3 Men & A Little Lady: {Back to School Night}

Friday, May 24, 2013

{Back to School Night}

Our school year is quickly coming to a close! I love the idea of not having to pack lunches every morning and help slave away on homework every afternoon. Our summer is looking like it is going to be packed full of adventures, so we are all looking forward to being out of school.

We had back to school night at Sundance to see all the fun projects the kids have worked on over the last year. We came home with arms full of art, journals, and stories. The boys loved showing us around their rooms.

Owen and his kindergarten teacher Mrs. Randall

Owen has learned to read and write this year. He loves going to school with his brothers every morning and planning play dates with his kindergarten buddies after school. I think he will be a little disappointed when he realizes he will be at school all day next year.

He showed us how he could make a sentence on the word wall.

Ian had two teachers for 2nd grade who team taught. He loved Mrs. Griffin and Mrs. Talkington and had a great year! His favorite part about 2nd grade was having his best friend Max in his class. I read his yearbook and each page mentioned Max and how awesome he is! Ian's reading has gone up a couple of grade levels and his love for math continues to grow, just like his shoe size! His principal the other day patted him on the head and said, "Shouldn't you be with the 4th graders!" He is getting too tall!

Ian's room was filled with under water creatures!

Drew's teacher Mrs. Waters is known for her spunk and fun! Drew had an amazing year of growth this year and thrived with Mrs. Waters! Every day when he leaves school he gives her a big hug. She tells her kids she loves them and is always building them up. He will definitely miss her next year.

I felt like 4th grade was full of projects! At times I felt like it was too much, but now that I look back at all he learned, I am grateful for how much he was challenged. He has learned how to make power points, give speeches, write reports, and create poems. His homework assignments are the real reason why I am most excited about summer!

I thought this was an adorable art project! Each kids hot air balloon with their photo was hanging over their desks. Hang on tight Drewsy...next school year is going to be a wild ride!

Sundance has been an amazing school! As I write this the tears are rolling down my cheeks as I think of all the wonderful people who have influenced and taught my children. We have been so blessed to have had the teachers we have had. Each of them have helped shape my children into the people they are today and for that I will forever be grateful!

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They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

We are not a family who eats beans, so when Drew went to a friends house to play and eat dinner, he was hesitant to eat the burrito that had refried beans in it. When I picked him up he said to me, "Mom she put mud inside the burrito!"

Aunt Connie pleaded with Owen to shoot his daddy with the gun instead of her and his response, "No, he's the best daddy i've ever had!"

I begged the boys to quit fighting and Drew looked at me and said, "Its not Mothers Day anymore mom!"

Owen got kicked in his "man hood" and said, "Oh, I hurt my Tenders!"

Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

Last night as the boys were saying good night to Mya, Drew looked up at me and said, "Mom, Mya has a boy haircut!"

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As we prepared to go to the Glenwood Springs pool in Colorado with Kenny's four sisters Drew impatiently said, "Come on girls, you're taking too long!" Kenny told him, "Get used to it, this is what men do, wait for girls to get ready."

Much to my dismay I found black ink all over our white sheets on our bed. I of course went straight to Ian and asked very sternly, "Did you write on my sheets with a pen?" With an innocent look he replied, "I was just trying to write my name."

Drew was watching me as I divided my hair into sections with clips to straighten it. He looked up at me and said, "Wow, you look beautiful!" Then when I was completely done with my hair he said, "You're a cute little mommy!"

Ian was dipping his finger in Kenny's contact solution and then touching his eye. I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Just putting my eyes in mom!"