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24 Nov 2010
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Wednesday with Jamie

Jamie has been working on a project in school.  She is supposed to research England and do a presentation next week about what she found.  So today she practiced her presentation.  She is going to talk about the reason for the afternoon tea.

She set the table…

complete with napkins…

Poured the tea…

And taught Minnie Mouse how to hold the cup.  She said the little finger being out was to help prevent spilling the tea!

She also told me that the reason for even having the tea in the afternoon was because the Queen couldn’t wait for a small bite to eat between lunch and her late supper.  Her presentation is next Friday.  I think she is going to be awesome!

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22 Nov 2010
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Mazie Monday

Mazie’s robotics team had their competition this past weekend at UCCS.  It was so amazing.  There were a total of 40 teams registered.  38 competed.  Check out what the Odyssey STEM cells had for their getups…

They made hats with bubble wrap and legos.  They were pretty neat.

This is the team presenting their research to the judges…

They also had a technical interview where they showed the different things their robot could do.  I wasn’t allowed to be in that part so there are no pictures for that.  Then there was practicing.  They had three separate practice competitions in the morning…

There were three official competitions after lunch.

It really was nail biting, let me tell you!

After the individual team competitions, the judges put the teams into groups.  Three teams joined together and competed as one team.  The team our team was apart of was called Alliance 6. 

There were 13 alliance teams with three levels of competition.

There was also a little time to let off some steam.  The announcer for the day decided to lead the kids (and some coaches) in a little YMCA dancing.

Then it was onto the awards.  Mazie’s team was ranked 13th (out of 38) for the individual team competition.  Their Alliance team ranked 3rd of the 13 competing!  They didn’t advance to the next level of competition but they did a great job.  They were one of the youngest teams.  Most of the teams were mostly middle school aged kids!  So each of the teams received medals for just participating.  Here is Mazie running by the judges, giving high fives, to get her medal…

Mazie was completely exhausted by the end of the day but so happy that she was apart of it.  It was an amazing day!

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19 Nov 2010
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Turkey #2

On Thursday, Jamie’s class put on three Thanksgiving plays at the Reader’s Theater.  The kids read their parts aloud to the entire crowd and believe me when I say there was a big crowd of proud parents!

After the first two plays were over it was Jamie’s group’s turn.  Her play was entitled The Ugly Turkey (some of you may remember when Mazie did this play in first grade and she was the Ugly Turkey).  For those of you who know the story of the ugly duckling it is similar but with turkeys and a peacock instead of ducks and swans.  Anyway, Jamie was Turkey #2!

Turkeys 1, 2, 3, and 4 were mean to the peacock.  But then they went off and grew up and became beautiful turkeys and realized the error of their ways being mean to the peacock who was now beautiful!

It was so great to hear her reading so fluently out loud.  She did a great job as did all the students!  One thing I am thankful for this year…kids who love to read!

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12 Nov 2010
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Americans We

I love music programs.  What’s not to love…kids singing off key, their funny dance moves, seeing the kids dressed up.  It’s a highlight for me!  I remember when I was in elementary school.  I thought we sounded awesome and, even though we didn’t sound awesome, I have fond memories of performing at my concerts. 

Last night, Mazie had her music concert.  Since it was on Veteran’s Day, the theme was americana.  It was amazing.  There was a color guard there to present the American and Colorado State flags.  We all said the Pledge of Allegiance (Jacob too because he learned it in school!) and then enjoyed the first song.  You have to look closely to see Mazie.  She the small one in the third row on the left side of the picture.

The students then got off the stage for the second song.  The music teacher put together a slideshow of all the parents who are currently or have served in the military.  The kids sang while the slideshow was going on.

The music teacher asked if everyone would stand for the singing the National Anthem.  Tears filled my eyes to hear all the people in the audience join the fourth graders in singing.

The program was simply spectacular!

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05 Nov 2010
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School Work

Wednesday was a pajama day for Jacob.  He wanted to stay in his jammies and do his homework!  So that’s just what we did.  He was supposed to decorate a turkey for his classroom.  So he told me the specifics of what I was to do and what he was to do. 

My directions were to cut some feathers in the colors of his choice, punch some stars in the same colors as those feathers, and get the glue!

He was to put things were they were supposed to be.  He started with the feathers.  He put the glue stick on the turkey and placed the feathers.  Then smeared more glue on the turkey (and a little on the table ;-)) and placed the stars.  He put buttons on the feet and picked out the ribbon for a bow.  He decided to ask me to make the bow and put star tacks for the eyes.  He placed the bow though.

He decided the turkey needed a little bit more color and added some.  Finished product…

He was so proud of it.  On Thursday he marched it into his classroom and handed it right to his teacher with a huge smile on his face!

One thing we’ve been working on this week…deleting all naps.  We went through this a few months ago when he wasn’t staying in bed at night.  So we shortened his nap.  He started the whole “I’m not going to stay in bed” thing (sometimes until 10pm) again about a week ago.  We decided to try it a few days without nap.  He has been staying in bed all night but still not completely ready to be rid of his naps.  This is what happened after he worked so hard on his turkey…

Today was a special day for Jamie.  In her soaring class (the enrichment program at school), she has been working on a project about the Sioux indian tribe.  Today she was to present her information to her class.  Anyone who knows Jamie, knows how big this was for her.  She did such an awesome job!  She read her book that she made with gorgeous drawings.

She was to make a visual aide for her project and she chose to do a painting.  She had a buffalo and buffalo rug on the picture as well as the Sioux Indian girl blowing a horn to warn the others in the tribe of a storm that was coming!

