Old Men

Forgot that I had this picture of my little old men! 

Snow Storm/100th Day of School/Valentines Day Party

Snow, snow go away! Not only has the snow infringed upon my winter vacation plans, but it created a major time crunch, mesh-everything-into-one-day situation! Wednesday was supposed to be the big 100th Day of School celebration and Thursday was supposed to be the Peas' Valentines Day Party. Well, since yet another major snow storm was in the forecast for Thursday we had to reschedule the party for Wednesday along with the 100th day festivities. I was scheduled to volunteer at the party and provide the juice for the kiddos. Not only that, but I had to make 40 valentines (20 valentines X 2 Peas) AND count out 200 items (100 items X 2 Peas) AND find outfits to make R & E look 100 years old. Because of the coming snow storm I had one less day to do all of this. I couldn't let my boys down, so we did what mamas and daddies do every single day...we made it happen!

Ryan and Evan each counted out 100 pennies to take to school

While I tackled the Minions (from Ryan)

 "You are one in a MINION Valentine"

And the fishbowls (from Evan)

 "Glad we're in the same school"

 Thanks Pinterest and Etsy!

Ryan and Evan and their classmates dressed as "old men" and little "old ladies"

So cute! I couldn't get R & E to keep on their glasses or mustaches though.

And Thursday, just as predicted, we were held hostage by the snow again! Le sigh....

I had a blast at Ryan and Evan's school party.  It was my first time volunteering since I am  usually working when they have something, but since I was on break it was a perfect time to get involved. It was a lot of work! Twenty pre-schoolers all hyped up on sweets and running around looking 100 years old? Whew! I may or may not have left the party and headed home for a nap!

Love

(Another) Snow Day

We had another day like this

with a little bit of this thrown in for good measure

so we did a whole lot of this

until it was time to go out and do this

and then this happened

And we get to do it all over again in a few days 

Snow Day

Well, hello there! I bring you greetings from yet another snow day with the Parkers. Here's how we've been spending our day:

 This is Evan's picture :)

We've been lounging in our pjs, eating snacks, drinking coffee (two of us at least), and having school. A snow day doesn't stop the learning for these two! First they did math and then they learned about Rosa Parks to kick off Black History Month. After they colored their pictures they watched a short video on Youtube.

Why no picture of Evan? Well, his didn't come out so good! I just got a new camera and I have a lot to learn. Today has been a great day for me to play with my new toy and figure out how to use the darn thing! Here are some shots from the weekend:

Some of my more cooperative subjects

Some of my cutest subjects:

I've been challenging myself to not use the automatic feature but to shoot in manual all the time. I still have a lot to learn and a long way to go, but I can already get some ok shots. I haven't even attempted to learn how to edit and enhance yet. I'm not even close to that road. These already look a ton better than my iphone pictures, that's for sure! Even though a lot of my shots come out looking like this:

I'm still having fun learning and I'll get it one day! Plus, I have some pretty adorable guys around here to inspire me. Hopefully I'll even blog more if I can get some amazing photos to share.

Student of the Month

Look who was student of the month at SAA for the month of December! We are SO proud of Ryan. He's super smart, attentive, respectful, and polite. He follows the rules, listens to his teacher, completes all of his work, and is nice to his friends. In short, Ryan rocks! He was so surprised  when he saw his dad and me walk into mass on Friday. He didn't know that he was about to honored right afterwards during a special program. He sat quietly during the service, and after it was over he accepted his award. To celebrate that evening we took him out to dinner. It was all his choice and he chose Olive Garden. He even ordered dessert! He's so proud of himself, and we couldn't be more proud of him. Way to go, Ryan!

Happening Now

Parker family movie night!