slow looking balls that the other team doesn't think will make it over the net, so they all stand there while it falls at their feet. She said she had loads of fun too. If they can figure out the helping each other get the ball over a bit better, we will be kicking some butt!

Last night at the 5th grade camp meeting, I spoke with Cait's teacher and asked if I could email him with the two girls that I do not want her to be roomed with. They said that they were letting the kids turn in three names of people they would like to be with and they were guarenteed to be with only one of those individuals. So I was a little concerned that she would not be with the three girls she was saying she would be and might get stuck with one of the bullies. Well, after I asked him he looked at me funny and asked "are you having girl drama issues?" I said "yes, I am Caitlin's Mom". I am concerned that he didn't realize that! Anway I am going to request that she not be with the two girls from the bus. The bullying is not happening now, but I do not want to give anyone any reason to start up again.

She is so excited about camp, it is all she talks about and it is still a month away! It sounds like they keep the kids really busy from about 8 in the morning until lights out at 10pm. I think she will have a blast and will hopefully get a little ambition to go to a different "sleep away" camp that I found.

Went to the 5th grade camp parent meeting tonight, it seems like I was just at Kindergarten round up! Sad to think that my baby is going into Middle School in less than 5 months. Time has gone too fast.

I am one of only three parents who are staying the ENTIRE time. I am following the bus up on Wednesday morning, and staying until the bus comes home on Friday afternoon. Caitlin asked that I use some of my vacation time for this, so I couldn't resist. Expecially since I am the "awesomest Mom ever". They asked if I was able to be a First Aider, but I had to pass since my cards are expired and we wont renew until the end of summer. Also, Jeff said I probably don't want the liability, especially with some of the crazy parents we have.

Some other stuff we are doing now:

Caitlin is playing the part of "The Guard" in the Huron Valley Community Theater's production of Peter the Fool. She gets to be paddled, which seems to be big fun for her! She is also playing the musical part for the Lion walking in the Tiger Trap. The performance is 4 or 5 fables. The kids get to do set building, props, music, dancing and other theater stuff. She thinks the Director, Mr. Marquise, is great. He is the music teacher at one of the grade schools and is really good with the kids, and really patient, I must add. For this play, the are doing a show at a nursing home at the end of April and get to take a day off school to travel to an elementary school in the area and perform. Big excitment!

She was also picked to play Ella Fitzgerald in the school production of We has Jazz. She gets to sing and introduce someone else. They have dances and songs they have to learn and it seems to be quite a production. That is sometime in May.

She is also playing the part of "Ancestor Hong" in the Starlight Theater's production of Mulan. She has lots of lines and a few solo lines in a couple of songs. Mulan has always been one of her favorite's so this should be alot of fun for her. That show is at the end of May.

She is saying that she also wants to try out for the part of Brigetta in the Sound of Music, but I think we will have to pass on that since it starts soon.

Volleyball started last week and we have our first game tomorrow night. She has no idea how to play volleyball, but is excited about it and wanted to try, so more power to her!

Busy busy busy, that is what we are here at the Thompson's. Hoping all is well with everyone!

I created this as a way for those of you without Facebook and all of that craziness to keep up with what is going on with the Thompson's!

I will update some photos and posts regularly so that Grandma and Papa can keep up with Cait!