If I was president for a day, I would...

1st grade - 2009
I just love these papers Nicholas gets to do at school - they are my favorite! This is just as he wrote it (parentheses will be my writing). Nicholas wrote, If I was president for a day, I would..."eat ice cream most of the time. I would also go bowling. I would also right bills. I would like to go swiming. I would drive 2 Air force blackbird. For desert I would have cookie cake. They would carve a statue of me in Mt. Every st (Mount Everest). I would play golf."

Very funny - just wanted to share. I will have to go back in Clayton's things from this age and see if I can find some of his!

Nicholas' First Baseball Game - Go White Sox!!

The 2009 White Sox

Nicholas with Asst. Coach Daddy

Nicholas take every opportunity he can to slide!

Nicholas is on the 1st grade White Sox Spring baseball team for Mountain Brook. He is doing awesome! He has made a hit every time at bat! Most importantly, he is having a ton of fun! These pictures are from his first game last week-end.

3rd Grade Cub Scout Campout 3.7.09

Clayton and his friend, Jackson.

We had our 3rd Grade Cub Scout Camp out this past Friday night at Mountain Brook Presbyterian Church. This is where the Boy scouts have their Scout hut and meetings - so we camp out on the big grass lawn, use the large fire ring for roasting hot dogs, sit at the picnic tables for activities, and take a nature hike through the woods on a trail that goes all around the church, and we use the scout hut for the bathroom. It is a great place to camp out because it is so close to home! The boys had a wonderful time together, as did the men!

Ice Skating 3.5.09

Kaylee and I went ice skating with some friends at the Pelham Civic Center on March 5th. We ended up having the whole rink to ourselves because no one else was there. The girls had a tough time balancing enough to skate on their own, (and when I held Kaylee's hand, she was so wobbly, she would almost knock me down) so they held on to a chair and it slid all around with them while they skated. My little daredevil, Kaylee, would skate with the chair across the rink fast and then jump in the chair and slide across the ice - she made she so nervous! It was a fun time.

Snow Day Video ~ March 1, 2009

Here we are at 8am having fun with the snow day.

Another Snow Day Video ~ March 1, 2009

Here is some of our fun from our snow day.

Snow Day . March 1. 2009

Yummy, snow!

Kaylee making a snow angel.

This is our measly attempt at a snowman :)

We just love a good snow day (our one time a year)! It started snowing sometime early in the morning and sadly stopped around 11:30am, leaving us with a good 2 to 3 inches to play in. The snow has such a powdery, bright white, perfect appearance - just stunning! Nicholas woke up first, looked outside, and quickly ran to Clayton's room, who yelped for joy! I woke up Kaylee and we all bundled up and went out to play at 8am. We had a blast throwing snowballs, making angels, and for the kids, eating the snow. What a blessing to have this fun snow day!

Nicholas Loses Another Tooth ~ 2/22/09

It has finally come out! Nicholas' front tooth has been loose since December and has now been pulled. Kevin pulled it out this morning before church, as requested by Nicholas. It came out very easy - now we will be wiggling the other one...stay posted :)

I know you are probably noticing his hair or lack of hair, too. Kevin finally got on board with me and agreed to shave it off to help him stop twirling it - wish us luck!

Our Trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee . February 13-20, 2009

We love to go to Tennessee - especially since it is so close to us! The kids were out of school February 13 - 16, so we headed to the Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg. We booked a condo for a whole week and talked my parents into keeping the kids the remainder of the week at our house so that Kevin and I could have some alone time. Thank you Mom and Dad! It was a great trip! The kids had a blast and we did too. What could be better than the mountains and pancake breakfast's in the Winter?

Gatlinburg - Hollywood Star Cars Museum

Bumblebee from Transformers

Eleanor from Gone in 60 Seconds

The Fast and the Furious

The Beverly Hillbillies

Car from Jurassic Park

We took the kids to see some awesome cars from famous stars and from popular shows and movies at the Hollywood Star Cars Museum on the Gatlinburg strip. They LOVED it! There were too many to post, so here our some of our favorites!