2015-2016 School Year

Tyler started 3rd grade back on August 25th.  I was in IL at the time, so Scott and Molly had to get him to school his first day.  So far all is going well and we really like his teacher.

 

Two weeks ago, Molly started her preschool co-op that we do with some neighbors.  Last year we had 5 kids, this year just 3.  Another mom and her son are coming next week to see if they want to join.  This one is just on Wednesday  from 9:30-12:00 and each mom takes a month to teach.  I am teaching in Sept. and our topic is Life Cycles.  Here is a picture from our first week when we learned about the butterfly life cycle.

This past Tuesday Molly started pre-k at Marvelously Made Preschool.  It's a Montessori preschool and I just love it. Her friend, Payton from our Wednesday preschool goes there. His mom is the one that talked me into going to look at it.  Molly loves it so far.  She told me on Tuesday that she made a new friend, Kaelyn.  Thursday she wanted to show me her.  When we saw her walk in, she said-mom, there she is.  At the same time, I heard Kaelyn tell her mom-mom, that's Molly.  They ran to each other, grabbed hands, and off they went.  It was so cute!

 

Thursday, Molly started Cubbies for the new year.  She was in Cubbies last year and Tyler was in Sparks last year for Awana.  This year, Tyler did not want to participate, so I'm with Molly in Cubbies.  She had a fun first night. 

Surprise Party

A week ago I was flying home from IL.  I flew in early Saturday, the 22nd, for my mom's surprise 60th birthday party.  It was my Dad's idea and my sisters and I had fun planning it.  I found these cute invitations on Etsy.

Anyway, I flew in on Saturday and Kim picked me up.  Her, Tom, and I all went out for lunch.  Then her and I went to get mason jars and flowers to make the centerpieces.  We did that at Tom's.  We all met at Lino's at 4:30 to get set up.  

You can kinda tell that the picture boards are in the shape of 60!.  Val even painted purple and gold dots on them to match the invitations. 

I was really hoping my mom would be surprised.  I thought coming downstairs would give it away when she saw bigger rooms, but it didn't.  She was surprised!! And even more surprised when she saw me.  I'm so glad we were able to pull it off.

Dinner was delicious.  We had salad, 3 different kinds of pasta and pizza.  We had brought a cake, which Val had made like the invitations, and we had ice cream.

You can see that other picture of my mom...well, my Dad wanted games.  The grand kids played Pin the Lips on Grandma.  It was cute.

My Dad wanted to play too

We also passed out games for the adults.  We had the Licence Plate Game-it was vanity licence plates and we had to figure out what they meant.  And we had a few questionnaire about my mom too.

Us kids went in together to get her a charm bracelet with a charm for each child and grandchild.  It has our name engraved and our birthstone on it too.  That again, was my Dad's idea. 

Everyone had a great time and most of all we celebrated my mom and how wonderful she is!! I'm so glad I was able to go.