We LOVE Braum's!

On Thursday, July 31, 2008, we went on a Braum's factory tour with our homeschool group. I knew it was going to be a good trip, and I was right!

We got to ride the cow bus to the factory. We didn't tour the milking facilities, but we could see all the cows and the milking stations in the fields.

I was really proud of my girls. They were very well behaved. The lady tour guide asked each of the children what their favorite flavor of ice cream was, and even Kiahna boldly announced her choice--which is stawawbarry.

We got to see a lot of things being made--nutty ice cream cones, milk, cottage cheese, low fat vanilla ice cream, ice cream containers, and milk bottles.

When we finished the tour and arrived back at the starting point, we were each given an ice cream on a stick. Not a bad way to end the tour!

End of School Party

Last night we had our End of School Ice Cream Party. First we had dinner, followed by the awards ceremony.

Each of the girls got a diploma for the year of school that they completed, and they also got various rewards and honors for their special achievements.

Taya was our special honorary student. Her parents will have to keep up with all these festivities when she really is in school, or she will think she's getting the short end of the stick!

After the the awards ceremony, we played a few games (duck duck goose, musical chairs, and hide-n-go seek). We were all laughing so hard that some of us adults would not have qualified to receive the potty training certificate like Kiahna did! After we played the games, we had the ice cream party. Everyone got to decorate their own cone, and they each got their own candle to blow out. It was a pretty fabulous party!!!

I'm a Big Girl Now!!!

Kiahna is officially potty trained now! We started this process on May 24th, and it took a few days before she got the hang of it. By the end of the first week, she had accidents only on occasion.

She stayed completely dry on our road trip back to Arkansas--I did have to stop twice for her to go. Of course she gives no prior warning, so one of those times I just had to have her pee in the grass.--she thought this was hilarious.

Now, for the most part, she is accident-free. She has had to accidents where she peed in the grass outside (with her clothes still on!). I wonder who taught her that?!!!

Kiahna is very proud of her Dora panties. She wanted to have Diego undies, but they they only make them for boys. I'm just thankful that she's in big girl panties now. Another HUGE milestone has past.