Students of the Month

Earlier this week Kade brought home a notice saying he was chosen as student of the month for his class. There was an assembly at the school on Friday and we were invited to attend. He was so excited.

Friday came and I packed Matt and Ray up and off we went to the school. The vice principal explained that this year the kids were focusing on Character Pillars. This month's pillar is trustworthiness. He went on about the program and then he started announcing the awards. He started with the 2nd grade classes and announced the first winner. Then came Hailey's class. It was Hailey! We had no idea and my camera wasn't ready (Not that it mattered. I was too far away to get a decent picture anyway). Finally, he got to the kindergarten classes and he announced Kade. Kade ran up to get his award with a huge grin on his face. It was a big day for both of them.

With their awards they each got a blue bracelet (blue is the color for trustworthiness), a ribbon, a gift certificate for a free kids meal to Red Robin, and a free ice cream in the school cafeteria. They were so excited.

Nathan and I decided to take them to Red Robin that night to acknowledge their good behavior. As we were getting ready to order Scott, Coleton and Ashlynn walked in. We had room at our table so we had them sit with us. Hailey and Kade had so much fun eating at a restaurant with their cousins.

(Interestingly, since they received their awards for trustworthiness both have been caught lying to me multiple times.)

Hailey's Birthday

Hailey turned 7 this year! When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday this was the list she came up with:

an MP3 player
a camera
a cell phone like dad's (a droid)
a laptop
littlest pet shops

She takes after her mother...expensive tastes.

We got her an MP3 player and some littlest pet shops. I think she was happy.

She got some more littlest pet shops and a book from her grandparents and some tinkerbell figures from her aunt.

Our weekend went like this (all chosen by Hailey):

Saturday we went to Old McDonalds (McDonalds for those of you not in our family) for lunch and then to Grandma and Grandpa Ericksons' house for dinner (spaghetti) and swimming. Grandma Erickson made Hailey a birthday cake.

Sunday we had Grandma and Grandpa Wilkins, Patrick and Joss (Kelli was in the hospital having just delivered Seth the day before), and Uncle Ben over for dinner. Hailey chose enchiladas, rice and beans with ice cream pizza for dessert.

She had a great birthday listening to her music and swimming. She even started jumping off the diving board without floaties. It was a big day!

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Kade also jumped off the diving board without floaties. Rachel started jumping off the diving board but she was wearing floaties. She is our little water baby. She LOVES swimming. Matthew climbed up on the diving board and then climbed back down and said, "It not my turn." Then he jumped back in to pool from the side.

First Day of School

Hailey and Kade started school yesterday.

Kade woke me up at 5:45am telling me he had to get ready for school and couldn't find his new clothes. I couldn't convince him to go back to bed for an hour so we got up and started to get ready for school. Needless to say, we were ready very early and 7:45 couldn't come fast enough.

Both kids went to their classes with no crying or clinging (we didn't expect any).

When we picked Kade up from school, Nathan asked how his first day was and he answered, "Good. I didn't even get sent to the principal's office!" Not sure how that bodes for the rest of the year.

Hailey likes her teacher and class so far. She wasn't very talkative about her day other than that it was good.

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When I was taking pictures in the morning Kade wouldn't give me a good smile. He kept posing all goofy for the pictures. I told him I'd post them on the blog so everyone could see how silly he was. Every single one of these is posed. It is not my poor picture taking abilities.

Rachel's PB&J

For some reason Rachel is not a bread fan. I can't figure her out. She definitely didn't inherit this trait from me. Anyway, I've always found it amusing how she eats her PB&J. Today, I finally took a picture to go along with it.

She pulls the bread pieces apart, licks the peanut butter and jam off the bread and then puts the bread back on her plate. Now, sometimes she will take a bite of the bread (as you can see in the picture), but she never takes more than one.

She won't eat garlic bread, breadsticks, pizza crust. No bread.