Ice Skating

Ice skating was lots of fun and really tough. I didn't fall down and I don't think the dad did either but the boy was on his bottom a few times. Lots of fun though and the boy loved that he was on the same ice as the hockey players.

Videos from Tennessee

Kindergarten Christmas Program

The Kindergarten classes put on a Christmas program every year. The kids had lots of fun practicing and they sounded so good the night of the performance. All the classes sang a few songs together and each class had there own song to sing as well. The boy even had a microphone part when it was his classes turn. I was such a proud mama. My boy loves to sing.

The Changing Santa Claus

The boy was quite inquisitive about Santa this year. He and I were walking in the mall a few weeks ago and we spotted Santa as he was posing for pictures $$. The boy turned to me and said "Mom, I'm confused. This morning Santa was at my school and he looked nothing like that Santa. How does Santa keep changing bodies?" What a loaded question for a 5 year old. We walked along in silence until I could give him an answer. Here is what I told him......Santa is a really busy man helping his elves make the toys so he sends special people out to "stand in" for him so that everyone can say hi and take pictures. Each "Santa" has a direct link to the real one so they can tell him everything. The real Santa does come help sometimes though but it is so hard to know who the real one is that we need to treat them all like they were the one because you just never know. We chatted a few more minutes on the topic and changed to something else. He seemed to like my reasoning since it is TRUE! While he loves Santa, he knows the real reason we celebrate. Merry Christmas and God Bless.

Merry Christmas!

Polar Express in Jammies

The boy's class (and the five others) all got to wear jammies one day and watch Polar Express. The boy loves that movie. At the end, the classes had a special delivery from Santa......a bell for each child who believed. Ours is ringing loud and clear because we do BELIEVE!

Penguins

We loved the penguins at the aqaurium and the penguins loved the boy. They were so fun to watch.

Tennessee

Here are some pictures of the fun we had in Tennessee for Thanksgiving. We love the Chattanooga area and we especially enjoyed visiting family there. The boy loved the leaf pile. I warned him that he might fall hard to the ground but the leaves held him up quite nicely. He barely moved them at all.

Paintball

The dad's brother David loves paintball. The boy couldn't wait to get his hands on it and try. I shot first and hit the tree and the boy did the same. See his marks? The best part was that the dad's 93 year old grandma also wanted in on the action. She was a great shot back in the day and with the aid of the crutch, she hit the tree as well. I was impressed!

Cheeburger Cheeburger

We ate at the Cheeburger Cheeburger in Chattanooga. If you ever have the opportunity to go to one, GO. It is delicious. The burgers are amazing. The dad took the Cheeburger challenge and ate the 1lb. burger. That is a pound of meat plus the bun plus any toppings. The waitress wasn't too sure about his abilities but I had confidence. He tanked it in less than 8 minutes and probably could have had another. My man can eat.

Discovery Museum in Chattanooga

We had so much fun at the Discovery Museum in Chattanooga. The dad's brother (one of them!) came with us as well as his aunt and some cousins. I know that we had just as much fun as the boy did. We will definitely go back.




"Snowball Fight"

Making SnowDoh

Lifting his own weight

Spinning Fools



Posing with the Dad and Uncle David

Playing on the Drums

Playing hockey with mom

Our very own artist

The cool bubble maker

The Colors of Fall

Oh how I miss the beautiful colors of fall. It is the most beautiful season in Maine and having lived away from there for over 7 years now, I don't often get to see the changing of the leaves. I figured this year would be the same but lucky for me, I was wrong. Thank you Alabama and Tennessee for supplying me with such vivid and beautiful colors. I am usually a lover of the red but I can't get over the yellow that the tree below produced. AMAZING!

Pow Wow Party (Thanksgiving party)

The boy had lots of fun on his last day of school before Thanksgiving break. The whole grade had a party and the kids went from room to room to do different crafts and sing songs. We all had a good time.

All decked out for the class party!

Waiting for his Thanksgiving feast with some classmates!

My attempt at Turkey cupcakes!

The boy learning a part in the song!

Playing the drums and singing along!

Beading his necklace!

The whole tribe!