We have a 4th grader :0....

and what a sweet, funny, excited, BIG 4th grader she is!  Two weeks before school started, Paige was definitely feeling nervous.  On occasion tears were flowing.  All these questions were being asked, questions of uncertainty!  The actual week of school arrived and boy was she happy and excited.  Back to School Night is just what she needed.  We had her backpack all packed with her supplies and off we went.  We met her teacher, organized her new desk, ate ice cream and talked with friends.  It was then that Paige realized it was time for 4th grade and she was ready!

It is fun to watch Paige change and grow up.  This year it hasn't been all about buying new school clothes and having matching "everything".  She is just happy with her regular clothes and knew they would be just fine for starting school.  Her style is changing which means she doesn't find a whole lot that she likes in the stores (same for a lot of us, I think)!  We are super excited to see what 4th grade brings our way!  Paige is anxious to learn all about Idaho History and go on a jet boat tour in the Spring!



Paige Turns 9 !

 What a sweet young lady we have!!  She remembers our little traditions and reminded me that I needed to take pictures of her out in the front yard!  This year I added the beautiful Hydrangea's to the shots.  They bloom every year just for her birthday!

 

This year, for her 9th birthday, Paige wanted a purple suitcase :) We shopped and shopped for a purple suitcase and believe it or not, they are super hard to find.  I made a call to Aunt Heidi and she found one at the Target in Tri-Cities, phew!!!

 

 

Aunt Heidi and Uncle Eric came to visit for the weekend.  We all went to see Despicable Me 2 and then made 40 cupcakes to take to gymnastics.  Paige was excited to have practice on her birthday and be able to share treats with her team.  They all sang, very loudly, which just made her day!

 

We had her party at the Aquatic Ctr.  She had 17 friends come swim with her which made her feel very special.  She didn't want a store bought cake this year.  She wanted "me" to make her cake and she wanted it to be red velvet and with two layer :0.  I have to admit I was a little freaked out.  The pressure she was putting on me to make this cake just the way she was describing!  She loved the cake I made for her and said it was the best cake she had ever eaten.  It did her mama's heart good and I could finally get a good night's sleep!



Summer Break!

I knew I hadn't posted anything in quite some time, but I didn't realize my last post was in September 2012. :0

Paige just finished 3rd grade and is not happy about it!  I picked her up from school that last day and all she did was cry :(.  Mrs. Blake was her favorite teacher and she didn't want to leave her. Moving on to 4th grade means you have to move to another building and she wants no part of that right now.  Hopefully she will warm up to the idea this summer or August 28 (the 1st day of 4th grade) will be disastrous.

With school being  out  for the summer, my job is done for the summer, too!  I am anxious to be with Paige every day and do lots of fun things.  Today was our first official day of summer break and we ended up with a flat tire and had to sit at Les Schwab for quite some time.  This was not our idea of a fun summer day but it will get better we just know it!

May 2013

First day of 3rd Grade

 

Wow, Paige has started 3rd Grade!

 

She had mixed emotions about starting school this year.  Usually she has her outfit picked out a week ahead of time and is insistant on riding the bus.  This year her outfit wasn't picked out until 9 pm the night before and "no way" was she going to ride the bus.   

 

At the end of her first day she was so happy she didn't want me to take her home! 

She said, "Mom, it feels like I have only been at school for two hours!"

 

We had fun, as usual, taking these first day of school pictures!  For some reason she had to have her head tilted and her shoulder raised in almost every picture :)  Quite the poser!

 

Finally we arrived at school and the first people we see are her great friends Athena and her little sister Naomi.  Paige and Athena were inseperable this summer.  This new friendship formed through gymnastics.  We are all very excited that they have the same teacher again this year.  A few things Paige says she is excited about these things this school year:

 

-Morning Recess Snacks

-Being able to have a water bottle at her desk

-Candy "before" lunch!  :)

-Bunnies in the other classroom

Summer Fun

Now that Summer is coming to an end, it is fun to look through all our pictures!  We really have done many fun little trips and activities.  I am sad that our nice relaxing days are almost over but we are also very excited for what 3rd grade will bring for Paige.  This coming school year is going to be great, I just know it!

Father's Day Weekend - Hanging out with cousins from Portland

4th of July in McCall - Payette Lake

Golfing in McCall - Jug Mtn Golf Course

Cousin Beth gave Paige a piano!!!!!

Smith Family Reunion - Swimming w/ Cousins

Camping - Selway River - O'Hara Campground

Playing in the Selway River - Paige and Zak

Swim Lessons - Learning to Dive

Paige is quite the little fish!



We have been doing lots of back to school shopping!  Neither one of us NEED any new clothes but it sure has been fun to get a few new outfits.  Paige definitely has an opinion now.  She critiqued every one of my choices and even said to put a few back, sheesh!  Her new favorite store is Justice.  She is finally able to fit into a size 7 which enables her to shop in this wonderful (so she thinks) store.  Looking back at last year's school pictures, she wore lots of jeans and one particular green skirt.  So far this year, it looks like she will be wearing skirts, lots of skirts!  She is on a mission to find a cute pair of boots to wear with all these skirts, but we may need to wait until Fall.  To find these boots, she has been searching Zappos.com, Target.com and Amazon.com.  Her daddy has created a monster!

Paige's Turns 8 !

Our sweet girl is now 8 years old!  What a blessing Paige is in our lives!  She is such a patient, kind, funny and smart girl.  We laugh with her everyday and love who she is becoming.  Her birthday party was at The Rollaway.  She had 13 friends come to her party and it was neat to see her interact with each one.  She never wants to leave anyone out!  I see her continuing to be this kind, sweet girl throughout her whole life (hopefully!), it is just who she is.



Paige chose the Luau Theme for her party

Doing the Hokey Pokey

Making A Wish!

Actual birthday, opening presents from mommy and daddy

Each year, the celebration of Paige's birthday goes on for a whole week! On her birthday it has become tradition that we go to Silverwood Theme Park.  After a few days of excitement with family visiting, the party and a sleepover, Paige was exhausted.  Sickness tried to set in the morning of her "actual" birthday but didn't last too long.  We were able to make the trip up to Silverwood, but with great sadness, it was pouring down rain once we got there.  Poor Paige!  First sickness, then rain.  We talked her into going to another place called TriplePlay.  This fun place had a waterpark, bowling, laser tag, arcade games, mini golf and much more.  We pretty much did every activity and then finished the day by eating at Red Robin.  All in all, the day turned out to be great!

Memorial Weekend

Annual "Waide Family" Fishing Trip

Dworshak Lake

Paige with, snack #12, waiting for a fish to bite!

Every Memorial Weekend, for as long as I can remember, the Waide family has gone fishing on my dad's boat at Dworshak Lake.  This was Paige's 1st time going on this annual fishing trip (mostly due to Papa's lack of patience). Well, Paige fit in just perfectly and actually caught 3 fish all by herself.  She really enjoyed the trip and took care of her own pole, reeling it in and letting it out.  We were all very proud of her!  Papa said, "she still needs to work on actually touching the fish and putting on her own maggot, but she did great!"  Her mama still doesn't do those things so I told him not to get his hopes up :) 

Uncle Tim, Marge, Paige and Papa Bill

Each year, my Uncle Tim travels over from Bellingham, WA and Marge comes down from Spokane.  Our total fish count was 34 this year.  Quite a bit lower from previous years but we still had lots of fun!