Hate Holloween. LOVE Carving Pumpkins!

Carving pumpkins, with good friends, is a perk of this "holiday." The kids did an awesome job with their pumpkins. We helped....but not much....they wouldn't let us! They turned out pretty good!

Live!

Hearing two of your favorite songs by two of your fave bands.....LIVE.....is awesome!

The Airborne Toxic Event.....Sometime Around Midnight:):):)


Switchfoot....."Dare you to Move"


Both bands were so good! Next time, I hope to see just them so I can hear all their other songs I love.

This little boy!

*This little boy has had a ball in his hands since he could walk
*This little boy would snuggle on the couch watching basketball games with his Daddy
*This little boy held nightly basketball games and tournaments in our little apartment
*This little boy wrote about basketball games, players, and teams in his writer's workshop since Kinder
*This little boy learned how to count by 2's, 3's and do math by keeping score
*This little boy and his buddy Jace would dress up in Gary Payton and John Stockton jerseys and "do work" in the driveway
*This little boy's fave player is Chase Buddinger, he even wrote to Arizona's coach Kevin O'Neill...and got a response!
*This little boy (and his Dad) would be in tears after basketball games while discussing it in the car (still do)
*This little boy cheated on his March Madness bracket when his mom was beating him
*This little boy has spend hours upon hours in the gym, at camps, tournaments, training, workouts
*This little boy knows how to play the game inside and out.
*This little boy will beat you at trivia. He could hold a legitimate sports conversation at 5.
*This little boy is 6'3....just taller than his Daddy
*This little boy will only wear Nike/Jordan apparel
*This little boy can dunk a basketball
*This little boy is a Jr. at a 5A high school, playing V
*This little boy will be graduating next year
*This little boy is my baby, I will never get over what an amazing person he is.

This brings me to tears......This is how I will always picture my boy, Blake

Perfict!

Seriously, this kid is the bomb! I love how he thinks. I have a easel in my classroom that I put quotes on. The other morning Cooper asks, "Hey Mom, can I put something on your board?" I'm thinking, between he and Chase, it will be something to do with butts, wieners, farts, burps, jerkfaces....etc. So I said, "absolutely not" He reassures, "No, Mom, it has to do with school." Maybe something his teacher said stuck...who knows. Go for it, why not? So this is what he said.....

"You don't need to do stuf perfict you just nee to do it good?"


Come to find out, that night while tucking him in, he told me he has stayed in for recess 4 times. He said it's because, "everytime I do my best work, I don't finish in time and even the 'not good workers' get done before me." Being a parent and a teacher allows me to see both sides here....so we had a little talk to figure out his predicament. I love this boy! He's like, screw you all... I know my limits!

Everything I need to know....I learned on YouTube!

Seriously, who needs a teacher? The boys come running up, all sweaty, in ninja garb, asking if they can make ninja stars (I seem to be missing some chopsticks that were used to make nunchucks). They had been making their own ninja costumes earlier with t-shirts, belts and football pants.

Just a few of their ventures.....

**Ninja stars...

**Duct tape wallets...

**Bracelets

**How to do a 360 on a scooter...

**How to do a kick flip on a skateboard...

**How to remove and bury a dead body (the size of your older brother) without anyone noticing or suspecting anything...you know, the usual. Cooper has been asking how many days until Blake gets to move out? You can just feel the love around here.

Now, if I can just get them to youtube, "how to do your own laundry, make dinner, clean up, and give your mom a massage." Yes, I would like all of that in one video please.