Mother's Day in the kindergarten class

I was invited to Brody's kindergarten class, along with all of the other students and their Mother's. We enjoyed a Mother's Day program. We were greeted by our children and given a corsage to wear. There was also a little ALL ABOUT ME (according to Brody) purse. It was so cute. 

 The children sang a few songs. My favorite was the M-O-M, imagine M-O-M was her name-o, sung to the tune of B-I-N-G-O was his Name-o.

The children each took a turn sharing what they loved most about their Mom and presented us with a picture that they  had painted of us. Brody informed me that he had dropped some paint on my face. I am glad he clarified that one because I took a good long look in the mirror when I got home to see if I had a new mole/freckle pop up on my face that I wasn't aware of. 

What a treat it was to spend time with Brody, his classmates and the other Mothers. It was a delightful morning. I feel so blessed to be a Mom and to be a part of sweet days like this this!

February in Review

The weeks and months are flying by. So much so, that I didn't blog much during the month of February.
Here is a little recap of our month, in no particular order.

Brody and friends celebrated the 100th day of  kindergarten. He came home sporting this headband.

Our San Francisco 49ers made it to the Superbowl. They lost. My boys were bummed. This photo was taken before the game started so there were still happy smiles.

The boys Kaepernick-ing it! This was right after the quarter back(Kaepernick) scored a touch down. Our boys are so funny!

We have attended ALOT of basketball games this month. All 4 boys played Hot Shots this season! They all had amazing seasons!

What do you do on Valentine's Day when you have a fever and don't feel well? You eat donuts in the bath tub with your brother, of course!!! Poor Brody had a  high fever and a horrible  cough. He had to miss his Valentine party at school and was so bummed about it!

 Valentine's party for the 3rd graders. I am the Room Mom in Garrett's classroom this year. We decorated cupcakes, played pin the heart on the giraffes, made Valentine cards and enjoyed a LOVE themed word search.

I love this photo of John, Carter and some of his Tar Heel players. John loves coaching basketball. He sure enjoyed  his team this season. They were undefeated and won the play off game for the title. SO MUCH FUN!

Can't let February pass by without mentioning Girl Scout Cookies. We bought some of our favorites from our friend/neighbor Susie! I love that she came to our door to sell them! Not to mention that I love her receipt and thank you note that we receive each year with our order. So cute!!

The boys started receiving happy mail from their Great Grandma Shore this month. She was calling it the Mercury draw. She decided to cancel her subscription to her local newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News. Hence the Mercury draw title. She put all of her Great Grand kids names into a drawing and is randomly sending them a note with $10.00. She has divided the money she would have spent on the  subscription and sharing it with the Great Grand kids. She is so fun, loving  and kind. We LOVE her!

Carter received his his 2nd class rank at the Court of Honor this month!

We are still working on our bedroom make over. It has been  such a S-L-O-W process. Things like time, $ and finding the right pieces/accents have played a little part in the slowness.  Despite the slowness, I am loving how it is coming together!

Ahhhhh! I love February for the simple fact that it is Valentine's Day. I love the colors. I love the crafting and baking that accompanies it! I love the extra chance I have to tell and show the ones I love just how much I really do love them! I made John this heart attack jar. It was filled with his favorite dark chocolate See's candy and little hearts that had notes/phrases attached to them.

This is one of the little details I worked on for Garrett's class party! I found these fun black and white paper straws. I used my favorite heart punch and attached them to the straws. Made there water bottles a little more fun and festive.

I decorated these fun little fry boxes that I found online. I filled them with a Strawberry Muddy Buddy type treat(recipe coming soon). We shared them with the boys teachers and friends. Fun, festive and yummy!

Time  is flying by! We attended some orientation and registration nights at the high school for Tanner! CRAZY!!! Our first born will be heading to high school in the next few months! Still trying to wrap my brain around it!

Garrett earned his Wolf badge at the Blue and Gold dinner this month. John is still the Cub Master and had a Survivor theme for this months Blue and Gold dinner! The boys had a blast completing Survivor type activities. FUN!

I enjoyed a super fun weekend at the beach with girlfriends!This weekend was at the end of Feb./ beginning of March. I will have create a separate post about it!

I am sure that I am forgetting a few things.Our 2013 is off to a great start. We are happy, healthy(for the most part) and are enjoying the many blessings in our life. 

Kindergarten Winter Performance

Tonight was the night! Brody and his classmates have been practicing for this special performance/evening  for months. They learned the songs, the dance moves and movements to go with each song.

Brody knew all of the words and movements for each song. Unlike his Mama, he has no fear when it comes to performing. My Mom said I stared out one of the side doors during the entire performance and didn't sing a single word when my kindergarten class had our holiday performance(many years ago, back in the day). Brody sang his little heart out. It was adorable. All of those kindergartners looked so cute and sweet!

Brody and his buddy, Sam even had speaking parts! They introduced their class and the song their class would be performing. They nailed it! Way to go, boys!

They were the cutest Frosty the Snowmen I have ever seen!

Aloha

Brody and I attended Garrett's super fun kinder party today. There will be an end of the school year party at the park, next week. The room mom went above and beyond and planned an Aloha party too. The party was complete with pineapple bowling, fruit kabobs, goldfish and Hawaiian punch, a funny picture station, a sea creature scavenger hunt, and centers where the children decorated their own hats and picture frames. They were asked to come to school sporting their Luau get up. For the life of me, I could not find their Hawaiian shirts...so leis and a grass skirt from the dollar store had to work.





















Once again, I am grateful for the parents, teachers, and friends who make school such a wonderful place for my boys to be! I appreciate the time and love that goes into the whole "it takes a village to raise a child" concept...so thankful to be part of a wonderful school community.

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Pretty self explanatory or in other words...woot-woot!
I stood in line @ the school starting @ 6:30 am this morning.
I had to make sure we got Garrett a spot in the kindergarten class this Fall.
He can't wait...neither can I.