End of the Year "Celebration of Learning" Parties

At the end of each year, instead of having a big Awards Assembly, each class has a Celebration of Learning party. The kids get awards, they read something they've written or preform as a class, and everyone gets to hang out and relax for a little while.

Jared has loved having Mrs. Adams for his teacher this year. He has learned a lot and really enjoyed school. His reading has improved immensely. He was given a "Voracious Vocabulary Award" (I think it's a nice way to say he talks a lot?) and a "Mr. Goodbar Award" for being a good friend and all around good kid.

He says when he grows up he wants to own his own restaurant.

Last year Megan had a wonderful student teacher. She got hired to teach 3rd grade, and Megan was in her class again this year. So really, she's had Mrs. Halbot for two years now. It's been a wonderful school year and Megan has done so well. She has improved all around, but she's really flourished the most in math and art. (One she gets from her dad, the other from me. I'll let you guess which one. ;) She got awards for both.).

She says that she wants to be an elementary school teacher or an art teacher when she grows up.

I'm super proud of both of my big kids and I'm excited to see what the future holds for them.

Shh - It's Kate again

Good afternoon everyone! Mom is asleep on the couch. She thinks I'm napping in my crib, but really I climbed out and am updating all of you on my recent cuteness. There's quite a lot of it, so hang on to your seats and here we go!

I have recently become quite the little fashionista. Here is a sampling of my new looks:

Tinkerbell pajamas and oversized red shoes is so in right now!

What? All the cool kids are wearing potty seats on their heads. I promise. You should try it. It's life changing.

  Every girl needs a pair of star shaped neon green sunglasses, a cape, and a tutu. Really.

Really really.

Oh, and purple bracelets. They totally round out the look, don't you think?

Aside from fashion, I have recently also gotten more interested in food. For example, did you know that ripe tomatoes, sitting on the counter waiting for mom to chop them up for dinner taste better than just about anything else? Just grab one and take a big bite. Yum! And then offer to share. It's the polite thing to do.

Eating sugar straight out of the canister is also pretty high on my list. I don't know why mom was so upset - I was using a spoon.

But best of all, cold pizza and fruit snacks is the best breakfast around. I don't know why more restaurants don't offer this combination. Mmmmmmm!

Just to show that I am not ALL about clothes and food, here are some of my current activities. I spend as much time as possible in my swing, whenever I can convince someone to push me.

 

And I like to jump off everything. Danger? I laugh in the face of danger. Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

When mom starts talking about bedtime, I run right over and fetch a pile of books to read to daddy. It's the best way to stall spend time with daddy. My current favorites are "Red Hat, Green Hat," "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," "King Bidgood's in the Bathtub," and "No David." (Yes, I know that mom said that book was banned forever from our house, but I found it and you'll never get it away from me again! Besides, even if you hide it, I've got the whole thing memorized. I don't need it to remind me to yell "BE QUIET!" during family prayer. Or "STOP THAT THIS INSTANT!" when ever someone does something that displeases me.)

Well folks, I guess that just about wraps this edition up. 'Til next time!

Katelyn out!

2013 Ward Camp Out and Easter

The Ward hosted a fun camp out and Easter Egg hunt at Steven F. Austin Park the Friday and Saturday before Easter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then at home they got their Easter baskets.

 

 

The Great Crawfish Boil of 2013

 The Bounds and the Boyers hosted a fun crawfish boil this year. (To get a taste of what crawfish boils are usually like, see THIS post. This time, everybody brought salads and stuff to share, so there was a bit more variety. Whew!)

Kate LOVED the whole experience. She thought it was hilarious to poke the bag of live crawfish and see them wiggle and snap.

She was eating crawfish as fast as Travis could shell it. And when he wasn't fast enough, she started sucking on the discarded heads. Everyone said they were pretty spicy, but it didn't seem to bother her.

Jared liked holding and playing with the live ones, but he didn't even want to taste the cooked ones.

It was a beautiful day and we had a wonderful time enjoying the sunshine with friends.

Soy Sauce!!

 Miller Outdoor Theater put on a production of Thoroughly Modern Millie in April and since it's like one of my favorite musicals EVER, we took Megan and Jared to go see it. Amy Christensen and Abby and Molly came too. What a fun night!

Although, I do have one question. Why are rich girls always so flat chested? ;)

School Carnival

The school had a carnival this spring. We had a lot of crazy fun.

Both Megan and Jared tried climbing the rock wall. Megan was a little nervous, but Jared scaled it like a spider monkey.

Megan got her hair sprayed blue and a Firebird painted on her cheek.

Jared got injured and required medical attention. It was touch and go for a while, but he is tough and pulled through. 

Kate wasn't too interested in the games or activities, but she liked running away from us and she liked it when daddy made her a cape out of William's blanket and let her wear his sunglasses. (William slept in the stroller the whole time. I didn't get any pictures. Sorry. Use your imagination.)

These two can be loud and crazy and drive me batty, but I am sure glad they are mine!

Sing Us a Song, You're the Piano......um....Guys.

Let me just preface this post by saying that I have the best husband in the whole world. Not only does he have really good taste in women ( ;) ), he has really good taste in music. He got tickets for us to go see the Piano Guys while they were here preforming at the House of Blues in Houston.

Wait. What? You aren't familiar with the Piano Guys? Get thyself to YouTube, my friend. I'll post a few of my favorites at the end of this post, but you really should watch all their stuff. It's fabulous.

This one is my favorite:


Wait, no. This one is:


Okay, this one is really it:


Or maybe this one:


If I have to choose, we might be here a while. Just go check them out.