He Made It!

Lee finished his last final this morning!

Now That's Talent

Our ward held a talent show last Friday. Tyler told a joke that he made up. "Why did the bench move?" I know you are in suspense right now so I guess I will tell you the answer. "Because he was tired of sitting there!" He also sang a song to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" that he learned at school for the spring concert. "School is coming to an end, time for summer to begin. Time for rest, time for fun, time for playing in the sun. School is coming to an end, time for summer to begin. Gotta recharge my battery, gotta recharge my battery, Yeah!"

He was also a major hit with his sweet dancing skills. I am not sure where he learned how to dance this way. Maybe he was born a generation too late, and should have grown up in the eighties. Maybe he is bringing break dancing back. Andrew and Emma are also among the children that were dancing. All in all they had a fun time.

Guilt Is Setting In

It is Teacher Appreciation Week at Hillcrest Elementary this week. I went and decorated the room door for Tyler's teacher, Miss Dopp, on Saturday last week. I also volunteered my normal two hours on Monday and taught the four kindergarten classes Art last Wednesday.
A few weeks ago another member of the PTA called and asked me to do (not just help with) some other things for Teacher Appreciation Week. She wanted me to do things like serve banana splits to the teachers on their lunch break, decorate the faculty room for the luncheon, serve the luncheon, make and decorate the ceiling! (so the kids don't step on the stars) a walk of fame, etc. The lady that called said she couldn't do any of the assignments because she has a son (who is about four) that she would have to bring with her.
Here is why the guilt is setting in...I told her no to all of the assignments!! By the time they needed me, Tyler would have been out of class since it is only an AM class. I would have had to bring three kids. I explained that I was already doing a lot. Well, like I said that was a few weeks ago, she may have found someone else to help her out, but I feel like I am letting the school down. I know I am not really that important, but in my mind none of those things are going to happen because I am not doing them. This is going to be a long week!

Let's Go Fly a Kite!

We took advantage of the nice weather on Monday and had a picnic lunch outside. Tyler thought it would be a good idea to fly kites for Family Home Evening. We usually go outside of our backyard, but Emma was taking a nap and Lee had to go back to school for another class soon, so we just stayed here. The three buildings make a great fence to keep kids in, but it also made some pretty strong down drafts. Andrew quickly got his kite tangled. Tyler just kept running. After about twenty minutes, we put the kites away and rode bikes. We all got a little bit too much sun! I guess we will get a new bottle of sunscreen. Today it was snowing and when it started sticking to the grass and covered it with a white blanket, Andrew said "Yeah! Now we can make a snowman."

To The Left...To The Right

So, we went to most of the home USU Gymnastics meets. After the women get done while they are still calculating the scores a local little girls team usually comes out and does a little show. Most of the time when the little girls get done they let them stay on the floor and have the competing teams come back out and have any of the kids in the crowd come down and dance on the floor. Tyler likes that it is bouncy and tries to do flips. Andrew apparently has paid attention to the song and dance. They play Cupid's Shuffle. It says, "to the left, to the left, to the right, to the right..." Andrew was standing on the coffee table dancing and singing. He was singing Cupid's Shuffle and dancing the right direction. He told me, "Mom, this way is right." Now if he could just put his shoes on the right feet!

Don't Play In The Toilet!

If you have an eighteen month old toddler running around your house, here are some reasons to close the bathroom door. If you don't close the door you could find any of the following things in the toilet: a soiled diaper (it should have gone to the garbage), her older brother's socks, the bathtub's toy boat, her sandals, a bib, her hands, the other brother's shoes, toothbrushes (they went to the trash after I found them), the extra roll of toilet paper (well, I didn't find this IN the toilet-she put it back in the basket!), and rubber ducks. Yuck, Yuck, Yuck! I have gotten the boys to be really good at putting the toilet seat down, it looks like I still need to work on having them close the door. The other problem is...Emma is really fast, if the door is open, she is in there. Again with the yuck.