March 20th - MARIO BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!

Luke's "friend" party was held on a BEAUTIFUL day. It was SO warm, so we decided that the kids all needed to be outside in the backyard. It was quite chaotic here for about 2 hours, but the kids had a blast. We did a MARIO theme (again) and Luke wanted an "Invincible Star" cake.

We also had a pinata - a Mario Kart pinata (just a race car with mario's photo glued onto it - which just happened to be the perfect colors!).

We had a nice little game of Mario, Mario, Luigi (Duck Duck Goose).

Through all this, we only had 1 bee sting, 1 minor sprained ankle (she was up walking about 20 seconds later), and one puking incident on the trampoline. Luke had a great time being the center of attention with all his friends. It was so cute when the first guest arrived. He said "YAY! MY FIRST FRIEND IS HERE!" And then it was "MY SECOND FRIEND" and so on, until he was too busy to keep track of how many kids had showed up!

March 19 - HAPPY 6th BIRHDAY LUKEY!

On Thursday, the 19th of March my little Lukey turned 6! Here's a pic of him as a tiny baby and at 3 months (luke came just before the age of the DIGITAL CAMERA!). I can't believe he's 6 already!

He was SO excited to have a birthday. At school he was the snack guy so we brought cupcakes. He is still TOTALLY addicted to Mario Bros. so he wanted invincible star cupcakes. After doing about 6 cupcakes with stars on them I ditched that idea and went for red and green mushroom cupcakes.

MUCH easier! The snack guy for the day is also the line leader and basically the teachers helper that day. ON a day that there is a birthday, right before snack all the kids color a picture to put in the "birthday book" for the birthday kid, w hile he passes out the snack.

Then they all sit down and wait for the "snack song" which starts out "Put your hand in your lap, in your lap.... put your hands in your lap and you're ready for a snack.... " Luke then got to tap each student on the shoulder to go find their place at a table for snack time. (this isn't different than any other day, but it's still cute!). Here's luke is the chair waiting for his turn to "tap" each kid on the shoulder. Try to ignore the kid picking his wedgie. Nice timing huh?

Then they sing happy birthday. Here is luke's expression during the happy birthday song.

I love how each kid gets to feel extra special at least once a month on their "snack" day, and especially on their birthdays. His teacher is excellent and does a wonderful job.

After school we went to Fudruckers for dinner (it seems to be a tradition we go somewhere fun for a birthday dinner), then home for presents. Luke is my artsy kid, so we decided that since we were tired of his "art" being ALL over the house he needed a place to put it. Our cheap solution was a bulliten board to hang above his bed. It was a BIG hit and it's always got his most favorite creations on it. He also got some other fun little things - and of course, it was time for a tennis racket!

March 18 - Recycle Music Program

Michael had his Music Program on March 18th. It had a theme of RECYCLING, and saving the earth. For months his class had been collecting "trash" (recyclable stuff) to use as decor, and to make a very strong point. The gym looked awesome with the kid's artwork everywhere and strings of pop cans, milk jugs, cereal box covered backboards and trash laying EVERYWHERE. We actually had to move stuff off our seats in order to sit down. The program was recognized on the local news and michael roped me into buying the DVD of the program and still watched it all the time.

Time for a Change!

I'm a total slacker in the Blog department. Some might say I have good reason to be a slacker (aka... NURSING SCHOOL, and HUSBAND STARTING NEW BUSINESS, and... well, those are probably enough reasons) but STILL! I'm not really into writing in a journal. This is my form of a journal - my blog. SO... to get me in the mood I decided my blog needed a slight make-over (the snowmen just weren't doing anything for me anymore) and now that I've gotten the header done I'm pooped for the night. Tomorrow will be a perfect day for me to update with all the latest (we have had 2 birthdays, holidays, scout stuff.. etc etc.) For now you can just admire those cute kids at the top of the blog. These were Easter pics I took on Easter Sunday. By the time we were actually ready to go take pictures the sun was getting too high in the sky. Anyone have tips on fixing shady faces in photoshop?