Sunflowers

Todd and Camden harvested our sunflowers this weekend. We originally planted them to hide the mess in our neighbor's backyard. Camden was amazed at how tall they grew and he loved helping Daddy water them this summer. Somewhere I have a picture of the sunflowers right before they cut the tops off but seem to have misplaced it. I wanted to be able to compare pictures. I am sure it will appear someday. Todd cooked the seeds and says they are quite yummy. I, on the other hand, prefer to get mine from the store. But it was a fun summer project.

Hot Wheels Race

Todd had the great idea to take Camden to the Twin City Days Hot Wheels Race. We never have done much with Twin City Days except to avoid Main Street and the crowds, but, I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. This event was hosted and sponsored by Twin City Toyota and free food was provided by the Amvets. Each child got a free t-shirt(that might fit Little Man when he is 10) and a free hot wheels car. Admission to the race was a canned good donation. You got 2 tickets to race your cars and Camden's cars won both times, so he qualified for the next round. He was pretty excited, but then, lost interest when we had to stand in line again. But we had a fun morning and I think we will do this again next year. 

Meet the Teacher

Camden and I visited Daddy at Hillsboro's Meet the Teacher night this week. They don't get many visitors at the high school level. Todd has one history class he is teaching this year and he assigned the students to make shields. He was so impressed with their work that he hung them out in the hall. His fellow teachers say he is trying to show them up, but I love that he is proud of his student's effort. So, of course, I took pictures. :)

Eggs and a hymn

You may ask yourself-what do eggs and a hymn have in common? Well, funny, you should ask. :)

Todd and I were making deviled eggs yesterday and Camden wanted to help. So, we sat him up on the counter and let him watch. He asked what do you called this part and pointed to the yellow. I told him that was the yolk. Well, as is known to happen in our household quite frequently, Todd burst into song: "Take my yolk upon you..." I started giggling and said it's yoke not yolk. Oh, that man makes me laugh! It's kind of a joke in our family that we burst into song alot. But it's those moments when I love our little life and the humor we find in the small things. It also makes me appreciate that Todd and I were raised in similar Christian homes and in church. But back to the story: I couldn't remember the hymn even though Todd sang almost the whole chorus. So, what did we do? Looked it up on you tube and listened to the song.

What a weekend!

I enjoyed this weekend so much. It was a weekend filled with friends, family, fun and food. We were actually quite busy, but yet, at the same time, it was very relaxing. Here's our weekend in review:

Friday night-Monkey Joe's and Orange Leaf w/ the Redd's

Saturday-football scrimmage and first VOLS football game at Bates'

Sunday-Little man stayed the night at Papa and Gamma's

Monday-BBQ for Abby's 30th birthday at the Joyce's

I love weekends when I feel refreshed and ready for a new week(the extra day off really helps)!

Preschool

Last week, I was a little frazzled on Camden's first day with Ms. Ronda. There were so many parents dropping off kids and it was crazy busy. I was also in a hurry to get to my classroom. So, I only got one picture. Today, we had more time and we were both more relaxed. He insisted on wearing his new turtle backpack from Aunt Mickie and Uncle Adrian (even though it was empty) and I was NOT fighting that battle. :)

When he woke up this morning, he said I get to stay on green card today. Well, that got my teacher brain working overtime. He had turned his card last week for not sitting in his own spot at the carpet and for not having his back on the wall at the bathrooms. 

So, when we got to his classroom, I asked him to show me his spot on the carpet. I made a big deal of how I liked the number six and used some of the knowledge I have learned in PBIS training with my own child. I retaught the expectation for sitting in your spot at the carpet. When we walked by the bathrooms, I reminded him that his back was to be against the wall like the teacher asks. 

Well, today he was on green. So maybe it worked! Here he is at "his spot" this morning. 

Back to the pool

Celebrating the last of summer