Eli's Birthday Party!

Last Saturday, we had Eli's birthday party. We had homemade pizza, presents, sleepovers, family and friends. What more could you need. Oh, and tornado warnings! Mustn't forget those!
Victora, being still for just a minute.

Not much going on other than eating once the pizza was ready.

Yummy!

Awww the birthday boy!

The weather was great for playing outside.

And where were my little nephews while everyone was outside? Building trains of course!

Present time!

Ty wanted to be front and center for present time . . . well until he realized that Eli was going to mainly getting gift cards and money. Who needs those? LOL!

Trevor really likes the musical cards.

And the big present of the day is . . . . .

A ninetendo 3DS! Woo Hoo!

The cake or really cookie cake!

Happy Birthday to you! The wind made it hard to keep the candles lit but I do believe Eli got to blow them out! It was a great party and all the kids had fun even with the excitement of the tornado sirens going off around 11pm. Stay tuned for more updates!

Happy 11th Birthday Eli!

Today I welcomed my awesome son Eli into my life 11yrs ago. Eli you are such a blessing to me. I am in awe of your kind heart and compassion. You are so smart and funny and a quiet leader. I am so blessed by God to be your Momma! I love you and Happy Birthday!

This week has been a busy one so come back for more updates on our coming and goings!

Titanic Day!

On, Tuesday Eli had Titanic day at school. It was an afternoon of Titanic activities, food and fun! The kids had been assigned a passenger of the titanic when they started their study of the ship/crash. Eli was one of the crew, who worked in the engine room. Sadly he did not make it but he assures me that he did his best to save as many people as possible. :) The kids could dress up like their "passenger" if they wanted to. Eli decided a grease stained (really black shoe polish) t-shirt was the way to go. The kids divided up into groups and went to different stations and rotated through them all.
One of the highlights was the "Captain's Table" where the kids got to enjoy yummy treats. The favorite being the chocolate fountain.

More food to eat!

I was in charge of the design your own cabin station. You picked a cabin on the paper Titanic and then added the features that you should have. All Titanic appropriate. Much to the disappointment of several kids. No TVs, wii's, xbox's etc allowed. The kids did a great job of really sticking to the rules. Eli made sure his cabin was close to the engine rooms.

Eli's finished cabin.

On board activities. Eli enjoyed playing marbles.

Eli waiting his turn to see how long he could stick his arm in a bucket of ice water. He lasted 3minutes and 50seconds.

Finally the food table. He was worried that being one of the last groups to go they might run out of food. But you can see they had plenty of strawberries/marshmallows left. Eli was happy about that!

Band and Choir!

Last week Noah and Eli had their final band and choir of the year. They both have done really well this year with musical talent. They put in a lot of hard work and extra commitments this year. I am so proud of them both!

Lucas added his own to the night by being my photographer! Here are some of his shots.

I took a pic of my little helper! Have a good day!

Mother's Day fun!

Okay for those of you who don't know - my job is a weekend option nurse on a mother baby unit. So I have to work every Sunday/Friday - I get paid extra which I am so thankful for but sometimes like on Mother's Day it stinks sometimes. However, this year I was luckily able to trade my Sunday for Saturday and got my first Mother's Day off in years! We had a great relaxing day - the boys made me breakfast in bed, we had a great lunch out, went shopping, and had some family game time.
We played Mother's Day Olympics - some games from minute to win it.

Some homemade gifts, giftcards, jewelry and cards made my day!

Hope everyone had a great Mother's Day.

Field Day!

Eli and Lucas had field day last week. The 6th graders help run it and 5th graders get to help the kindergarteners. Noah was so excited that since he had all of his work complete - he could be a helper all day. Since it was a raining, all activities had to be inside. Then Noah had field day on Monday with other schools in the district. Which worked out great since I took off Mother's Day and was able to spend the day with him. It was beautiful and HOT! Lucas playing catch.

How long can you hula hoop?

Eli with his kindergarten buddy.

Eli did a good job of joining in the games with his buddy.

Lucas enjoying the games in the gym.

Tug of war. Lucas's side won.

Get one of your shoes off.

And how far can you toss it?

Noah has decided that being a helper is not all that it was cracked up to be.

At the end of the day, the 6th graders get to do their own tug of war. Boys against the girls.

Unfortunately, boys lost 2 out of 3. But we don't really talk about it. :)

6th grade Olympic field day- opening ceremony. 6th graders from 17 schools in the district came together to compete.

They even had a torch.

Noah doing the high jump.

Finishing the half mile. Noah also ran the 100m dash and was first in his group.

Cooperative events - can the group flip over the tarp while everyone is still standing on it? Yes they did it.

Wiffle ball relay race.

4 way tug of war.

3 legged bag race.

Noah waiting with his friends for his next event.

In line for the next crazy relay.

K.C. wolf even came to join in the fun.

It was great to be able to be with the boys for these fun days. Have a great weekend!

Open House

Last week, the boys had open house. It was nice to see all of the projects that the boys have been working on. I am still waiting for some of the older boys worked on - so I can post pics of them. But here are some pics of Lucas's projects.
This is the gallon Lucas.

Here is a fossil of Lucas's made up dinosaur "Votron".

A model of his dinosaur, here is Lucas's description of his dinosaur -

My dinosaur is the Vorton, which means "super heavy". He lived in the sea by the equator. He was a carnivore and liked to eat other dinosaurs. He was really long - over 300ft! He was gray in color and had a stinger on his tail. He had scales. He used his stinger to catch prey by sneaking up on it. He used his stinger by swinging it over his head and attacking his prey. He had very long arms. He also was able to grab his prey with his strong arms. The Vorton was a mammal, and its babies were born live. The Vorton traveled the world, day and night. He was a large sea creature.

I will post pics of Noah and Eli's projects as soon as they come home.