First day of School 2010

I love the first day of school...I miss the kids being smaller though, Jesse won't even participate in the pictures anymore! :-( The girls in 5th and 3rd this year, and Jesse in 11th. They grow so fast!!! It was a rainy start to the school year, but its a love/hate relationship with school anyway so its fitting!!

Crazy Hair Day

Besides the fact that my girls hate having thier hair done...well I hate doing it! Ever since they were small they would just scream and grab their heads when they see you coming at them with a comb or brush. Trying to comb hair with hands in the way is kind of tough, so needless to say we don't "do" hair very often. For crazy hair day this is what Abbie wanted. The ponies all over her head turned out cuter than crazier...and so did Cierra's.

Cierra decided she wanted a mohawk, I wasn't sure how to do that so I ponytailed her hair in chunks and then we ratted it up. Her hair was ratted and sprayed and by the time she got home it looked combed. Did the 80's do nothing for me? I can't even rat hair and get it to stay up all day! Matbe we should have put colors on it, or maybe they are just so cute, nothing I can do will make them look crazy!!! ;-)

Cierra's Video

Ok I think I've finally got it!!! Arggg!!! I didn't think it was going to be that hard to upload a stinkin video. Blogger was not cooperating so I did it on youtube, I thought I had it and then I didn't so now I do...here goes!!! Enjoy!!!

The Democratic Process

Yesterday was the Supplemental Levy vote for School District 93 and to increase voting at each of the polling areas (which just happen to be schools) they had activities in most classrooms. I have mixed feelings as to whether I think this bond should have passed, (probably a post all by itself, but I don't want to alienate myself!) but nonetheless it did. Abbie's class didn't do anything for it, but Cierra's class did. They held a cute little readers theater. Mrs. Jensen is a wonderful teacher and I totally adore her, and she did a great job helping them, and the kids did a pretty great job themselves. Of course its human nature to brag about our kids and the things they do, but blogging makes it so easy I couldn't help myself from posting Cierra's Reader Story! Cierra was so nervous to get up in front of all the parents that she developed herself a nice little tummy ache that went away right after she got done! I hope she's not like that her whole life, I should know, its horrible!!!

And by the way do you like Cierra's new do??? My Cierra HATES!!!!! having her hair combed, in the mornings she tells me that it doesn't matter if she combs her hair because if she just leaves it it combs itself because it hangs!! Imagine that self combing hair!! Needless to say combing isn't quite the drama with short hair. But I think she's a keeper!!

Not a bad turnout of parents either! This is just half of the room the other half had just as many!

Abbie's Christmas Show at School!

I love the new music teacher at Abbie's school I think he's awesome, his name is Mr. Simon. He was just married this year and his new wife helped out by playing the piano and she even sung us a song. This year their christmas performance was outstanding. All the kids were asked to wear a white shirt and black (or dark) pants. This kids were all very animated and looked like they were really enjoying themselves. One thing I hate about my camera is that in low light the pictures are absoultely horrible! They are dark and most of the time very blurry. I don't know if I need an SLR to fix it, take my tripod with me, or what cuz the lighting in the school gym gives me horrible pictures every time.