Friday, February 27, 2009

Blue and Gold Banquet






Jeffrey had his Blue and Gold Banquet. He completed his Bear Badge! Woot! WE are so very proud of you! Such a big guy now! He is starting his Webelos year. :)






The boys had a cake decorating contest. There were some VERY yummy cakes there. Jeffrey's cake was a dumptruck dirt-cake. Jeffrey added butterscotch chips, graham cracker crumbs, chocolate chips, and other yummy chocolate bites to look like "rocks." It was cute and he won Most- Rugged.



Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Lil Mechanic


Jack Jack loves to help Papaw tinker with his Corvette. Sometimes he will help get a dropped tool but mostly he supervises Papaw as he works. Many times this includes making sure the dirt in the driveway is just right as well. :)


Monday, February 23, 2009

Hair Stories..


My dear daughter, whom I dearly love, has beautiful hair. The problem is that she does not like to have it brushed. This is completely foreign to me. I LOVE to have my hair brushed. I LOVE it when anyone wants to play with it. Even little kids. I just love it. A pet peeve of mine is to see a beautiful little girl with scraggly looking hair. Can't stand it when my daughter looks like she forgot to brush her hair for the day. (Forgot, more like didn't want to.)

So in order to help out, I have found several "Hair Blogs" to get her excited about trying different ways to pull it up or back or whatever. So we have to take pictures so she can see the back. (She hasn't yet mastered the whole mirror/ mirrored image thing.)

Here are a few of her latest do's that we thought we would share with you!

























PS. Grrr! I so wish it were easier to label your photos on Blogger!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Chili CookOff

Yummmy Chili!

We had our Annual Chili Cookoff this Friday night. Dad's chili Won! Yea Dad! He won a cook book so he can learn to create more wonderful dishes!

Everyone had a great time. Jessalyn naturally was drawn towards the Coloring Corral.


Jackson on the other hand preferred to dance! So did many of the other toddlers. (Jeffrey wanted to join when he realized I was makin a video. Silly Boy!)

Friday, February 20, 2009

Mardi Gras Parade

The Cub Scouts marched in the Mardi Gras Parade on Thursday night. Well... they didn't exactly march. We tried that during the Christmas parade and it wasn't fun. So we had a float the boys rode on. :) They had alot of fun and these boys sure can throw alot of beads! We had between 1100-1300 Beads and they threw ALL of them before the parade was 1/2 through the 1 mile route!




Friday, February 06, 2009

Science Fair Projects



Jeffrey and Jessalyn have been busy at school preparing for the school wide science fair. Jeffrey's project is making batteries using lemons, potatos, a penny, a nail. His project won third place for 4th grade. but honestly, all bias aside, his project was way cooler than the one that got first prize! Plus I have seen it on MythBusters too!




Jessalyn's class did a group project about seeds and they grew plants and worked to figure out what it took to create an ideal place to grow plants. Jessalyn got to bring the plant she grew home with her. Jessalyn brought in a bunch of different kinds of seeds for the display. She brought in Peach seeds, apple seeds, sunflower seeds, a crocus bulb, smaller bird seed, and some wild flower seeds. It made the display very cool.




There were some really neat projects on display. One of them watched bread mold to discover which way it molded fastest. Jessalyn liked the one that used white carnations and placed them in colored water. The flowers drank the colored water and changed the petals to neon colors. There were so many it is hard to think of them all! It was neat neat neat. Afterwards the school had a spaghetti dinner that we all got to enjoy. Yum!

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Today is Jeffrey's DAY!!!!

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Jeffrey is now a full Decade old!! Can you believe it!?!? I am soo glad he is a part of my life. He is sooo wonderful! Happy Birthday Big guy!


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Just Some Photos from his Party..


We had a Super Birthday Superbowl Party- Since Jeffrey's Birthday fell on the day the Superbowl was played, he wanted to have that party be combined with his birthday party. We had enchilada's and lots of yummy snacks. We had a pinata for the kiddies. They enjoyed beating it up. :) So I am including some pics from the day. Enjoy!