All About Alex

Alex had a great week! On Thursday night, we had Blue and Gold Banquet for Cub Scouts, where he received his Bear badge, along with a gold arrow and two silver arrows! What an accomplishment! We are so proud of him and love how much he love Scouts! He has worked very hard this year in order to get it all in, and we are very happy with his progress!Alex and his Cub Master- Brother Davies

I got pinned for his Bear badge.

Celeste dove for the candy and prizes in the pinata...she loves it!

This year is the 100th year of scouting- so we had a "birthday party" for our banquet- the girls love the hats and games, the pinata, of course! Even my parents got to come- it was really great! Way to go, Alex!!

Then today he had his last basketball game for the season- whoo hoo! What a fun season it has been...we have had some wins, and some losses- bad ones, but great moments, where Alex hit the last shot at the buzzer! Today, he was sick, so he didn't score at all- a first time this season- he has hit shots every game except this one- so we are proud of him for that too! Here are some final shots of the season:

We love you and are so proud of all that you have done recently- you make us smile!

Valentine's Day Photo Shoot 2010

This is the 5th year we have had photos taken for Dana for Valentine's Day...
I think he just expects it, and when I asked him if it was okay that we didn't do it this year (we already had them taken at this point, but not back in time for Valentine's Day) he didn't seem too disappointed! But then after telling him that I did...he perked up and seemed a bit more excited. We just picked them up today and made collages of them this afternoon, while the kids played in the snow!

Leah and Olympic Ice Skating...

Well, not Olympic, per se, but ice skating for the first time...
Last week, Leah got to go to the ice rink where the CBJ play and skate! She had never been before and so this was a real treat! She wasn't as apprehensive as I thought she would be, and even after falling several times, she got back up and tried again...she is determined...wonder where she gets that?! We skated for over an hour and she even got a couple of autographs- so cool, she thought! Here are our fun pics of that night:

She skated around and around with Lily- who is the one whose skating birthday party Leah first learned to roller skate at:
You can't tell that well in the pic, but her pants were really getting wet from falling on the ice!

Autograph #1

She found Chloe- her other BFF there!

This was her first loop around...she looks a little nervous, despite that smile!

This was when we were getting ready to leave- she was getting pretty worn out, and to be honest, so was I!

Leah and Stinger- Autograph #2

Leah and Lily- aren't they so cute?!

You can see in this pic that Lily had fallen a few times too! Today is President's Day and we were going to go roller skating again with Lily and her family, but it is snowing... AGAIN! Probably another snow day tomorrow! Not that I am complaining...I made it out shopping for food early this morning before the snow came, so we are good...plus, if all else fails, yesterday I got a whole loaf of Bob Evan's Cherry Bread...so I am just fine!

Smart Tarts

Leah received a Character Education Award at school for the month of January...her assembly to get it was on Monday- thankfully I was teaching there that day and got to see her! She has grown so much this year- by far the most of my 3, I think! She had her hair "trimmed" last weekend, the first time in a whole year! She is ecstatic that it is long enough for a ponytail! Love that! She was happy to get it from her teacher...but I only got a pic of her with the Principal.


Stinger, from the CBJ showed up, and chose Alex to answer a question- he got it right, so he gave Alex a program! It was awesome!! His 3rd grade teacher from last year came up to me later and asked me how he knew the answer to the question- it was a tough one- I said, "he is like his mother!!" ha ha- we all know that isn't entirely true!! He has had really fabulous teachers there, and no doubt learned it from them! I was proud!

Today we enjoyed being at home because of another snow storm! I feel surrounded by white- though beautiful, I feel so trapped! I don't even have anywhere to go, but just knowing I can't really leave makes me a little stir-crazy!! I was scheduled to teach today and am tomorrow, so we will see...the crazies all have a stuffy nose and it is due to snow more tonight....so more than likely I will be home again tomorrow- but I am counting my blessings...it is wonderful to be here with everyone- right now I can hear Dana butchering another Band Hero song, and all I can do is smile- it is that bad!

Can you do this?! (FIXED NOW)

Or this?!


Leah has been working hard at the gym this month- she is learning a lot and having such fun! I was never this flexible or able to flip like her- she loves this!

The Long and Short of It...

LONG

SHORT

My little girl is now so big with her short hair! She was very excited to get it cut...I was sad to see the long blonde locks go....but now I love it, too!