My Little Pilgrim

Bella's Thanksgiving play was so cute. This year she got to be a Pilgrim and last year she was an Indian. She sang with the best of them which is a nice change from the Boy's Thanksgiving plays at this same school where he just stood there and made faces.

Fire Department Trip Take 5

We had the annual Fire Department tour. I think I've done this at least 5 times maybe more. Perhaps I can become an honorary fireman. Of course, I could be the Mom of half of those firefighters. They look like babies. The Hubby was able to come to this trip and he fit right in with the kids. For the girls it was all about look fashionable in the hats.

Amazon

I look at these pictures from Grand Parent's Day at the Pre-School and all I can think of is "Man my daughter is an amazon!" Her Uncle and Cousin on the husband's side are really really tall and I think she may have dipped into this gene pool. Tall girls are cool, right??? I always complain when I try on pants that they are too long and I could be at my current weight if I was like 4 or 5 inches taller - no problem. I mean, who cares if she towers over the boys at the middle school dance? She could get a volleyball or a basketball scholarship but too bad she wants to be a jockey or something else horse related.

They made ice cream which is the yearly tradition for Grand Parent's Day at the school. I tried this once with our friends who came over for dinner with their son when we first reconnected. It wasn't a pretty scene. It seemed like such a cool idea in theory, but in reality we wound up with cream all over the kitchen and the adults were tossing ice cold bags back and forth in their hands with ski gloves on. It was a true mess. I can't believe that they ever came back. It was quite frightening. So, if you come for dinner and want ice cream you may want to bring a pair of ski gloves and an apron.

Back to School We Go!

O.k. this post makes me feel like a blogging slacker, yes this is the first day of school and interim reports came out last week. We have been booked with scouts, soccer, school and everything else. This year's send off was a bit different because Grandmom and Grandpa from Montana came back with us after the wedding and stayed for almost a week. Yes, this is the trip that went on forever! We spent 1 month of weekends away from home and ended it all with house guests. The Boy was excited to have all of his Grandparents at the house for his send off.

He also has the same second grade teacher as he had last year. When I told him that he would have the same teacher he thought that he had failed first grade. It was funny to me but not to him. Luckily he really likes her and she's great. His favorite subjects are art, music and math - he must be following in his Dad's footsteps because I am tone deaf.