Today was field day at school. Here's a few pictures from the fun.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Clay's 11th Birthday Party
We celebrated Clay's upcoming birthday early again this year since his actual birthday is after school is out. I wanted to pare the partying cost down and Clay wanted a slumber party. Perfect combination once I limited the number of friends he could invite to three.
Clay wanted a homemade cake instead of a store bought one, so I made him the chocolate cake with cream cheese icing that he likes so much. And instead of buying a bunch of junk food and trinkets to send home in treat bags, I had Bruce buy and cut a bunch of PVC pipes and organize kits for the kids to make their own marshmallow shooter guns.
The boys played for hours outside with those guns after being briefly distracted by this monster crawdad they found in the creek that runs alongside our yard.
Bruce doesn't know how not to be a kid and join in the fun. But that's part of why I married him!
Clay disappeared inside for a few minutes and then came outside with this taped holster device.
Allison got tired of the shooting and just decided to snack on the ammo.
Clay wanted a homemade cake instead of a store bought one, so I made him the chocolate cake with cream cheese icing that he likes so much. And instead of buying a bunch of junk food and trinkets to send home in treat bags, I had Bruce buy and cut a bunch of PVC pipes and organize kits for the kids to make their own marshmallow shooter guns.
The boys played for hours outside with those guns after being briefly distracted by this monster crawdad they found in the creek that runs alongside our yard.
Bruce doesn't know how not to be a kid and join in the fun. But that's part of why I married him!
Clay disappeared inside for a few minutes and then came outside with this taped holster device.
Allison got tired of the shooting and just decided to snack on the ammo.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Walkathon
The kids' school does a fundraising walkathon once a year. Sometimes I make it up there and join in; other times I don't.
This year I planned to go, but I had a dual mission. To walk, of course. But also to snap some pictures to be used in a DVD presentation during the school's fifth grade graduation ceremony a few weeks later. So I walked with all three kids but then had lunch with Clay and the fifth graders to get more pictures. Because, really, isn't the best time for pictures when kids are laughing with their mouths full?
Here's Spencer and Eli, who is Allison's "boyfriend". Two little red heads!
Spencer and his buddy Kevin.
Spencer and "that man teacher" that he was hoping to have as his teacher all last summer. Spencer couldn't remember his name then, but I'm sure he'll never forget it now after the great year he's had in Mr. Holly's class.
Allison walking near Mrs. Counts, who was Clay's third grade teacher... and his favorite teacher ever so far. Both Spencer and Allison had high hopes of having Mrs. Counts as their third grade teacher but she will be moving to teach second grade next year. When I told Spencer that there was no way he'd have Mrs. Counts as his third grade teacher, he said, "Ohhh, but she's my favorite teacher!" I had to remind him that she had never actually been his teacher. Crazy boy!
Here's Allison with her teacher Mrs. Smith. She was Clay's second grade teacher as well and we love her!
The entire fifth grade class. Great bunch of kids.
Clay and his best bud, Joseph.
This year I planned to go, but I had a dual mission. To walk, of course. But also to snap some pictures to be used in a DVD presentation during the school's fifth grade graduation ceremony a few weeks later. So I walked with all three kids but then had lunch with Clay and the fifth graders to get more pictures. Because, really, isn't the best time for pictures when kids are laughing with their mouths full?
Here's Spencer and Eli, who is Allison's "boyfriend". Two little red heads!
Spencer and his buddy Kevin.
Spencer and "that man teacher" that he was hoping to have as his teacher all last summer. Spencer couldn't remember his name then, but I'm sure he'll never forget it now after the great year he's had in Mr. Holly's class.
Allison walking near Mrs. Counts, who was Clay's third grade teacher... and his favorite teacher ever so far. Both Spencer and Allison had high hopes of having Mrs. Counts as their third grade teacher but she will be moving to teach second grade next year. When I told Spencer that there was no way he'd have Mrs. Counts as his third grade teacher, he said, "Ohhh, but she's my favorite teacher!" I had to remind him that she had never actually been his teacher. Crazy boy!
Here's Allison with her teacher Mrs. Smith. She was Clay's second grade teacher as well and we love her!
The entire fifth grade class. Great bunch of kids.
Clay and his best bud, Joseph.
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