Do you wish you were my kid's teacher?

Please don't answer that. But I'm excited about our teacher gifts this year. We used to do a candy poster for all of them, but times they are a changin' as are teacher's tastes. This was for Mrs. Smith.

Spencer made this at Color Me Mine for Ms. Allred.

Ben was thrilled (as you can see) to give this to Mrs. Mair.

Thanks to the wonderful teachers out there who worked so hard to make a difference this year. Really. Thanks.

WILL - according to Will

I made seven baskets.

Hi, this is will

I am pretty much awesome. Repete it 100 times. I am 777 years old. Just kidding. I am 7. I do not know what to talk abuot.

Favorite color: Black
Favorite animal: King cobra
Favorite food: Chocolate Lava Crunch Cakes from Dominos
Favorite place: Airborne
Favorite time of day: dinner
Favorite movie: The Simpson's (my Dad let's me watch it)
Favorite toy: The Wii & my Super Smash Bro's game.
Least favorite color: pink
Least favorite animal: worm
Least favorite food: poo
Least favorite place: school
Least favorite time of day: homework
Least favorite movies: Spot and His Grandparents Visit the Carnival, Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure, My Little Ponies
Least favorite toy: Mia's my little ponies

I still don't know what to talk abuot.
If I had the most perfect day ever, I would eat popcorn shrimp and what I would do would play video games with the window open cause there's a window down there and I could feel the nice breeze. I would be with mom/rochelle. I would eat 15 choclate lava crunch cakes.

Me and Spence swimming in jacksen hole.

Tiny Dancer

At our house, we LOVE to dance. And it's catching. Little Mia has been cutting a rug since before she started cutting teeth. Here is a glimpse of her latest jam with dad and Will. (Notice how she calls for Will to dance with her). I love that she's only wearing one shoe. I love that Will is so cute to dance with her. Love their choreography. I especially love at the end when she signs for more.

Leprechans Beware

There are some kids at this house with a plan and if you aren't careful, you may have to grant them some wishes.

The design.

The finished product complete with ladder, slide, and giant tupperware tub trap.

Bait.

Serious bait. These kids aren't messing around. They know that no Leprechan can refuse a custom combo dance mat and shiny quarters.




They even turned on some irish music. We've learned from Darby O'Gill that leprechans can't resist 3 things: Whiskey, dancing, and hunting. We don't have whiskey, and we don't have anything for them to hunt, so we had to appeal to their musical interests.

Sure enough an hour or so after the trap was completed, an unfortunate Leprechan must have been captured and escaped because the money was gone, and the custom-made combo dance mat was gone and in their place was a whole slew of chocolate gold coins. Delicious. So now friends of Spencer, what'll we wish for?

The Book Club

On Saturday I really needed to spend some extra time with the kids. After a game of Operation they wanted to build a fort. Fort building is a perfect example of synergism. Everyone pitches in their ideas and eventually we come up with a supersweet place to hide that would otherwise not exist. That's just what it ended up being. A supersweet place to hide. Without any input from me, the kids took books inside and enjoyed reading in the dark. They decided that everytime they went back into the fort they'd need to bring a book. Quite a stack developed. They called it "The Book CLub." I was amazed because they let Mia come in and out of the fort without a single complaint. So, welcome to the book club.

The King of Birthdays

Spencer was taking an extra long time changing into his pajamas. I was just about to check to see what the delay was when I heard him approach, exclaiming, "I'm the King of Birthdays!" I just couldn't resist taking a picture or two.



I bet you'd never seen the King of Birthdays before. Neither had I. I'm learning there's a first for everything :)

Shorts and Snow Boots

Here you see Will having fun with a quarter at the Hub. This picture however was taken to document his amazing outfit. You see, my children dress themselves. I really like this outfit Will chose, but what exactly is it saying?

The shorts are channeling spring, but the boots and the snow falling outside say, "not quite yet, Will. Not quite yet."

The smile is the perfect final accessory.

