The Knotwell Family Blog

In third grade the students have been working on their biography's. Emily chose Nancy Reagan. She was so excited that she was the wife of John's favorite President. She had alot of fun preparing her presentation in class and preparing herself for the Wax Museum. The students got to dress up like their subject and prepare a 20 second speech for the parents and other students. She did such a great job and I'm sure she got a perfect grade on it.

This week in Preschool the kids have been learning about butterflies. They talked about how they become butterflies, what they eat, and they talked about the different types of butterflies. She came home with her face painted and she looked so cute. I just LOVE her preschool teacher, Miss Amy, and highly recommend her if anyone is looking.

Charlotte loves to cut her own hair. I told her the last time she did it that I would cut her hair like a boy. Well, she got scissors for her birthday and she hid under the table and had a hay day. We took her on Monday and had it cut into this bob. It looks so cute on her and it reminds me of her sister when she got her hair cut the same way at her same age. Charlotte thought she was going to look so ugly with her new hair. She told me she was going to go to school and say, "I everyone I am ugly and look at my new hair." Well she ran into school and was so excited about how cute she was.

Cinderella came to Charlotte's party and it was so much fun. The girls were in awe. She did some really cute magic tricks with a black bunny and a white dove. She even put the dove on Charlotte's head so she could have a hat on. The girls loved every second with her and they were all really good. She had the girls dance in the bubbles and asked the girls to dance different dances. Those girls are really a crack up.

Cinderella made balloon animals for the kids. She made whatever the girls wanted and they were a hit!

After the bubbles and ballooon animals, she painted the girls faces. Some girls had their faces painted while we were waiting for all of the princesses to show up. The girls loved the glitter and jewels she put on them.

Even the big girls wanted their faces painted.

We had Charlotte blow out her candles and we sang to her. I think the girls had a good time with Charlotte and Cinderella. We sure did!

Here is my Sweet Charlotte Rose with Cinderella. We had a great day and can't wait for next year when we have NO birthday parties across the board.

Emily and Charlotte wanted to sleep in the tent the night before Char's Birthday. Probably not the best idea due to the fact that Char didn't get very much sleep, but they had fun anyway.

On June 13th, 2005, Miss Charlotte Rose was born. I remember the day like it was yesterday, but somehow it seems so long ago. Charlotte is the sweetest little girl. Whenever I come home from work, she's the first one to run to the door to give her daddy a hug. She surprises us everyday with some of the spunky things she says and does. I remember her falling asleep on my arm as a baby (we called her a monkey on a branch) and she still does this today - although not on my arm so much as in my arms. My favorite memories of our little girl are those where she is a great big sister and a wonderful daughter. Happy birthday sweet baby girl!

My cute girls.

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For Charlotte's year end party we got to go to Bouncin Off The Walls. It was so fun and the kids keep begging me to take them there again. William found the ball and pretty much stayed there until it was time to go. He did venture off a few times to go down the big slide with Char.

This is Lexi, Char's good friend from school. She was having a ball going from bouncey thingy to bouncy thingy.

I know this is the dumbest post EVER, but this was the first time William went to the Dentist. He was so good, at first, he got in the chair and Char made sure he had headphones for the TV. He loved that and even let us put the bib on him. Once the assistant got near him he wasn't so keen on her touching him. We finally were able to bribe him enough to open his mouth and get it somewhat clean. The Dentist checked him out and he got a clean bill of health. As for the girls, not so much. We head into the Dentist on Thursday for Charlotte to get 1 of her 2 cavities filled. Maybe next time we can say we have no cavities.

I love Memorial Weekend! It is the start of the summer and that means TONS of time at the cabin. Our cabin has been in our family for more than 100 years and it is so fun for me to see the love my kids have for the cabin. I remember as a child coming to the cabin and feeling like we were there for the whole summer, we weren't, but it felt like it. My kids get so excited when we say we are going to the cabin, it makes my heart melt. They love to ride scooters, ride bikes, play tennis, basketball, play in the water, and play on the playground. It is the most relaxing place and I think I get just as excited to go as my kids.

We love to have fires in the pit behind the cabin. We roast marshmallows and just visit with each other. We have some good friends that live there and they always come up to roast with us, we love it!

We headed to St. George/Zion for another adventure with John's National Parks Passport. He has taken us all over to visit some N.P. and it has actually been quite fun and interesting. The kids get so excited when we tell them we are going on vacation and staying in a hotel. The first question the girls ask "Is there a swimming pool?". Why on earth would we stay in a hotel without a pool on purpose? We got to the room and the kids dropped their bags and changed into their suits. We swam for a bit and then they cozied up in bed and watched some long awaited Disney Channel.

The next morning we decided it best to hit Zion because Saturday it was going to be in the high 90's. We ate breakfast, got our water supply and snacks and packed up the backpack and headed out on our first adventure.