Jr Olympics

Each year the school has a field day. They call it Jr Olympics. They have several running racings: 800m, 400m and 100yd dash. They also do discus, shot-put, long jump, softball throw, parachute, sponge relay, etc. 

I knew Emma had signed up to do the 800m, 400m, and the long jump (3-5 graders get to sign up for 3 events). 

I failed to realize that he 800m was the day before the actual Jr Olympics, so I missed Emma's run. I was told she started out 2nd to last and stayed that way until the last lap, keep a steady pace the entire time. One by one the other racers tuckered out and she won the race!

On Friday I knew I wouldn't be able to volunteer to help with the various activities since Henry would be less than helpful. So I volunteered to help with food for the volunteers! I was asked to bring 15-18 sandwiches. So, I spent the morning making sandwiches and missed Emma doing her 400m and long jump! By the time I got there I was able to hang with Mo's class doing the parachute

Emma's class doing the parachute:

Emma's class waiting for other students to do shot-put and discus. The waiters started up a game of duck, duck, goose and loved having Henry play along.

A basketball player in the making...

Mo really wants to play basketball, but don't quite have the arm strength to make a basket. Today I had what I thought was a brilliant idea! All it took was hanging a hula hoop off the basketball hoop.

And the result-success! Although he isn't making it through the basketball hoop, he is learning to aim and seeing success!

A chip off the old tooth...

Yesterday morning Mo, Henry and I took a walk over to the park. Monday's Mo doesn't have preschool. As we were leaving we were walking past the monkey bars and Mo wanted to climb up. As he was, his foot slipped and he hit his chin on the bar and in the process chipped one of his front teeth.

The worst part of it was that we still had to walk home! He was a trooper and handled it all very well.

We had an appt with the dentist this morning. They took a couple of x-rays to make sure everything was ok and then filled and smoothed down the chipping tooth.

Nothing like a little drama!

Santa came to Preschool!

Mo was lucky enough to have Santa come to preschool!! And Henry got to see him too!

A whirlwind Saturday...

Ever since Bud turned 8 there has been a Saturday in December that I see on the calendar and in the back of my mind dread! It's a Saturday VERY full of Cub Scout stuff!

We began our morning at the annual Christmas Parade. We dropped Bud off behind Home Depot with the other Cub Scouts and then found our spot on the road to watch. I always forget how long it takes for the parade to make it's way around to the near end. But we had Shar and Justin sitting with us so it was nice to visit:

We got to come home for about 45 minutes before we were off to pack meeting. Bud got his first activity badge for Webelos- the Outdoors man.

Then we were off to the push cart races. Luckily they hold them right in the church parking lot so we didn't have far to go!! Also Emma & Mo got to participate which was fun for them as well!

They also did a hammer throw (I know 8-10 year old boys throwing hammers for fun!! Seriously!)

Do you think she was pleased with their race?!

 

Mo has been asking to go bowling for a long time and I told he we could go for his birthday. This was the only day that seemed to work so we were off to go bowling!!

 

 

Henry helped me with most of my turns :) At least that's my excuse for my score!!

 

We ended the day with an annual date nights at a friends home. Great food, a fun game and loads of laughs!!

I tried this recipe (and one with cheese and onions, but I didn't really care for it!). This is super yummy!

Source: plainchicken.com via Rachel on Pinterest

My little crafting helper...

Mo is in PreK which is Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. So we still have a lot of time together (with Henry too!). This past week he helped me on a little Christmas craft!! We made a star to go on our house this Christmas. It's not as big as the star we had on our house growing up, but it's still awesome!

He helped me nail it together:

Then spray paint it brown:

Then a light cream coat on to of that to make it more rustic:

All wrapped in lights!

Now it's up on the house with the rest of our lights!!

First day of Pre-K...

 

Today Mo started pre-k!! He was not super excited. He says that he likes to stay home with me and Henry and play the Wii! Despite this he still enjoyed his first day. The city program has changed a little this year and is now 3 days (Tue, Wed, Thurs) and includes some music and tumbling which should be fun.

 

Bunk beds...

So a couple of weeks ago Henry figured out how to climb out of his crib. This prompted us to purchase a set of bunk beds. It's something we knew we would need to do at some point anyways and this got us to do it. So we headed over to Walmart, purchased a set there (they're reviewed quite well and are a great price!), came home and set to work.

Here's what we started with:

Can you tell that we were storing #10 cans under there!!!

Cleaned up and ready to assemble:

Almost done::

Mo's first time up the ladder:

Very proud of the top bunk!!

 

We had to move Henry's crib down for the bunks and now he can't climb out! So he's still sleeping in the crib. Mo has been nervous a few nights, but all in all has enjoyed sleeping on the top bunk!

 

Just keep swimming....

Mo has been taking swimming lessons for the last 2 weeks and we have seen so much improvement in his swimming!! Last week his lessons were all by himself. This week his lessons are with 2 of his friends. We're so proud of how well he's doing!

Next week Bud and Emma will also start some lessons and I'm hoping we seem the same level of improvement for them as well!

I'm adding a few more pics from today June 6th!

School wraps-up...

The school year is quickly coming to a close. One more week of full days and then one week of minimum days. Last night was the elementary schools open house. We got to check out the classroom and see some of the kids work. Bud made a PowerPoint presentation about Wolves:

His teacher Mr Grizet is retiring this year. We have been very happy with him as a teacher and are disappointed he won't be around when Emma goes into the 4th grade!

Emma has the same teacher for first grade that Bud had for Kindergarten. We have loved having her as a teacher and look forward to Mo having her in a few years! She puts together a memory book of much of their work throughout the school year that the kids get to take home at the end of the year.

Our fingers are crossed that we get as awesome of a teacher for next year!

Today was Mo's last day of Park Preschool. He has grown a lot and really made some fun friendships. Today they got to go to the city pool and then picnic after. Next year he will be in Pre-k!

Mo's birthday happenings...

On Sunday we had homemade pizza and bread sticks for dinner at Mo's request. Then we opened some birthday presents. This was good practice for Christmas. He's still a little tentative with his unwrapping, but is always super excited by what he finds inside!!

Henry was also super excited. He also loves to smile as soon as he sees the camera nearby!

After opening we played with some of his new things and Paqo decided to join in the fun!