Kindergarten Carpool Club

Seriously love these kids :)

The 3rd Grade Disney Program: FEATURING SPENCER!!!

 

Click on it for a closer view. Spence did a WONDERFUL job! Massive thanks to Mr. MaWhinney, Mrs. Hopkins, and Ms. Marshall and all the parents who worked so hard. Well done!!!

Thank You, Coach Hader.

Forgive my amateur video turn your head or monitor sideways and check out what my Will can do!!! I am super proud!

Good Answers

As the kids are getting older homework has become a bigger and bigger part daily life - taking up more and more time. Sometimes, the kids just can't take it anymore. Here is evidence:

Exhibit A. Problem 21 from Ben's homework:

Exhibit B. Problem 8 from Spencer's homework: If I let them actually hand in those answers, I can guess the teacher would smile before marking the answers wrong. I know they made me smile.

Pack Meetings: A Suprising Oasis for Expressions Of Love

Evidentiary Support:

Exhibit A, Setting, Last month's Pack Meeting for Cub Scouts. (I'd like to take this moment to remind you that he's only 5.) There sat an bored and angry Will, clutching a piece of scratch paper, kneeling on the church floor. "Mom, can I have a pen?" "Mom, how do you spell "blah?" I whispered the answer to him and Will diligently started writing. Moments later he angrily handed me the following:

Exhibit A.

Exhibit B, Setting, Blue and Gold Banquet celebrating 100 years of Scouting. Ben earned an award. Spencer won our table's centerpiece (Two balloons tied to a bag of Skittles) because he had a yellow star stuck to the bottom of his folding chair. Towards the end of the night, I got a light tap on the shoulder. Spencer handed me this. . .

Exhibit B.

I like you too.

Somebody's Learning Cursive. . .

And his name is Spencer.

A New Author. . .

Since Will has such a knack for telling stories, I suggested he become an author. A storyteller through writing. He took to the idea immediately and asked for a notebook and pencil. This is what he wrote. . .


I see some serious potential! ;)

A Message From Will. . .

How are you doing? Are you having a nice day? Tomorrow, are you having a good time? Are you having a good time? Merry Christmas! Stay warm.
Love, Will
P.S. I hope you have a good Christmas. Get a lot of presents at Christmas Eve.

The Arches

Today I was showing the kids some flashcards of different monuments and attractions around the globe. I was surprised at how many they knew or recognized eg. Niagra Falls, Big Ben, The Eiffel Tower, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Sydney Harbor, etc. When I showed them the card with this image. . .

Spencer piped up, "It's half of the McDonald's sign!!! We all had a good laugh as we realized, he was really on to something!

Pop culture, I'm lovin' it.

A Message From Ben. . .

Ben in a bubble.
Ben in a nutshell:
hello!!!! all you people i want to tell you that Miley Cyrus is gonna invade the earth with spoons and forks and toothpicks. AND um, swiss cheese. Ha Ha Ha. No! Not and um! Huh huh huh. No can you just erase that? STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! PLease please plaease please please. I jsut broke him. AGAIN! eYEBROWS. What? M-kay. Mmmmm. nYAH. Mmmmm. heh heh eheh heh. Stop stop s;aslkfj a;slkfjas;lfj sldfasldf

Let's try this again. My name is Ben. I had a vision that crap and pee and forks and Miley Cyrus and spiders and bananas and Spencer, and Rochelle, and spoons hamily foam neening, Will invade the earth. - BEN

Thank you, Ben for this rare glimpse into your mind. Love, Mom.


Ben and his homemade Han Solo experiment.
Ingenious.

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Speaking of Which

The following conversation took place between Will and I this afternoon:

Me ". . . speaking of which, I need to take some meat out of the freezer."

Will "Speaking of witch, I don't like them because they're mean."

Me "Who's Mean?"

Will "Witches."

I just love that kid!

Congratulations Spencer!!!

In February, Spencer earned his orange belt in karate! He worked really hard to pass the test. Afterwards we went to Cold Stone for some ice cream. Next goal, purple belt.