A Great Snow Day!

Our snow day yesterday was so nice.  I had a few errands that I had to do, but Brian volunteered to do them for me so I wouldn't have to leave the house.  Which really meant that I didn't have to change out of pajamas, put on makeup, or brush my hair.  All day.  Winning.

We decided to make some homemade cookies.  My two helpers and I got to work measuring and mixing.

 Then two of my little friends watched the cookies bake.  

Sadly, only one of these little friends actually got to eat a cookie.

 Parker and Claire insisted that we add mini m&ms to some of the cookies.

 The cookies were delicious! 

 I used a new recipe for the cookies.  They were promised to be fluffy, yet chewy.  And that they were.  

Click HERE for the recipe if you are interested

 Then the day got even better.  We moved our Friday pizza night to Wednesday this week because we have other plans for Friday.  

Here is a picture of the regular pizza.

 But this is the one I was craving.  It's Herb Chicken Mediterranean (or something like that) from Papa Murphy's.  I love it! I did take it upon myself to move all of the sun-dried tomatoes over to one side because I don't like them as much.  Seriously people, it is really good.  And I like to tell myself it is healthier than most with the de-Lite crust and spinach and grilled chicken and so forth.  

We headed back to school today, and it was a typical day after a snow day.  The first graders were wilder than a herd of buffalo in a corn maze.  

Then after a busy afternoon of homework, projects, dinner, and gymnastics, we headed back to school to watch two of my little buffalo play in a basketball game on opposing teams. It was a showdown.  We also made a stop by a consignment sale.  Crazy night! 

A Busy (Stressful) Week

Last week, we celebrated Read Across America with lots of Dr. Seuss activities every day.  We also had Mystery Readers visit our room several times a day.  Lots of parent, grandparents, aunts, uncles, custodians, etc. stopped by to read with us.  

We had a visit from our Superintendent (Director) of Schools.

 Mr. Brianaby Murray read to us too!

Our principal

 We probably had at least 20 readers throughout the week, and they were all a surprise!

We also had some fun dress up days along with way too many Dr. Seuss activities.

 Brian and I got to visit the kids at lunch on the day he came to read.

 

 At home, we watched The Lorax and ate green eggs and ham (bacon).  

 And a cinnamon roll to round it all out.

If all of that wasn't crazy enough, we also had our School Board visit last week.  Once a year, the whole School Board, the Director of Schools (for the second time in the same week if you'll recall), and all of the Assistant Superintendents visit each school.  There is a presentation by the principal, and then they tour the school.  Also, they visit three classrooms for about 20 minutes each for a teaching demonstration.  I bet you can tell where this is going...

Yep! I was chosen as one of the classrooms for them to visit.  I was also the only K-4 classroom that they were visiting.  Oh, the pressure.  You may remember I did the same thing last year at Fall Branch as well.  I kept telling myself that it is an honor to be chosen, but that does NOT take away the stress and nerves.  When SIXTEEN important folks walk in to watch you teach, all at once, it makes one want to vomit.  To put it nicely.  However, it all went very well.  Everybody had nice things to say afterward.  And I did not in fact vomit or die.  

Amen.

Romans 14:19

This is our family verse for this year:

We've all memorized it and are trying to do what it says!

The kids were outside playing one day and came running inside to tell us they had a surprise.  

They wrote the verse on the driveway, and that made me a happy Mama!

I'm Just Glad He Didn't Have Bad Breath

I had a lovely opportunity to go to a lovely Rascal Flatts concert with some lovely ladies.

So I went.

We made a little stop at Steak 'n Shake.  It was my first visit, and I really liked it.  

 Then it was on to the concert.

First, we went back to say hi to the Perrys.  Then we watched Kristen Kelly.  I didn't really know much about her, but she did a good job.

 The Band Perry did a really great job.  I think they sounded great, and their show was exciting and entertaining.

 Time for RF ~ we had really good seats, so that was nice!

 

 Then during the encore, Mr. LeVox came out into the audience.  He actually got all up in my personal space.  Ha! 

  

 Here I am taking a picture of Gary singing to me.

I can't get this picture to turn, but it's too funny not to post.  

Check out Megan photobombing back there!

It was a fun night with two of my favorite people! 

Claire's Shenanigans

A while back, I walked into Claire's room to find this...

Those are targets.  All over her walls and furniture.  

Maybe she is practicing to star in the next Hunger Games movie.

(By the way, I still have only read the first book in that series.  I just can't get over the basic fact that kids are fighting kids.  It just bothers me greatly.  I still haven't completely ruled out reading the other books, but I don't have any immediate plans to read them.)

On a different day, I found this in the hall.

She explained that she was having a birthday party for one of those paper dolls.  

I love her imagination!

I am so behind...

I am so, so, so behind on this blog.  I'm going to try to get a little caught up today since we are at home for a SNOW DAY! Whoop! Whoop!

I have a lot to post including, but not limited to (don't fence me in), concerts, school related stuff, several books I've read, The Bachelor, my crazy doctor appointment, and other random goings on.  So here we go!

We enjoyed visiting with Tim and Rachael when they were in town recently.  This is the only picture I have from that night.  I was too busy talking and catching up to get pictures of the kids playing or the guys sitting around the fire pit.  It was great to see them!