Spring...

...means sport season

...means a crazy looking calendar

...means a lot of miles put on the car

...means a fridge full of powerade & water bottles

Bring it.

Check out Matt walking away.

He was done with the ridiculous picture taking.

Homework Help...

This is what happens when the teenager helps the Kindergartner with her homework.

Check out #6.

"Too Legit..."

The song is in your head now, isn't it???

Operation Turkey Disguise...

The 3rd grade assignment:

disguise your turkey so he can escape the Thanksgiving table

I think he nailed it...

Nothing says disguise like dread locks, and a camouflage t-shirt.

I think I'll be laughing for a while about this one.

video of Lizzie

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!

8th Grade!! (I still can't believe it.)

MATT

Deep thoughts

Zach

Really deep thoughts...

and some pondering.

3rd Grade for Mister Sam

Think he's done having his pic taken??

And this one I really can't believe.

Kindergarten for sweet Lizzie!

She will be participating in the Chinese (yes, Chinese) Immersion program at our Elementary school. Yikes. Pretty amazing, though.

Happy new school year!!

Lunch, anyone?

sarcastic post...

You know what's really awesome?

When the guy at Costco packs up your cart and puts the ginormous (yes, it's a word) package of t.p. in the child seat. This is really awesome because when you are just over 5ft tall (on a good day) you can't even see over the top of the cart and feel like a ginormous idiot trying to steer your way through a warehouse and parking lot.

It's especially awesome when the bottom part of the cart is used for really big items like, butter, eggs, sugar...

Thanks Costco guy.

tales of a second grade field trip...

I was one of the lucky volunteers that got to accompany the 2nd graders on a field trip to see African Cats. Not a bad one to volunteer for, I have to say. Excellent movie.

If you go with a group of 2nd graders, though, they will reprimand you for texting during the movie. (I was giving my husband the play-by-play). They were serious. They even tried to confiscate my phone. Gheesh. The movie hadn't even started yet.

I got to ride the bus (if you've experienced this before I don't need to add anything else. I have many times, yet it's always a little adventure...ifyouknowwhatImean.) The other mom volunteer drove herself to the theater because buses make her sick. I don't know whether to roll my eyes or pat her on the back and call her a genius.

We took some pics with my phone.

My second grader is the cute one on the right, although they look like they could be twins!

The cute little girl that sat next to me (because it would seriously cramp Sam's style to sit with me. Whatever) was quite the conversationalist. She was talking about money and the $150 she has saved up. I asked her what she was saving for and she looked at me with huge blue eyes and sparkly hair (from her new barbie hair dryer that shoots out glitter...remind me not to buy that one) and said, "College."

Duh.

Then she wanted to see the contents of my purse. All of the contents. Luckily I switched to the small one for the occasion.

Second graders are smart and funny. I had a great time!!