Field Day...!

Remember Field Day!!!....

ahhhh...the memories...

Having races (50 yard dash I was particularly good at)...long jump...shot puts...jump rope champion...(my husband held the title at Ethan's school for many many years...and he will NOT let anyone forget it!...not that he should...it's QUITE an accomplishment...;)

Someone took him down in early 2000...or they were just sick of seeing Craig Hill up there!

ahahahahaha!

just kidding babe...

You are SO the jump rope champion in our minds...

Anyway...

They used to give out RIBBONS!

You know, cause you WON something.

I worked my TAIL off to win the 50 yard dash

I mean, it was fun to win!

It sucked to lose...and we all lost at some point...

but, the feeling of beating everyone else was FABULOUS!

They don't do that stuff anymore.

No one wins...no one loses...

Say WAAA?

Come on...

I mean, I get it...

a little bit

No one wants to lose...or their kid to lose...

but, isn't that the part of the point of growing up?

Learning how to win and lose...

and

how to channel both those feelings into something positive?

Now...everyone just plays...

hmmmm...

I am not sure how I feel about that...

too many complaining kids (or probably parents actually)

Oh well.

They have a blast anyway!

Ms. Shafers Kindergarten Class

I worked the "GO FISH" station which was basically where the kids came and cast their reels

 (real fishing rods by the way)

out into the field to try to get them into the hula hoops or a random canoe or kayak...

and I have to say...

a huge majority of the kids were fantastic!

I couldn't believe it...

Cause, I really was terrible...

couldn't do it.

After the K-2 kids were done...

Ethan's teacher had us have a pizza party outside on blankets...underneath a giant tree!

It was sooooo nice...

chowing pizza...grapes...carrots...juice boxes...and the cutest ice cream cone cupcakes

(darn...I should have taken a picture...)

then Ms. Shafer gave them all bubble wands!

It was a wonderful day that I am SURE all the kiddos will remember forever!

and I am sooo darn lucky to be able to help out and see his smiling little face!

YAY for Field Day!

It was a blast!!!

Reminds me of when I was little...

I have so many great memories...

and I love that my son gets to experience those wonderful memories too..

I was lucky enough to be a helper at Ethan's School Halloween Party and Parade this year!

It was so much stinkin fun!

We helped all the little ones get ready...

watched them walk along the path...shaking their instruments their teacher gave them...

and

just enjoy watching all these kids soo darn happy...

We then went back to their classroom where they had fun at different stations...

decorating cookies...playing pin the tail on the cat...

and making witches brooms out of pretzels and cheese sticks!  (who thinks of these things)!

What these kids will never realize is how much joy they bring to me...

how much my heart fills up watching them play...and laugh...and just enjoy the simple things in life...

I thank God each and every day for this little miracle...

that I can be a part of his life...

because let me tell you...

I DO NOT take it for granted...

I am blessed...

Hope you all had a very happy halloween!

Next Stop...Kindergarten...

My sweet little E graduated from Preschool...

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....

Where oh Where did the time go?.....

This past year literally FLEW by...

All the preschool classes assembled together for a big graduation ceremony the other day...

each class sang some songs...

about God...about growing up...about moving on to Kindergarten...

He goes to a Christian School...

which I am soooooo happy he was able to go to this past year...

not only were the teachers and staff A-M-A-Z-I-N-G...

but, he was exposed to God and religion in such a fun and exciting way...

it just became another part of learning...

I was blessed to find this school and we will miss it very much next year...

My awful camera could not get close enough to take good pics while they were singing...

but, you get the idea ;)

E and his diploma...

we are sooo proud!

Now...to make sure he gets two more!

Here are his two seriously FABULOUS teachers..

Mrs. Angel and Mrs. Shinzing...

His cousin Griffin who came with both sets of Grandparents to cheer him on!!!

One of his BFF's...Lorenzo...

Proud parentals...

(I look preggers...yuck...too bad I am not...than I would say HURRAY!)

We took the kiddies out to Applebee's for Computer Games at the bar (hee hee)

...Mac and Cheese... & Ice Cream

(Craig and I had a cocktail...that's ok, right?)

congratulations on growing up E...

I hope there are many more happy and wonderful days ahead of you...

love...mama

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxo



First day of school...

  If you can't tell from all my previous posts ;)  ...I LOVE September. 

The anticipation of school...the colors just beginning to touch the leaves on the trees...the crispness in the air from the open windows...the wonderful fall foods...

We came home a day early from up north to run last minute errands, clean up the house, and just get Ethan relaxed before his day at his new school. 

It was a wonderful day...

My fabulous hubby made his famous homemade French Onion Soup...French Bread and Olive oil...and a nice glass of Red Wine...

Ethan was soooo excited for his first day of preschool today!

He got up, watched some Phineas and Ferb...ate pancakes in the kitchen (breakfast at home is new for us)!...then off to school!  We walked in, he showed his new teacher (Mrs. Angel) his Spiderman backpack (his Batman one is on backorder until Oct...of course), they exchanged spidy web hands...he gave me two GIANT hugs...kissed me goodbye...and ran over to the table to play legos...

...I started to cry...

Mrs. Angell says "that was great!  it's always harder on the parents..now go get a coffee!"...

so I left...

I couldn't help wondering if he knew that I left?...would he turn around 10 minutes from then and realize that I was gone...?  would he be sad...?  would he find a friend...? who will he sit with at lunchtime...?

for now, I haven't gotten any phone calls...so I am just hoping that he is having a BLAST!!!!!

ugh...

Started my (GOD HELP ME) last math class today...probability, geometry, stats, oh my...

5 more unbelievably painful, depressing, frustrating, exhausting, closer to my ultimate goal weeks...

*stressed* 

7 down...

We were her "best class EVER"!  This is what my teacher posted yesterday about my Lit Composition class I just finished. This was my last pre-requisite class before I start my Elementary Education program! 

I am pretty proud of myself for going back to school!  (tooting my own horn, hee hee).  No really, if you knew me back when the rest of the world took college seriously, then you would be proud too!  I must say I treated MSU as a party...a really long get-together...Now, I wouldn't change a thing, because it all was a path that led me down to where I am today.  & of course I wish I wouldn't have upset my family for not graduating the first time, but with "with age comes wisdom"?...isn't that the saying...?

I have a long road ahead of me, but my dream is to become a teacher and somehow attempt to help all the sweet little kiddies out there...sometimes you run into a kid that just needs someone...sometimes they don't have the right person in their life to lift them up...to help them succeed...to make them smile...I hope to be that person.  

We shall see...