Dr. Seuss Shirts

Look at the Dr. Seuss Shirts we made for WLC's Open House.

To make you will need a shirt, bleach pen and stencile.

We cut the stencils and laminated them. Had the kids trace around the edge with the fine point of the bleach pen.

The lay the second stencil over and have the kids fill in the stripes with the brush end of the bleach pen.

This is what is should look like. Let sit until you achieve your desired color and then rinse off the bleach. I took them home and put them in the washer.

One of our other classes made a Jolly Rodger for their pirate theme too! The kids LOVED these too...especially the boys!

I was worried about doing the bleach, but if you work with one kid at a time it works well. Can't wait to do Shark shirts for this summers Ocean theme.

Grapefruit-White Wine Spritzers

This is a wonderfully light and fruity punch for a spring event! I don't care for grapefruit and I really liked it. Will definately make again!

Grapefruit-White Wine Spritzers

4 cups pink grapefruit
juice cocktail, chilled
1 bottle white wine
(recipe recommends Chardonnay, but I’ve used all kinds of white wine)
2/3 cup sugar
1 pink grapefruit, thinly
sliced (optional)
2 cups club soda, chilled

Stir together the first 3
ingredients until sugar dissolves; add grapefruit. Stir in club soda just
before serving. Pour over ice, and serve. Makes 11 cups.

Kristi's Birthday

I had a few of the girls over to celebrate Kristi's birthday.Here is wishing her all the best!

The Planetarium

Here are the kids kicked back at the planetarium in the HMNS. We saw 2012: Mayan Prophecies. Very interesting how they used the stars to chart their calendar.

GyroXtreme Ride

While we were at the HMNS, the kids could not resist a taking a turn on the GyroXtreme Ride. Here are a couple of picture of them strapping up.

Here is a short video.

The kids seem to enjoy this, but you couldn't pay me to get on that thing!

The Cockrell Butterfly Center

Took a trip to the HMNS to the Cockrell Butterfly Center.
Here we are in the large butterfly habitat. Grandma and Bailey.

Grandma solo.

Bailey and Jack on a huge caterpillar.

Had lots of fun!

Incredible Pizze

Jack and I when to Incredible Pizza Company with Grandma.

We played mini golf.

Bowled a few games.

Jack even got to race cars.

They also have an incredible buffet. We had an amazing time!

The Lorax

We took in the movie "The Lorax" today. It was cute.

The kids really enjoyed it!

Jack's Open House

Last night was Jack's open house at WCE. Here he is with his second grade teacher, Mrs. King.

Jack did a great drawing of Lincoln.

We visited the music room and played with some instruments.

Love my Cowboy Jack!

Jack won a blue ribbon for his Picture that went along with the book "Why Cowboys Sleep With Their Books On" for speach class.We had a great time and best of all Grandma got to go!

Wordless Wednesday

Bailey's 3rd Grade Open House

Tonight was open house at HHE. Here is a picture of Bailey and her 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Nevins.

Bailey posing with some of her art work. The monkey picture to the right of her head is her's.

This shape poem is so wonderful. She wrote it about her Daddy!
Here she is at her desk with all her work.

Here is her monster poem on the screen.Bailey loves school and it shows in all of her work. I especially liked the shape poem about her Daddy.

March Picture of the Month

It's March 2012 and we got a new Town and Country van! I don't know who is more excited, me or the kids. This is the first time they have a new car experience. We traded in the Miada and are going to keep the Tribute. March is going to be a busy month. With the kids' open houses at school, spring break, and a visit from Grandma. Looking forward to it all!

Player of the Day

Today, Jack B was awarded the title "PLAYER OF THE DAY" in the First in Math Online Mathematics Program!

JB's Science Fair Project

Here is my Jackie Boy with his Science Fair Project. Jack sorted and counted M&Ms to see if there was a color that appeared more than the rest. He counted 48 packages (2,704 M&Ms) and found that green was the color that appeared the most and brown was the least. He did a great job on his display board and on his “interview” at school.

His teacher, Mrs. Clarke, emailed me the following note: "I wanted to let you know how awesome Jack did yesterday at the science fair :) He didn't need any help answering the judges questions and they were soo impressed with the research he did!! I took a picture of him with his project and when I get a copy I will give you
one. Be very proud he did soo good."

HHE Staff Valentine's Day Gift

I gave the HHE staff a Sharpie for their Valentine's Day gift today. I attached a label that said "The PTA thinks you're 'Sharp'" on one side and the other side said "Happy Valentine's Day". They were a big hit!

February Picture of the Month

February has arrived and we are still remodeling our house. This has been going on for a couple of months now and the end is in sight. Working on the kitchen and family room now. I'll post pictures of the work when we are finished.