Wordless Wednesday

Reading Restaurant

I have been so impressed this year with Jacob's teachers and all the fun things they get to do! I personally know how much extra work goes into doing those special events and that makes me appreciate it even more! Last week his class had Reading Restaurant and it was probably my favorite thing he has ever done! He did such a good job and I was so proud of how much effort he had put into preparing everything to make it special for us! We had to make a reservation, just like a real restaurant. When we arrived, we were greeted at the door by his teacher, the head chef, who checked us in.

She called our server, aka CHEF JACOB, who came to the door and took us to our table.

He even tucked in our chairs for us. Just like a professional! Our "Menu"
We had "Appeteasers "(jokes), Entrees (books) and then two desserts (poems) to choose from. He left our table went to a spot in the restaurant (room) and brought it back to our table. After the appeteasers, he served us two" entrees" aka books
When it was time for dessert, all the chefs lined up in the back of the room. They recited two poems for us titled Spaghetti and Cookies. They said them with Italian accents and hand gestures. It was so cute! Very sad I didn't get it on video!!! After the dessert presentation,we were served real cookies! The chefs got some too! This was on the wall and I had to snap a picture.
It is an acrostic poem that says Reading. He had to write something for each letter of the word.

R- Readers are leaders

E- Earn AR points

A- Awesome!

D- Discover

I- Incredible

N- Never stop reading

G- Great

I love my little chef!!!

Wordless Wednesday: Muffins with Mom

Easter Weekend

For Easter this year, we stayed in town, instead of going to my MeMe's like we usually do. I got to shake up the plans a little bit as well as keep some of the old traditions going. We started on Saturday with dying the eggs. This is one of my favorite things to do at Easter and the kids had a lot of fun too!
Daddy even got in on the fun :)

Easter morning, the kids were up bright and early, of course! The Easter Bunny hadn't been able to hide the eggs yet because the dew on the grass was so wet so I entertained the kids in my bedroom (with the blinds closed!) while the "Easter Bunny" did his thing in his backyard :)
When they were finally allowed to come out of my room, they spied their baskets!

The Easter Bunny was generous this year. They each got bunny ears, a movie, a bug catcher net, a book, a few small toys, and of course LOTS of candy!

Then it was egg hunting time!!! Olivia was so excited about her new dress, that she had to put it on before she could go outside.

After Easter bunnies and eggs, it was time to get on with the real meaning of Easter! We headed to church which was at The Pavilion. I wasn't quite sure how it would be sitting in a service where I would normally go to watch concerts, but it was actually very nice. It was a gorgeous morning and we enjoyed it. Jacob got to sit with us since the childcare was only for 5 and under. He thought that was cool!

At the end of the service, we released live butterflies. It was very neat! (Even if Olivia did crush her poor butterfly's wing....oops!)

She wanted to chase them all around... Me and my girl After church, we ate a yummy lunch at Tommy Bahamas and I was able to snag this pic of my loves. It's one of my favorites!Hope you and your family had a blessed Easter!

Wordless Wednesday

Our Cool Cougar

We are very proud of Jacob for earning the "The Cool Cougar Award" this 9 weeks! This award is given to students who are hard workers and respectful. He got to have a special lunch on the stage with the principal and the other recipients from 2nd grade.

On top of this, he also made all As!
VERY PROUD of our boy :)

Jacob's first overnight camp trip

Last weekend Craig and Jacob went with the cub scouts on their first overnight camping trip to Sam Houston National Forest near Lake Conroe. They had a ton of fun building a campfire, exploring in the woods, picking up trash, and doing whatever else boys do out in the woods :) I sent the camera but unfortunately, didn't get a ton of pictures. Olivia and I visited for about an hour on Saturday and that was long enough for me! Ha!!!

Here are the sleeping quarters a.k.a. tent!Building a campfire

the boys getting their fishing belt loop
break time....
Jacob fell asleep in the car on the way home. He came home one exhausted little boy which showed how much fun he had!