Sarah's Schoolwork - Aug, Sept, Oct

Sarah has had a great beginning to her second grade school year.  She enjoys school, and ALWAYS does her best to get her work done correctly, to learn, to be a good student, and to be a good friend.  Her teachers and principal have GREAT things to say about her!  Way to go, Sarah!

What are some of your favorite school lunch foods?
Sarah - "Cici's Pizza, Popcorn Chicken, Corn Dog, Breaded Mozzarella Cheese Sticks"

What has been challenging or hard for you so far this school year?
Sarah - "Spelling tests because I want to get ten out of ten correct on it."

She has a spelling test every week.

In music the students are tested too.  They learn music symbols, instrument names, musical notes and rests and their counts and practice singing.  They even have singing tests.  The teacher requires them to learn songs and sing in front of their peers, grading them on pitch, intonation, rhythm and tempo, diction, timbre, and vocal quality, and their posture and breathing.  

Who are some of the kids that you like to play with at school so far this year?
Sarah - "Savannah and Mercedez"

Sarah likes to read and has already reached her YEAR-LONG reading AR goal!  Again, way to go, Sarah!

What is your favorite school subject so far this year?
Sarah - "Music and P.E."

Below, is the folder that Sarah decorated that held her report card and papers that we were given at her first nine-week conferences.  And, her personal report card (a paper she filled out about how she thought she was doing in school).

On Halloween Sarah and her classmates participated in the Halloween parade and classroom party.

What were some of the coolest costumes that you remember seeing this year at school?

Sarah - "Elsa and Anna, and K-State Cheerleader"

Smile! Fall yearbook pictures were taken in October.

Five

Phoebe turned 5 about a week ago.  What a cute, sweet, quiet, loving girl she is!  Her little hugs warm me and melt me all at the same time.  Her hand fits perfectly in mine and I am okay with it staying like that forever.  She is intelligent and helpful.  She can play for long periods of time by herself with character toys and loves to color.  She is a good big sister to Silas, helping to care for him, play with him, and teaching him how to do things.  She is a good little sister and friend to Sarah.  

We all love YOU, Phoebe Ann!

What is your favorite animal?  "a dog"
What is your favorite color?  "yellow"
What is your favorite food?  "macaroni and cheese, did you know I was going to say that?"
What is your favorite dessert?  "ice cream"
What do you like to drink?  "lemonade and chocolate milk"

What books do you like to look at?  "my Doc McStuffins book you got me"
What is your favorite movie or show to watch?  "Daniel Tiger and Doc McStuffins"
What are some of your favorite songs?  "Jesus songs, Ariel, Tinkerbell"
What is your favorite store to go shopping in?  "at the toy place so I can look at toys"

What do you like to do with Sarah?  "play Barbies, ponies, color, and ride bikes with her"

What do you like to do with Silas?  "play cars, and play stuffed animals downstairs and have tea parties and cook dinner with our tea parties"

What toys do you like to play with the most?  "my Doc McStuffins toys and my piggy, stuffed animals, legos, and puzzles"
What do you like to do with Daddy?  "piggyback rides, horseback rides, and chomps, the blueberry game"  Do you mean Hi-Ho-Cherry-O?  "yep"
What do you like to do with Mommy?  "watch movies and go swimming with you"

I am scared of... "monsters and the dark."
I would like to take a trip to... "The water park and the park."
I feel sad when... "I get out of bed."
I get really excited about... "swimming, going to the park, and going to the zoo."
I am glad I am 5 because.... "it was my birthday party."

KSU vs. OSU ~ Our Anniversay Weekend (a month late)

My hottie and I headed to Manhattan on November 1st.  (First of all you should know that I heart my hottie with my whole heart and I always will, and second of all you should know there is a spot I love full well, Tis' not in forest nor yet in dell; Ever it holds me with magic spell, I think of thee, Alma Mater.  I heart you K-S-U! Loyal to thee, thy children will swell the cry.  Hail, hail, hail, Alma Mater.)

Anyway, our wedding anniversary was October the 4th, and on that day, and many days and months before that actually, I was VERY BUSY helping my BS Chick, pull off the biggest and best KANSAS BARN SALE ever.  

So, here we are almost a month later having or 11th wedding anniversary date weekend!

We heart the Kansas State University Wildcats!  We both attended and graduated from KSU and are what some might call crazy loyal KSU fans. That day they were playing the Oklahoma State University Cowboys.  My hottie scored us some FREE tickets to the game and I had a motel reserved under the name "Hendrickson ~ NEWLYWEDS".  (We also had a couple of the BEST people ever to watch our children ALL weekend while we were away.)  We dressed in purple and headed straight to Aggieville, (Manhattan, KS) for lunch and some game day atmosphere!

After lunch in the Ville we made a quick stop at our hotel, then on to visit with some friends before the game, and then it was GAME TIME!  It was a cold evening and kick off wasn't until 7:00 pm.  We dressed in layers and carried in a blanket.  Bill Snyder Family Stadium... and tailgating... the excitement and atmosphere just keeps getting better and better!

Our seats were pretty high up, which meant we had a really good view of the stadium and the game, but the cold wind was blowing right on us for the ENTIRE game.

Below is us at the beginning of the game....

The half-time KSU band performance was really good!  Look below.  That is the band playing patriotic music while lined up in the shape of the United States of America!

Below is us at half-time.  I was freezing!  My hottie let me use the entire blanket for the entire game.  He wrapped me into it like I was a burrito wrapped in a KSU fleece outer shell.  

It was a fun game to watch.  KSU won, beating OSU by a LOT!

The next morning we slept in and then hit Varsity Donuts for half a dozen delicious donuts to bring home and share with our kids.  We did try one out almost immediately though... the pumpkin spice donut.  It was super YUMMY!  I probably could have eaten at least four of them myself, but I did have the donut police with me, aka my "hottie", so splitting one with him had to be enough.  Darn you, donut police, foiled again.

Happy 11 years of marriage to my HOTTIE!  We ALWAYS have such good times together.  It has always been that way.  I love the man he is....true, honest, kind, giving, patient, loving, gentle, my protector, my hottie, MY MAN!

Tricks Or Treats

This year for Halloween Phoebe was an Emporia State University cheerleader.  Silas was a Kansas City Chiefs football player.  And, Sarah was a Kansas State University cheerleader.

Silas did not wear the helmet for long.  He wanted it off after wearing it for only about one minute while I tried to take a few pictures.  We could not talk him into wearing it again after that.

Ready for some trick-or-treating!

We trick-or-treated a few houses on our street then went to a trunk-or-treat at one of the local churches.  While walking down our street, Phoebe started to chase Silas and tickle him with her pom-poms.  This lead to running and finally both of them falling down in a pile of leaves on the street, and spilling their candy out of their buckets.  It seemed like a classic Charlie Brown happening that one might see go on between Lucy and Charlie Brown on a Halloween special. 

 (I may have laughed out loud when this happened.... It DID involve people falling down, and the candy spilling out of their buckets into the leaves was icing on the cake for more laughter from me.) ps - I love my kids.