Tooth Fairy

Gotta post this note Danny left under his pillow a while back for the tooth fairy. It's old, but I scanned and saved it.


"Tooth Fairy - I lost my tooth, can I still have a dollar? I've had such a bad day."

2010 School Pictures

Mrs. Claus

The cast list for our elementary school's Christmas program came out last week and guess who got the starring role of Mrs. Claus?

Halloween 2010

Dorothy, Anakin Skywalker and Spock (and Mabel). I noticed that Spock is pinching his own shoulder/neck in every picture I have ("spocking" himself).

The middle school kids were supposed to go to school dressed as superheroes for Halloween. Haley and her friend decided to invent their own - "The Duck Duo".

And the high school Drama Club put on a trunk-or-treat/haunted house. Amber and her cousin, Kyli, dressed as characters from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Busy Fall

We've had an extra busy Fall this year and, unfortunately, I didn't get enough of it captured on film. Here's what I do have...

AMBER GETS HER DRIVING PERMIT!

Frightening, but true! She also completed a 6-week driver's training course that was a way bigger time commitment than any of us realized it would be. In the future, we'll have our kids take driver's training in the summer so it doesn't compete with homework. Now that she's successfully passed her class, she just needs to get a certain number of driving hours under her belt, turn 16 (March) and take the test!

ALYSSA, DANNY AND JACOB PLAY SOCCER!

It was Alyssa's 5th year, Danny's 3rd and Jacob's 1st. They all loved it, of course. Lots of fun and great exercise. Here are some pictures of the kids at their last games of the season (Lyssie's to come later...my camera was out of batteries so I had another parent take her pics for me)

Danny plays with gusto and always give 100%.

Jacob started out shaky (shaky = ran off the field crying about 10 seconds after his first game started because the whole thing was too much for him!) but ended up deciding that he LOVES soccer and can't wait a whole year to play again.

Here's Jacob in action at his last game. I'm pretty sure right after I snapped this photo, he stole the ball and scored a goal. Yeah, that's the ticket.

HALEY PLAYS VOLLEYBALL!

So this one I have no pictures of at all! But I did go to every home game and I was the washer of the uniform and the packer of the water bottle, so maybe that makes up for forgetting my camera every time she played. She had a great season and did really well. She has decided that volleyball and basketball are her favorite sports - the fact that she's 13, 5'9 and still growing won't hurt!