All of this was done in front of the entire class.  I was so proud of her for doing it!  At supper, I asked her how she was able to do all that without being nervous.  She smiled and said, “but I was very nervous”.

Not to leave Mazie out, she is gearing up for her big Robotics competition.  She has been working hard at the practices with her team getting ready.  I have no pictures at this time but there will plenty of the actual competition!

Happy Friday!

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31 Oct 2010
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Happy Halloween

The kids were so excited about dressing up this year.  Jamie insisted on being a black cat because she knows how to roll her tongue to purr!

Jacob wore his Thomas the Tank Engine costume from last year since he never wore it last year.  He was proud to do so too!

Mazie was supposed to be a vampire but I couldn’t quite find all the things to go with the cape.  So I bought these cute horn barrettes and we went with a vampire devil!

You can check out the Halloween goodies at the business website.

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26 Oct 2010
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Ten On Tuesday

1.  After I posted that our tree was just losing its leaves, still green and unchanging, it miraculously started changing and all the leaves were yellow and then on the ground.  Just like that, in a matter of days!

2.  So what do you do with all those leaves?  Jump!

3.  And the kids were all about it…

4.  I even got a few of all three together in the leaves…(check the banner too).

5.  This was all until one of the kids stepped into a pile of cat poop and was done. 

6.  Yep, we have cats…some from neighbors who let them outside, some stray…who roam around the neighborhood using our yard as a cat box. 

7.  Wanna know what my idea is to getting rid of the cat poop?  Get a dog.

8.  I’m not so sure we are ready for another being in the house, especially since I want a larger dog.  Read bigger than our last dog.

9.  Remember him?  The crazy Jack Russell named Cleatus?  Yeah, Jeremiah is not allowed to pick this one.  We will adopt and we will pick all together.

10.  This was a pretty weird Ten on Tuesday.  I started with leaves and ended with dogs.  That’s kind of how my brain has been working lately.  It will straighten out eventually. 😉

Happy Tuesday!

Posted in Family, Kids, Random
08 Oct 2010
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Jacob’s Day

Jacob is now 3 1/2 years old.  I know, shocking to me too!  He just insists that he’s going to turn 4, then 5, then 6, then 7, then 8, then 9, and then 10.  He stops there which is fine with me!

So he obliged me with a little photo shoot last night.  How did I get him to do this?  Easy.  I promised the park after!  It worked and he was so excited to go to the bridge for these pictures.

First we had to say “Hi” to the biggest rock ever!

And, yes, he posed.  He really wanted to go to the park!

He even looked directly into the magic blinking lens!  See, I told you he really wanted to go to the park.  We finally made it to the bridge.  Can’t you see his excitement?

After I got that last one, I told him I would beat him back to the car.  He said, “I’m going to get down and then beat you” and took off running his fastest back to the car.  See, by the third one, you tend to find a few tricks to get them to do what you want…usually! 😉

We ended up at the park, where I asked for one more picture with him looking at the magic blinking lens.  And then he was off to play!

Happy Friday!

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06 Oct 2010
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Wednesday with Jamie

Jamie has always been our little Tom Boy.  She’s the perfect middle child.  She loves to play dress up with Mazie and become a beautiful princess but she likes to take that dress and play outside in the dirt with Jacob.

But lately she’s become quite girly.  Notice the hair tuck?  Yep, that’s all her…

I’ve been catching her checking herself out in the mirror to make sure her hair is perfect and smiling at herself in the window.  Really, it’s like she’s a teen!

She’s been talking about two boys in her class too.  Like she likes them…BOYS.

And when being teased about these two boys by her daddy, she gets this little pinking in her cheeks and has to hide her huge smile with her arms before finally laughing too!

There’s also the sass that’s started with this one.  And whoa, it’s hit us like a side of bricks too!

But no matter what, she’s still tom boy like and still loves to be simple and carefree like only a 6 year old can be.

I have a feeling something just won’t change with Jamie which is fine with this Mama!

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05 Oct 2010
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Ten On Tuesday

1.  We have our last first ever Parent/Teacher conference.  Are you following me?  We are scheduled to meet with Jacob’s teachers for the first time this afternoon.  He’s the last one so it’s our last first conference.  I knew you would get it. 😉

2.  I am loving WordPress.  It’s actually easier than I was expecting it to be.  With the business blog, they imported all my old stuff!  What have you been thinking of the new blogs?

3.  I think October is busier than September was and we are only on the 5th.  Anyone else feel like that?

4.  Fall break starts on Friday.  Two weeks + all three kiddos at home = a ready for Fall break to be over Mama!

5.  No, really, I’m looking forward to some time with the kids.  Since it’s cooler lately, we can go to parks that we haven’t been to for a while, stay in our jammies if we want to, make a fort, lots of things to do!

6.  Have I mentioned that Fall is my favorite season?  It is and I’ll tell you why.  I love to run on the crispy mornings and the leaves change colors.  It makes it even more beautiful here.

7.  Well, normally.  For some reason, the leaves on our tree aren’t really changing colors.  They are just falling off.  I’ve noticed that on some others around our neighborhood too. 

8.  The kids are working on Christmas lists.

9.  Did anyone see the big sale going on over at the business blog?  It’s big and lots of those goodies can be shipped.  I’m just sayin’.

10.  Tonight we are having Cooking Light’s Broccoli Cheese Soup.  What are you having?

Happy Tuesday!

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