January 23, 2013

UGH!

Since tonight is Wednesday night, Spike SHOULDN'T have homework!  But since he didn't finish his page at school, he had to bring it home!  Well after an hour and a half at home, it STILL wasn't done!  No wonder he didn't finish at school!  This boy has a VERY DIFFICULT time keeping focused!
Have a mentioned how much I (well probably WE) hate homework!

January 18, 2013

Today we "celebrated winter" (not sure that's possible, as much as I HATE winter!) in Slick's class!

  First, the kids made snowflakes!

 Ooh, let's pause for a picture with "snow princess"!

Next, they turned Slick into a "snowman"!

Still going!

 Almost done!

AW!  What an adorable little man!!

 Great job, team! 

Yummy, Snowman snack!

 Now it's time to make, "Tacky the Penguin!"

How cute is that?

Ok so maybe even I can "celebrate winter"!
Oh and when Slick came up for lunch an hour later, this is what I found! ...

a stray feather!  HAHA!
How funny!

January 15, 2013

Book Report Due Date! 

Working hard on Sunday!

 Now who's working hard?

 

Team work!  That's how it's done!

Finished product!  AT LAST!

Can't forget about brother!

 Thanks daddy for ALL your help!

Paper Work?

The scene in my house tonight while dinner was in the oven!

Like father like son! The only difference is the "level" of paper work! To some, coloring is important. To another, it's the spelling word! And yet to others, it finances! To each his own! I love it!

Coming to an End- Day 6

Yep, I guess that means the end is HERE! Today we headed off to the "first day of school". We had orientation this morning! Counts as a day, but the first OFFICIAL day of FIRST GRADE is Monday! WOW! Here it is!

A little "brotherly love" to celebrate!

All he wanted was a picture with Daddy! Can you tell?

Not sure about the one with Mommy, but ok!

Photography by Slick! Good job, dude!

Coming to an End-Day 5 FAIL!!!!!!!!!

So today, being the last "business day" before school and hurricane Irene, we had some errands to run! I figured we'd finish off at McDonald's with and OUTDOOR playland! Great idea, right?

WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is what greeted us!

The boys were very good about it! But I did think we should do something fun! So cookies seemed to do the job!

Oh well, some things are beyond our control! Speaking of, the boys can't wait to be "in a hurricane!" HAHA! They have NO IDEA! Should be interesting!

Coming to an End-Day 4

We are stuck inside (going stir-crazy) today! Spike keeps asking, "How many more sleeps, Mom?" Today is 4 sleeps. I guess he's ready! He asked me for two hangers! I had no idea why! Well, I went upstairs to his room and found out why very quickly!

I love the socks and boxers! When I went to take a picture, he said, "Mom, make sure you get my shoes!" HAHA! Too funny! This kid's mind never stops! I love how he's always thinking ahead! He's definitely my "planner"!

Spelling Practice

So today, it's another BEAUTIFUL day! Well, it's about 50 degrees, but for March, it's wonderful. I just didn't have the heart to make the kids come inside all afternoon. So, anyway, Spike needed to practice his spelling words. Mommy got "creative" and we had a "spelling test" on the driveway!
YAY for SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!! (almost anyway!)

Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess!

From: The Cat in the Hat!

"I am the Mayflower!"

Spike had a "Thanksgiving Program" at school on Friday. He was the Mayflower! We worked on his lines for a few weeks. He was GREAT! He and Daddy worked together to make his Mayflower! Turned out pretty good.
Such a big boy!
So proud of you, Baby!

Thanksgiving Party Time

Spike's first Thanksgiving Party is tomorrow. So I asked him what he wanted to take. He said "cookies". So could I just throw some chocolate chip cookies in the oven and call it, "DONE!" Nope! Here's the start of the process (well, step 3, but I forgot to take pictures of the first 2.)
Step 4...

Finished product!

Yep, 28 "Cute Turkey Cookies"!

And I'm pretty sure that puts me into the running for "The Mother of the Year" Award! Sorry, "Auntie Fave!" I know you were working on that award too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you were glasses, where would you hide?

Yes, this is a question I ask myself MANY times in a day, I just fill in the blanks a little different each time..."If you were __________, where would you hide!
So today the blank was glasses. Spike's had is glasses all of 4 days! Record for some I suppose! I picked him up from school and asked, (after we had already left of course! Gotta get used to it too!) "Dude, where are your glasses?" "In my bag or in the class room!", he replied. I knew they weren't in his bag because I had just looked in it. I called the teacher and said I'd be back to pick them up. When I got there, they said they had cleaned and didn't find them. So off we go, all the while asking "If you were glasses, where would you hide? If you were glasses, where would you hide?" We had a few of the older students running around and a couple of teachers too. We headed to the gym, kitchen, playground, and classes. Looked in desks, pencil boxes and even TRASH CANS (donned in rubber gloves of course!) After a half an hour, one of the teachers said, "Spike, did you put them in your pocket?!?!?!?!?!"
Are you kidding me! No way! All that!
But, the look on his face when she asked him was PRICELESS! We had asked him OVER and OVER where he put them, where he was, what he was doing. He just could not remember, until then! He knew EXACTLY where they were!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! A lesson learned I guess! Gotta love it!

ANOTHER First of MANY!

Well, today we did our first of MANY homework projects. Spike had to do a poster "All about Me!" He had to put on there his favorite color, food and book and what he wants to be when he grows up.
I wanted it to be HIS, not my project. So he got to cutting...
and glueing!

Mommy and Teek had to step in and do the "writing"! Thanks Teek for coming through again!

And here it is...

A very proud little boy! His favorite food is mac & cheese and hot dogs (also known as ghetto mac to daddy!). His favorite color is, you guessed it, BLUE. His favorite book is The Cat in the HAT. And he wants to be a firefighter when he grows up!

Not a bad little project, but not really sure about the MANY, MANY projects ahead!

First of many, I'm sure!

Well, we had our first absence from school today! Didn't even make it two weeks! Came home with what looked and sounded like a simple cold yesterday after school. By the time he went to bed, he had a fever of 101.1. Of course mommy had a busy day planned at school, so Gramma came to the rescue. He spent the night with her and she loved on him and took good care of him. He was VERY, VERY upset about missing school. So glad he's loving it so far!

Off to School!

How is it possible that we have a KINDERGARTNER in the house? My goodness, this hardly seems possible. Still, it's true and here he is on his first day! All ready to go! What a handsome young man he is!
But, before he goes, he's got to get a picture with everyone!

Daddy... Mommy...

And of course, brother!

How exciting! WAITING for the bus! I think this might have been the highlight! Oh wait, no, he told me that it was lunchtime! (because you eat there!)

Here he is, all grown up in his desk!

One last picture with Mom before she leaves!

So, what did mommy and Slick do? Well, you guessed it... PLAY DOUGH!!!!!!!!!!

So, Slick's first day of K-3 came the next day! And here he is all grown up! Looking so handsome!

Of course, we MUST take a picture of his backpack! (He must have forgotten it was the same one he used last year!;))

After school it's was off to Friendly's to "celebrate"!

Such a big day for all the boys! It was daddy's LAST first day of classes too! Can't wait to those school days to be over!