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Friday wrap up

December 9, 2016

Just wrapping up a few things that have gone on over here recently…

Maxwell has started playing basketball! No games yet but I think they will prove to be entertaining…

basketball

Maxwell’s class with the dreidels they made…

dreidel

and the good behavior notice he got from the class elves, Jingle and Bells! 🙂

jingle bells

I took this crazy crew to a birthday party…

bday party

where everyone had fun…

fun

including Baby!

bab

Advent Workshop night at the church…

advent

Spencer and Samantha at the mall for cookies and a visit to Santa!

mall

Spencer told Santa he wanted a “remote controlled shark” (oh goodness!) and Baby wouldn’t sit on Santa’s lap but did get some reindeer ears!

santa

Samantha’s teacher sent me this picture form school this week which made me laugh…

school

I took the whole crew with me to the doctor for a follow up on Baby’s ears (they’re fine)…

doctor

and then we hit up the early bird special at the Mexaurant.

dinner

Finally, Christmas art projects with Mrs. Susan!

fun

art

Phew…lots of fun and lots more to come before Christmas is here! Have a great weekend!

On Friday of last week, Spencer had his Christmas program and it was as cute as could be. I really had no idea how Spencer would do “on stage” but he did GREAT! I was so proud of my buddy! He was looking extra sharp for the program…

concert

I might have had to bribe him with a marshmallow or two to wear the collared shirt but that’s beside the point. 🙂

concert

Because that’s just what I do, I got there extra super early so I could get a front row seat. I was glad I did too because, the way they had it set up, there were very few front row seats at all. But, they did have the kids up on a higher stage than Maxwell’s year so you could see them all better. Spencer was excited to see us right up front!

concert

He did exactly what he was supposed to do during the concert. He didn’t sing the loudest, and he definitely didn’t do all the hand motions, but he stood still, paid attention, and gave me an awesome double thumbs up after every song. Yes, I got a thumbs up – and even some finger guns! – after every single song. It was awesome. He looked like such a big boy standing up there and I was just so proud of him. It was a HUGE crowd of parents watching them and he just took it all in stride.

concert

I just love this kid so much.

Thumbs up to a great Christmas concert!!

concert

And a little flashback…Maxwell at his 3s concert…
concert

and Spencer at his!

christmas concert

Two handsome boys!

School Days

November 21, 2016

One of my favorite days of the year – school picture day!! I just love comparing all the years. Starting with Maxwell…

2011…

2011

2012…

2012

2013…

2013

2014…

2014 school photo

2015 (this one was a winner!)…

school picture

and this year!

mbb school pic

They only get one pose for the pictures at MBE but you can choose from some fancy background options…

mob school photos

mob school picture

haha! Think we’ll stick to the traditional blue.

On to Spencer…

He started off strong in 2013….

2012 school photo

Then we didn’t get one from 2014 because he wouldn’t sit for the photographer. Yep, his teacher said he just wouldn’t do it. Oh well.

2015 brought this lovely gem (I’m almost wishing he had pulled a 2014 stunt again! ha!)…

school pictures

But this year showed major improvement! Look at this little smile!

spencer pic

We also got a belly laughing Spencer…

spencer

and a fake smile Spencer!

school pic

I’ll take it! And please note he’s wearing the same shirt as Maxwell. Not planned but Spence just happened to pick that shirt that day so it made me happy! 🙂

Now, Samantha’s first school picture!!

skb pic

school pic

I could just die she’s so cute.

school pic

And could she and Spencer look any more alike?! Love these kiddos.

How’s that for a good way to start the week?! Happy Monday!

Boosterthon

September 21, 2016

One of the big fundraisers at Maxwell’s elementary school is boosterthon. The kids get people to sponsor them a $1 or $2 for each lap they run. It’s quite a big deal and the kids earn prizes for how many sponsors they get…not sure I totally agree with all of it but, it is what it is. The school goes all out for the weeks leading up to it. One of the things they have is a door decorating contest. Parents are supposed to decorate the classroom door in the Boosterthon theme (which was something to do with movies this year) in advance of the run. Well, our class didn’t learn about this until 8:30 pm the night before it was supposed to be done. Since I’m assistant room mom and we live so close, I pulled some stuff together and got over there at 6:30am to decorate that door! Thank goodness for a good printer, a nice wrapping paper stash, and plenty of tape!

boosterthon

It wasn’t what I would have done with more time, but it turned out ok considering I put it together the night before!

The day of the Boosterthon was fun for the kids. It was a glow run which they loved.

boosterthon

Maxwell ran his little heart out!

boosterthon

After the run they all got to go outside and have popsicles.

boosterthon

Mrs. Solai’s class!

boosterthon

According to Maxwell’s bracelets, he ran 57 laps. But, they only charged us for 35. I think that was the max they said kids would run and, considering it was a really small lap, I’m sure they just average it out. A big thank you to all of Maxwell’s sponsors – GJ, Daddo, Susu, Lulu, Granddaddy, and Susan!

Guess we better get used to Boosterthon – we’ll be doing it for many more years!

School mornings

September 20, 2016

So, I know it’s silly and I know I won’t do it all year (maybe) but I just love to snap Maxwell’s picture before he leaves for school. To me, the pictures of the little parts of daily life are the most fun and what I want to look back on them and think “oh yea, he used to let us walk him to school every morning and he always wore those pants and that was his favorite shirt and he was the cutest kindergarten ever.” Or, something like that! 🙂 So, school morning pics…

school morning

kindergarten

school morning

school

school morning

He obviously tolerates it some days better than others. Both boys were happy to take a photo on Friday though because it was GREEN day for Spencer and PJ day for Maxwell!

green

But you know what happened after that? Maxwell walked himself to school. Sniff sniff. He wanted to try it by himself and he did it just fine…I think my days of walking him to school are over. My big boy…

school

At least I still get to walk over and pick him up in the afternoon!…for now!

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