Pinewood Derby

Caleb and Hayden had their pinewood derby this weekend. We usually have fun at the races, but there is a lot of drama b/c Caleb cannot win anything to save his life.

One year they made a convertible top and a cloth seat for the car and a kid who used a sticker won best detail. One year his car was a cut out Mustang logo and Hayden won most original with an alien head. You get the idea.

Anyway, this year he finally won. He won 3rd place in his group - which is pretty good because there are a lot of kids his age. Hayden also won - 1st in his group of two.

Click for more pictures

From Pinewood Derby

Indiana Jones

Hayden got an Indiana Jones play set for Christmas. He loves it - it has the whip and everything. And look how cute he is.

Hayden's Party

Hayden finally had his birthday party right before Christmas. It is a terrible time to have a birthday but what can you do.

He decided this year he wanted a mummy party (don't ask me where he got the idea - I have no clue). Anyway, this gave us a great chance to have his party at the LASM. They set it up where we had Egyptian crafts (pharoah cuffs and collars, pyramids, and mobiles), then we were given a tour of the mummy exhibit, cake/ ice cream, and finally we spent a lot of time in the Discovery Depot.

The Discovery Depot has the coolest stuff that demonstrates different scientific principles. Sounds boring I know but it's not. The kids had a really good time and even though we were there for a really long time the boys still didn't want to leave.

Click for more pictures

From Hayden's Party

MERRY CHRISTMAS

New Background

Okay - I got rid of my Merry Christmas background in honor of our snow day. After all Christmas is every year - the last snow was seven years ago.

Brennan Rocks!!

Brennan had auditions last weekend for all parish honor band. He made the symphonic band and is 2nd tuba in the parish!
... Go Brennan go ...

Snow Day

Snow Day - Hooray!!!
I could not believe it. When I got up this morning, it was snowing.

And the news lady was saying "Yes, it's snowing, but there won't be enough to accumulate on the ground". Well she was wrong, wrong, wrong. As she was saying that, there was already somewhat of an accumulation at my house.

I had the boys get dressed and go out to play before the sun was up because I was afraid once the sun came up it would melt, I was wrong too. It kept snowing and kept snowing until we had a good four or five inches. In fact, it's almost noon and there is still snow on the ground.

The boys had a really good time throwing snow balls. We even made three snow men. I will post pictures later, but for now I just want to say how much fun it was and how nice it was just to play with the boys. Everyone else - enjoy your snow day - Theresa