Is Santa Alive For Real?

Is the question of the day from Carter. I answered "Yes", of course. Well, where does he live again? "The North Pole." "Oh yeah, that's right."

Happy Mother's Day Daddy!

This is what Carter said as he ran into our bedroom on Sunday morning. Little turd bucket! :~)

He made me a lovely clay heart necklace at school as well as a pinch pot. The necklace, or so I've been told, is for everyone. Some days I'm allowed to wear it and some days I'm not. He also decorated a flower pot at school and brought that home with a little flower in it.

Athena got off the bus on Friday, saw me and panicked! She pulled up her dress (thankfully we're one of the last stops so no one was on the bus to see her) in order to hide the paper bag with my gift in it. She told me to close my eyes and went immediately to her room. When she came back down a few minutes later, she was carrying the bag and told me that I had to open my gift as Mrs. Jones said it couldn't wait. It was a flower in a little cup.

The kids bought me some plants for the garden as well as a garden gnome. It's a dog holding a sign - one side says "Welcome" while the other says "Go Away".  They ask me to put the go away side out all of the time but I won't do it.   

We went to Carol and John's for dinner. It was so much fun! The kids went in the hot tub with their Daddy and cried when it was time to leave.  Not too much longer and camp will be open.  The kids can't wait!

Athena's Ballet Recital 2009

Athena's ballet recital on Saturday. She's doing so much better this year. More doing by herself and less following of others. She moves up this Fall to the next group!

Athena and her friend Zoe (Athena plays soccer with Zoe and she lives around the corner from us):

Zoe, Athena and Sofia:

Athena is in green with the pony tail - I did my best to follow her - she's on the left side.

Athena is on the left side again:

For George

The kids spent quite a bit of time putting these on each other. They wanted to be like George :~)

BAE Variety Show 2009

Athena was once again in her school variety show. She participated in the 1st Grade group act. The theme was the 50's so music was tame and costumes easy this year.  Athena's partner was Jordan Newman - a perfect match. He's petite like Athena and such a sweet boy. Athena was very comfortable dancing with him. 

This is a photo of Athena and her friend and classmate Emma (who is British):

Here's Athena and Jordan:

This is at the end of the entire show with all of the kids on stage:

Doing her dance:

Before the show: