SLATON'S 11

Way to go Slaton....no longer a cub scout! movin up to boy scouts!

CINNAMON MAY LAY

I don’t know if I ever have experienced this before, but "number 4 and 5" decided to feed the birds outside……WITH THE ENTIRE CONTAINER OF SAM'S CLUB-'5 GALLON- DRUM-' CINNAMON!!!! Tillman proudly exclaimed, while carrying the empty container, that “WE JUST FED THE BIRDS MOM!’ his tone had relief in it that the birds were not forgotten... as if we needed to be concerned about the nutrition of birds or we had been neglecting them somehow. I wished I would have laughed my bootie off at them, nevertheless, because I was not in a laughing mood, my angry eyes appeared (love toy story potato heads)…and so did my angry words.

I am not sure what possessed this CINNAMON MAY LAY, BUT It certainly will add some spice to the birds diet…apparently it’s in the grass. I can safely say that I am glad it is outside and not inside, sadly, we are completely out of that huge Sam’s container of cinnamon....AND it was still half full!

RECITAL WOW!

I have to say I really love how the Let's play Music recitals entertain the audiences and how that is not the intention. The children really internalize the music and experience learning about it in different ways! They then get to show that experience on stage; and in it's most genuine way, the learning comes out on display spontaneously, creating a FABULOUS AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINING show! That same spontaneous entertainment delighted yet another recital venue last night! thank you to all the parents who spend the time to help their child in class or in the home by encouraging them and learning about how best to build such a wonderful musical relationship and helping to foster a better parent child relationship. I really have very wonderful students who love learning and the parents who help them are absolutely the best to be associated with!!!! Here are some pictures I have from the recital. These are without the children. If you would like me to post a picture of the recital that you captured, please send them to me via email!

Kazzlyn's 6th birthday

this was her gluten free cake....i especially like the light up princess rings. party favors make great cake decorations! they lit up and we put them on the cake kind of on a whim...like when we were lighting the thing....we all thought it was super cool!

starting out the new year with a bang

Well we have had fun this year!!! the 3 day weekend in January, our youngest daughter, Kazzlyn, had way too much fun on our new see saw....and the see saw won. i will spare you the graphics and just show you the cute cast! so from Jan. 15th until Feb. 25th she gets to wear this cute thing! however, i will tell you that her wheelchair was Heaven Sent (thank you Anna Marie) and she is now walking without assistance. we are looking forward to the "Cast-off" party on Friday morning!!!! she has been a real trooper! although, she did tell us that she is NOT havin her birthday party (feb. 7th) with her cast on, "no way, i am not watchin all my friends have fun and i can't have the same fun!" so we will be having it another time!

Merry Christmas 2010

This digital scrapbooking design created with Smilebox

T-man turns 3 with bang!

It's always so fun to celebrate the 4th of July, but we get to celebrate a birthday around here and it is SUPER FUN! especailly now, cause he thinks the fireworks are for him....hilarious! we are the funnest parents ever in his eyes!

Roberta means

R-Radiant
O-obedient
B-beautiful
E-Example of goodness
R-Really Helpful
T-Teaser
A-awesome mom and granny!

We love you mom! it was fun to have you and Dad here and hear about you and your favorites!

granny berty turns ??

that's alot of candles
no smoke alarms went off, thank heavens!!

swimming lessons with Ms. Dayna

tillman and oakley jumpin off the diving board to Ms. Dayna!
whoo hooo! go tillman go...1,2,3eeeeee!!!! ok, oakley jump to ms. dayna...wheeee!

slaton's 10th bday and party

slaton turns 10

Slate turned 10 last week and we had a rompin good time at Brunswik zone XL or XT or whatever the initials are at the end of the name. that is one posh bowling alley. we couldn't get over the set up... couches and coffee tables instead of chairs, the valet shoe guy, and oh, the best perk, bumpers controlled by the computer and not the guy with the bumper hook. the boys loved it and so did my other kids who bowled on the lane next to us. good times

a year since my last post

wow! how time flies!!!!! i had dropped the "blog ball" for what i thought was just a few months...turns out i would be blogging about the same thing only different year...slaton's birthday. i am lame! but i am not going to beat myself up too badly, i just was worn out of thinking about blogging and getting everything uploaded...etc. i think i am ready to try my hand at it again and we will see what i get to....i may end up blogging again next year at this same time...hahahaha that would be too funny! but don't hold your breath, it could happen.

lets play music was on TV

SUMMER BIRTHDAYS

i have 2 summer birthdays! SLATON turned 9 June 22. T-man turned 2 July 4th. we can officially say that we end our kids birthdays with a bang!!!!! these two share a pretty close resemblance .

if slaton would've been born in the digital age i would have had a comparison picture for you to see...but he wasn't so i don't! you will just have to trust me.

Yeah for Slaton!

Slaton was picked as a semifinalist for the Arizona Sunwise Skin Cancer Prevention Poster contest. He was 1 of 50 out of the 6000 entries selected and 1 of 12 for his grade level. The posters were chosen by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Slaton was really wanting those tickets, so when he didn't win, he was a little disappointed. Then we clicked over and saw his name on the 3rd grade list as a semifinalist. We helped him see that he really was a winner after all. To come in the top 50 out of 6000 is really good indeed! We told him that we would be able to furnish some tickets for him. heehee! Slaton Huish.....UUUUUUUUU ROCK! (this his poster version, when Tim took this one to the dept of health services they turned it away, because it wasn't on 8 1/2 x 11, etc. so i raced with Slaton to the store for some markers and we were off to meet Tim at the half way point. Tim got him there just in time) WHEW! hard work pays off!

April 30th...Let's Play Music recital

These are always so fun to watch! Especially as a parent. when I was just the parent instead of the teacher too, I delighted in watching my children display their new found music knowledge. They loved being in the recital as much as I loved watching them. I loved watching their cute little faces delight as they performed their puppet shows. here is just a glimpse of the show. This year we performed a finale to DO, RE, MI from the Sound of Music. my class got to play the keyboards, while Shelle's class played the tone bells and ALL OF THEM sang harmony. It was FABULOUS!

Late about it, but here it is....

my oldest is 12 years old....it was april 28th. better late than never blogged. anyway, its his last year in elementary school and off to junior high this fall! WOW! time certainly does go by fast. This year we eliminated the fluff of party scenes and just did a low key bday! cooked to order breakfast, took him out to lunch at what he was craving...."a salad" this was no ordinary salad. it was the soup or salad varaitions-of-pork-salad. while i tried my darndist to get him to change to something a little hardier, his mind was made up, he wanted a salad. When i sat down next to him and across from Slaton, i realized that his definition of salad and mine are completely different. He filled his plate with bacos, ham bites, kidney beans, pepperonis, and let us not forget....PICKLES. Of course, THAT is a SALAD, what was i thinking?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELL-BELL

OH! what joy birthdays bring to our home! Miss Kelle turned 6 today! i decided to buy her some roller blades. she looked like a fawn just learning how to walk. poor thing fell more than she cared to. but she is my TRYER! i love watching her persist until she is successful...does my heart good! she will try anything until she gets it! Butt before she gets it, she will have a pretty sore bootie.
She also had a lovely high school musical 3 party with her fun friends. She had soooo much fun! i'm too tired to get the camera and post the fun party pictures. 2 birthdays down and 3 to go. next up Stockton and his 12th....OH WOW!

what a good helper!

what a busy boy!

i heard this fast clanking while i was getting ready for the day. one day tman will be a really good helper, but for now, he is still a rookie.....but a great one at that! he had emptied the silverware basket in the dishwasher,...too bad they were all dirty!