Saturday, May 31, 2008

Birthday Bikini


May 30th was the last day of work for me.....even though the kids got out of school at 11 am on the 29th. The last day of work also happened to be our principal's birthday. My friend and co-worker, Delaine, made a cake for our principal to celebrate his birthday. Everyone got a big kick out of it and it was just too pretty to eat. I love the belly button.....I think we did a good job!

Bathroom Graffiti


Just couldn't resist snapping this picture. This is the second time this school year that Dylan has made the girl's bathroom wall at school. Riley said "that's not fair...my name has never been on the girl's bathroom wall". Ha Ha....I guess it is considered an accomplishment to find your name upon the bathroom wall.

Dylan finishes the 4th grade






Summer....my favorite time of year! End of the Year Awards Ceremony means that are days at school are dwindling fast. We will miss our school friends throughout the summer months....but are looking forward to a much needed break. Dylan was awarded for A/B honor roll all year, Outstanding Conduct all year, and Wildlife Stamp participation award. He is eager to start the 5th grade!

Riley finishes 1st grade

Riley wanted a picture of his friends that are girls!!!
Riley and Jesse
Jesse was cracking me up....she was all up on her tippy toes trying to be even with the rest of the gang!






It really is hard to believe that this school year is already over! Of course that means end of the year awards ceremony. Riley walked away with four awards....A honor roll all year, Outstanding Conduct All Year, Student Government Representative and National Fitness Award. Of course I'm proud of him!



My Crazy Boyz!!!




I got a new camera this week and the boys were eager to pose for me to check it out! Look at Taylor's new haircut!!! He called me Friday nite and told me he was shaving his head! All those gorgeous curls are gone! He said "mom...Whitney said she would sit in my lap while they shaved it if I would do it....how could I resist". He is too easy!!! ha ha!! Oh well, it will be nice and cool for football training this summer and be grown back in before school starts in the fall.


Great Friends at Adventureland

Riley with two of his best friends (Levi and Seth) at Adventureland in Dothan.

They loved the bumper boats. They even thought this was better than the go-karts!!!!

Soccer

Dylan just finished his spring season of club soccer. He loves playing on this team as it is definitely more competitive than rec league soccer. Plus....we travel all around lower Alabama and Florida for his game. His team placed 3rd for the spring season.....so we had a pretty good season. He has a few weeks break and then will start right back in with training for the fall.

Easter

Coloring Eggs and being cheesy

oops...4got 2 flip this pic!

What a cutie!



Each boy made eggs that really showed their personalities. Riley made a football and a baseball egg.

Taylor made a football and a Wildcat egg with his football number on it.


Dylan made a soccer ball egg and a Wildcat egg with his soccer number on it.



We have started a tradition of a neighborhood easter egg hunt. The kids would rather hunt eggs at our house than attend the local community egg hunt.

Riley and Colby counting their eggs and looking for the prize eggs.




The Easter Bunny left Dylan some braces and new teeth!

Dirty Boys





They are building a new house up the street from us and this involves clearing the land....which created a HUGE red dirt pile. All of the neighborhood boys are hanging out on the hill and becoming red dirt monsters. I have cleaned up so much red dirt from my floors and thrown away so many shirts/shorts by now.....even though the boys are having a blast, I will be SO glad when the dirt pile is gone.

Volcanos












In 4th grade they always have a science project that involves making an erupting volcano. Dylan decided to make his volcano and edible volcano. We baked chocolate cake and drizzeled it with chocolate frosting. For the lava we used cherry jello and lemon juice. It really erupted and the class loved it....they loved eating it afterwards also. His teacher gives out one 110 grade in each class for the best volcano and Dylan received that grade out of his science class. We had many request to make this cake again for upcoming birthday parties.