Field Trip!

I got to go with Steven on his first field trip! We went to the Creative Discovery Museum on Halloween!

These were the four boys I got to keep up with all day. That was just a wee bit difficult, but we made it!

Steven said this was his favorite part of the museum, building this square with nuts and bolts. 

He was sad to leave it, because he said he was about to add wheels - thus the sad face. 

Steven with one of my sweet ESL students. 

Meanwhile, Benjamin was having western day at Mother’s Day Out. He was excited about feeding this horse from his hand, even if he doesn’t look so excited in the picture. Haha

And then after all that, we ran home and got dressed up for Halloween! It was a fun, busy day!

 

Dress Up Days!

Last week we had five dress up days at school, which was pure craziness! This week feels like a breeze, going to school in regular clothes. 

These pictures will probably be jumbled, but here we go!

Thursday was character day. Anna Kate dressed up like Simone Biles.

Wednesday was food day. Steven went as a chef. 

Friday was country vs. country club day. We’re obviously all from the country. Ha 

Steven’s kindergarten friends on food day. 

Sports day…Go Vols!

Career day. My ESL coworkers and I dressed as lifeguards. 

Mr. Habermas and his “sweetie”. 

Oh and we threw in a 4-H poster in the middle of all the mess, just for a good time. Haha 

Career day. Lydia was a teacher. A couple teachers told me they thought Lydia was me walking down the halls. 

And Anna Kate was a paleontologist, just so she could bring her huge dinosaur to school. 

And there you have it! We survived the week! Oh, and a field trip was thrown in there too. I’ll get to that soon, hopefully. It’s good to be back.

Happy Halloween!

 

Birthday Weekend!

We went to Lydia’s final soccer game Saturday morning, in the rain!

Friday night we went to see 101 Dalmatians at Rhea Central. It was very cute but nowhere near as good as The Jungle Book was a couple years back…in my humble opinion. Haha 

Anna Kate made me one of her special birthday cards!

Joel’s been working on a new camp sign. It’s looking good!

Lydia and her pal Mary after the game. 

We went to go check out our new summer home. It still needs a little work, but it’s coming right along. We’re so excited to be able to live at camp for the summer!!!

We had an egg toss after my party. I kept getting pelted with eggs! Yuck!

My traditional dirt cake. I think I’ve had one since my 8th or 9th birthday. Can’t quit a tradition that tasty!

Found Steven snuggled up with Stripes one night. So cute!

And finally, a loaded down golf cart. Good times!

 

Happy Birthday to Me!

I had a lovely birthday! It started out with Joel cooking up a delicious breakfast for me. My students were so sweet at school. One little kindergarten girl sang to me and then said, I have been waiting many, many days for this! So cute! For lunch, I got to sneak away to MoMo’s with Heather, Laurel, and Micah! They even brought me dirt cake oreos and a singing pup!

For dinner, we went to Delia’s, with a gift card from our favorite neighbors…or “old neighbors” as Anna Kate always corrects me. Joel told the waitress it was my birthday, and she came out with a flaming dessert! I was so shocked! Cracked up through the whole song!

The boys were pointing to the fish. Benjamin said, is this fish moving or dead?? Haha 

Steven is proud of his muscles!

 Feeling fine at thirty nine!

Winding Down!

The school year is finally winding down. Hip hip hooray! I’ve only gotta get up at 6:40 19 more times, and then it’ll officially be sweet summer time!

Here’s a funny story for ya:

A few weeks ago, one of my first grade students, Juan, said that I really reminded him of someone, but he couldn’t think of who it was. A little while later, he excitedly said, I know who it is! Aquaman’s mom!!! So I did a quick google search, expecting to see an old hag. And look what popped up!

I said, wow! She is beautiful! And he said, yeah! And she’s really cool like you too!

And now I officially have a new favorite student. Haha

So I went home and showed my family, and Steven pipes up, “Mom, you don’t look like that AT ALL!”

It was nice while it lasted. 

Speaking of Steven, he finally got his kindergarten shots. I put it off until absolutely necessary. And he bought himself a Lego set as his reward. It was his idea to spend his own money, bc he says I never let him spend it. Haha

My girls chose to match one day a few weeks ago. I had to document that. It’s a rare treat these days. 

We have two pet snakes living near our creek. They’re always sunning themselves on the rocks. Not really liking that!

We have a family meetup at Firehouse almost every week, as I drive between my schools. Always fun!

The Aquarium came to visit the boys at MDO. They got to see a turtle, a starfish, a frog, and something else. They were hoping to see a shark, an otter, and a penguin. Hahaha

Sweet cousins after church! Can you believe they’re only one year apart?! Laurel makes Benjamin look like a giant!

Here’s Benjamin playing with one of his best buddies from school during one of Lydia’s soccer games. 

I got a new kindergarten student (the tiny one in the middle). She is SO cute!

Joel’s got some beautiful irises blooming around our house. I love them, especially the dark purple ones!

And here’s our soccer star! Who knew I could give birth to an athlete?! Don’t worry. I think she might be done after this season. But I’m proud of her for giving it a go!

 And there you have it. My random pictures from April.