Jackson's Birthday Party

Jackson's family used to be our neighbors and he just celebrated turning five! He had an Art themed birthday party. Nathan stayed home with Ken so that he wasn't in the way of the big kids and their artwork. A lady read the book, The Mixed Up Chameleon and the kids did a fun (and messy) art project. The party was also at a neighborhood community pool area. I ended up running home to get Thomas' swimsuit. The water felt too good to not go in. I was a little nervous since I wasn't planning on going in the pool plus it's been a while since Thomas has been swimming. Turns out, he's a little fish! He did great! He swam underwater and even floated on his back. I predict lots of pool time this summer!

Thomas and Jackson painting.

"Pleeeeease...can we go home to get our swimsuit???"

Yay, ready to swim!

Brave enough to even jump in!

The final masterpiece.

Nathan's First Shave

Nathan wanted to shave like Daddy (and Thomas) tonight after his bath. He loved starring in the mirror watching every stroke of shaving! It was so cute.

Shaving AND tattoos! All grown up!

Watching himself in the mirror!

Art Show

Nathan's school puts on an annual Spring Art Show. All the families were invited to attend. Nathan's classroom was trnsformed into the board game, CandyLand. They did an amazing job. All the children made the props and seeing Nathan's eyes light up, I knew he took pride in his artwork. All of the rooms were amazing. It made me sad that it's only up for one night. When I dropped him off this morning the room was back to "normal".

Nathan and Ms. Brittany

"Cheese" with Ms. Angie

Nathan and Ms. Diane

Teacher Appreciation

After lots of searching online I think I found enough cute gifts to give Thomas' teacher for Appreciation Week. She really enjoyed them and it was fun having a crafting project to do after the kids went to bed. Next week Nathan's school celebrates Teacher Appreciation week so it was good to make duplicates of all the ideas.

I covered a pack of microwavable popcorn with cardstock.

Strawberry scented soap, hand sanitizer and car air freshner.

Pencil Vase

"Thank you for quenching Nathan's thirst for knowledge."

Filled with Crystal Light To Go packets.

Mason Jar with slices of lime in the water. I wanted daffodils but they were out of season.

Just Another Day on the Lake

Thomas and Ken spent the day fishing on Lake Picket. Thomas was up at 5am giddy with excitement. They spent the better part of the day on the water. Thomas was so excited that he caught a bass that was almost 3 pounds. When he got home he ran through the house telling me that he caught enough fish to feed our whole family. And he was right....we fried it up and we all got to eat his catch of the day. He kept telling us all night that his fish was 16 inches long and it was the biggest one he's ever caught on his own. We were so proud and excited for him. I think we "o-fish-ally" have a fisherman on our hands!

I love how proud Ken looks in this picture!

2nd Annual Field Day

I was lucky that Thomas' class and my class were outside for Field Day at the same time so I got to see him have fun with his classmates. Next year, I won't be so lucky since second grade goes for Field Day on a different day than Kindergarten. The weather was absolutely beautiful and everyone had a blast.

Mrs. Rhodes' Produce Stand

I don't normally put anything on our blog about my classroom. It's not on purpose. I just don't think anything is very noteworthy when compared to the boys. Although, I was so pleased with a new project my class did that I wanted to share and to honestly make a mental note to do it again next year. After reading Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens we made a produce stand. The children had to spongepaint vegetables/fruit that I had pretraced. Then they cut it out and wrote about what part of the plant we eat. It turned out cute! It took two days and seriously could have easily taken three. They don't want to take it down. I love that they enjoy looking at it as much as I do.