Frog and Toad

The Kindergarten musical was Frog and Toad this year. We weren't sure what to expect. With K, the musicals have been quite entertaining because he refuses to perform at all. J was a little different. He was very animated and "into" the performance. We were smiling the whole time! The scary part is that the music teacher told us after the show that this was the toned down version. In rehearsal he was an even bigger ham!

He even had a speaking part to help move the story along. He never complained about memorizing his line and he blurted it out like a champ. I guess his creative side continues to shine through...

Flat Stanley visits New York

K's class did a unit on Flat Stanley this year. The students each created their own Flat Stanley to send on an adventure through the mail. K sent his to Uncle Don Marshall and Aunt Barrie in New York City. From the looks of it, Flat Stanley had a great time seeing the sites.

Last Soccer Game

K has decided to take a break from soccer. We understand that year 'round soccer for a couple of years could cause an 8 year old to make this decision, but we are somewhat sad. Hopefully this will not be the last time we see our guy on the field. We've all made some wonderful friends through our soccer team. Not only would we miss the game, but also we'd miss our soccer family.

P is for Pop

I ordered some new alphabet materials for kinder and first grade classrooms last week. The box arrived at home and the boys were very curious about what might be inside. When I opened it, I asked Mighty if he wanted to do an alphabet puzzle. He was quite interested, so we enlisted his two older brothers to assist as needed.


When we got to the letter "P,"our conversation went something like this:

Mom: P is for Pop and popcorn. (two of his favorite things)

Mighty: What letter is for my Pop?

Mom: P is for Pop.

Mighty: My Pop that walks with shoes on?


"The Brothers," as Mighty calls them, thought that was pretty funny! I love moments like these.

Floating

J and I were leaving swimming lessons a few weeks ago. There was a gentleman out in front of the main entrance. He was sitting on a towel listening to his ipod. His eyes were closed and his legs were crossed (criss cross applesauce). His arms were on his knees in meditation kind of pose. I noticed the man, but I didn't think much of it.

J said, "Mom, what is he doing?" I responded that I wasn't sure, but I assumed he was waiting for his children to finish swimming. J immediately started giggling. I asked why he was laughing. He said, "Mom, I think he forgot to float!"

His mental picture of how this should look surely comes from cartoons! Sometimes I forget how literal children can be, but moments like these remind me.

Visitor at the Pond

Recently we added a small pond in our backyard. This has been a plan in the making for quite some time. J and K like to dream with their Daddy about little projects like this one.

The pond work was done in stages. First we needed Pop to help us get electricity for the pump and filter. Then the hole had to be dug in just the right place. Finally, we needed to make a trip to Louisiana. Although fish are sold in Texas, our boys wanted fish from Grandma Betty's pond. No other fish would do.

Somehow the fish survived the long car ride home. We put them in our pond and life was pretty good. One day, however, we noticed that one of the fish seemed to be missing.

The boys have a theory and it goes something like this...

Time with Cousins

We made a quick trip to Winnie for my cousin's baby shower. The boys are always thrilled to steal as many moments as they can with their cousins. This day was no exception.