Water Wars Returns!

The first water war of the summer took place after swimming last Saturday morning!

"You can run, but you can't hide!!"

Ooops, T man found himself caught in the middle...

"I'm faster than y'all!!" Wahaha!!!!

Thomas is about to get wet!! =)

Belle is about to get even wetter!! Hee Hee!!

Thomas acting like he doesn't feel his sister doucing him with water!!

Daddy thought Shelby needed a shower!!

Then the tables turned and both kiddos attacked Daddy...this was followed by...

THE DADDY'S REVENGE BUCKET!!  Then I couldn't help but notice Thomas's water gun had a little spurt of water coming out about to hit James. I guess this was his sister protection duty of the day.

I'm sure Round Two will be coming up later in the month!!

5th Grade Graduation!!

Last Wednesday on June 2, 2011, our baby girl, graduated from the 5th grade and completed her last year of Elementary school.  Here's some of my best pics from our special day:

Wednesday morning before we went to school, James took a few pics of her!!

Such a beauty.  Her nickname "Belle" is very appropriate since Belle means beauty. =)  She was so excited last Wednesday and a tad nervous.  Here at our school, the kids get very dressed up for 5th grade party and the ceremony.  It is a major deal around here.

Daddy and Belle!! Being on PTO has it's perks because I have access to everything which allows me to take lots of pictures at school that other parents don't get a chance to.  James didn't even see the party portion.  He was able to come at 1:30pm and see the Graduation though. =)

Shelby and her friend Gabby when they first came into the cafeteria waiting to eat their special lunch. On this day, the 5th graders get to vote on everything they eat.

Shelby eating lunch with two of her best friends, Melissa and Alexa.  Melissa lives on our street and they will go to the same Jr. High. Alexa is the daughter of our favorite 4th grade teacher Mrs. Anastos and she will have to attend a different Jr. High.

Shelby and Melissa with their teacher, Kim Pavlock! Couldn't have asked for a better 5th grade teacher!!

I love this one of just the two of them!!!!

Our other photo booth was a Love Bug.  Our theme this year was Give Peace a Chance!  It all turned out very pretty and the kids loved it.  In the picture L to R...Gabby, Melissa, Shelby, and Alexa!

Shelby and Melissa again!! These two will probably be inseparable at least through high school.

One of my PTO friends took this one of me and Belle. =)

5th graders doing line dances to some music along with their teachers!

During the ceremony...Shelby had just received her 5th grade promotion certificate!

After the ceremony, Shelby and Melissa with their flowers and graduation balloons.  So cute!!

A picture with Gabby too...

Here's a shot of Shelby's major awards this year...Promotion to 6th grade, Art Award, Honor Roll - Shelby did not have a single B on her report card all year!, Safety Patrol and Flags, and Citzenship Award!!  Woo Hoo!!!!  We are so very proud.  She couldn't have dreamed of ending her 5th grade year on a better note!! Way to go BELLE!!! We love you!!! 6th grade is going to be a BIG but hopefully exciting change for all of us - please keep it in prayer.

And I couldn't leave the T-man out...he had a super AWESOME 4th grade year as well.  These are his major awards...Perfect Attendance for last 9 weeks, All E's in Conduct, Honor Roll - he only made 3 B's the whole year but his Final Averages for the year were Straight A's, he won the PASS portion of the Punt, Pass and Kick contest in P.E. by throwing the ball 47' 7", he also made it on the record board of the top 10 fastest boys for the 2nd year in a row.  Thomas is listed as #8 on the sheet but he's actually tied for 7th place, and then the blue certificate at the top left is his S.T.A.R. Award for the 2nd year in a row. This Award is for the Physical Education Student of the Year Award.

We are so very proud of Thomas too and next year, he will be the Top Dog at school - a big 5th grader!!! Way to go T.J.!!! We love you and know you'll do great in 5th grade! =)

History Alive - Famous Texans

A couple of pics from Thomas's 4th grade project called History Alive: Famous Texans. Thomas was Davy Crockett and he did a SUPER job, got an A+!!!!!

His poster...

His costume, complete with a long toy rifle, a coon cap, and my fringe jacket!!
Cutest Davy Crockett I've ever seen!!!!!

Way to go T!!!!

Science Fair Results

"Choose a Chew" won 3rd place in the Science Fair!!

Fancy 3rd place ribbon...

We are so proud of T.J. - he worked hard and from what we've been told he did a great job on his interview and presentation before the judges. Woo Hoo!!!

And kudos to Belle for a great job on her project.  She was a Top 10 Finalist in 5th grade!!

So proud of our babies!!

Golf Outing during Spring Break!

Finally, getting to post a few pics from a golf outing with PawPaw!

It was really windy this day...they have a blast going to the golf course!!

T shaking PawPaw's hand...=)

Belle in the cart...they each got to drive a cart that day which is BY FAR Thomas's favorite thing to do at the course!! HA!

A great pic of the three of them!!

Until next time...

The Ball-Shagger

It's what all the brothers do at the softball games!! =)

Science Projects 2011

Well, here's a peek at the finished Science Projects this year!  They were turned in on Friday.
Belle did hers on toothpaste.  It was about using 6 top whitening toothpastes on eggs soaked in grape juice, tea and coffee, then each set of eggs were brushed for one minute with the toothpastes to see which toothpaste whitened the best!!  

She did a great job, as usual.

Where's Waldo...I mean Thomas??  =)
He designed his board all on his own...Choose a Chew!

T's projects involved getting 8 packs of leading brands of gum, different flavors and prices.  We all had to chew each gum and our objective was to figure out which one had the longest lasting flavor.

This was Thomas' first year to do a solo project and he also did a super job!!

He thought chewing lots of gum was a fun project. =)

Judging on the projects takes place Monday.  Stay tuned for the impending results (Belle is going to be really mad if she doesn't win!!) =)

Field Day 2011

My babies on Field Day morning!

The whole school getting ready to start!

Shelby and her buddy Melissa doing a beach ball relay

Having a popcicle treat...the weather was gorgeous Friday.  It's kind of sad that this was Belle's last Field Day ever!!  :(

I didn't get hardly any of T-man because I was all over the place doing my PTO duties but I was able to snag this one of him running in an obstacle course.  Kind of weird - they don't give out 1st-3rd place ribbons anymore like when I was growing up.  They give each kid one ribbon for participating and that's it. 

The kids had a blast though and that's all that matters!! 

Class Pictures 10-11

Thomas's 4th grade class

Shelby's 5th grade class...

Click to enlarge!

A good looking group of kiddos with two fabulous teachers!!

Just 7 weeks left of school...

LEGO Battles

The other day, Thomas set up one of his LEGO battles on my coffee table.  James and I started really looking at it and couldn't help but chuckle...how he places things...HA!

This was the Jedi/good side...

We especially loved the dudes using one of the TV remotes as their protection!

This was the Bad guy side...

The bad guy side even had this deranged looking policeman that's not even part of a Star Wars set...

Love the droid looking around the picture frame to shoot!!

There was also one of the characters from the Iron Man movies to help out the bad guys!!

Love my son's creative imagination!! =)