Art and Racing

Tanner had one of his art pieces on display at an AISD arts building place thing recently. We went up to see it one afternoon after school.

After Connor talked about doing well in the Turkey Trot race at school, Tanner chimed in that he did well, too. But, he also mentioned how he asked his fast-running friend if he would let him win. The boy agreed! Tanner did end up winning the Turkey Trot race for first grade boys----but, because honesty and how we feel inside means more to us, we (I) talked to the P.E. teacher and we had to disqualify Tanner and his friend. So, while Tanner won't take home a stuffed animal turkey this year, he can have a good clean feeling and win the Turkey Trot fair and square as a 3rd grader. Honest Tan. He's a 1st place winner to me!

And there the stack sat...

....I was all prepared with my stack of stuff to take to church a couple of Sundays ago. I had my conducting sheet that I had already worked on getting it all filled out, and it was the Sunday the Young Women meet with the Relief Society sisters. And there they sat on the kitchen counter all during Church, in a nice, neat stack!

Just a couple things

Allison said, "Mrs. Talley pretty much does know how to do everything, right Mommy?"

To Quinn, "Did you know Mrs. Talley can touch the ceiling?"

The other day she was looking for the anti-bacterial something or other, and asked instead about the anti-depressants!

Connor Calendar Kid

Last year in art class, Connor drew the above pumpkins. I think he was pleasantly surprised when he was honored for it. We were invited to the AISD Administrative Building this fall and watched him get recognized for it. His artwork is featured in October (how cool is that since it's his birth month) in the 2008-2009 AISD calendar.

Along with the good, also comes the not-so-good....I found out today that he won 2nd place in the 4th grade boys Turkey Trot. And while I think that's so good, he thought he had placed 1st. My heart aches for him, as I know he'll be disappointed. But, we've been working on smiling and having a good attitude. He'll be fine....he's my little hero boy.

Tanner's Football Skating Party

Last night was Tanner's end-of-season football party held at the roller rink. Scott was a good sport (as usual) and took the kids while I went to a meeting. They had a good time. I don't think Quinn is in the video, but the others are.

Can we do yellow?

Just a handful of days (or so) ago, Allison and I were trying to decide which ribbon to put in her hair. She was wearing RED shorts and a white shirt that had pink and purple on it.....

"Can we do yellow? Since that's Mrs. Talley's favorite color?"

So, with not a stitch of yellow on her that morning (except for the bow), she went happily off to pre-school in Mrs. Talley's favorite color--sunshine!

Allison sending pictures

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Allison likes to send us little pages she's colored. On the outside of two of the envelopes, she wrote the letters above. It's so sweet....as you've probably figured out, they are the initials to our family members. She gave me little colored pages yesterday, too. Just before we got the middle boys (it reminds me of the middle billy goat gruff) from school, we rode our bikes to the library. It was a gorgeous afternoon to spend with my "buggie."