Heath Finishes Primary School!

Heath helped lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

Getting his certificate from Mrs. Comeau.

Singing the dreaded song.....yes Mom cried the entire time!

Clap Out....getting a hug from Mrs. Shirey his favorite counselor!

Mrs. Comeau....the best 2nd grade teacher ever!!

He finished 2nd grade last week. He had the best teacher and she pushed him to learn new things and think for himself. He was challenged daily by the kids in his class as well as Mrs. Comeau. He will "graduate" to the Elementary school next year and so this was a bittersweet last day of school. He loved attending Lake Joy Primary and loved the teachers he had the privilege of seeing everyday. They had a very long awards assembly on the last day of school as well as what they called a "Clap Out." The Clap Out was where all the teachers and children in the school lined the halls and the 2nd graders walked the halls of the school getting cheers, claps, and high fives from the children and staff. Look at Lake Joy Elementary.....Heath is on his way!

RA Camporee

Heath and Bobby went on a two-night camp out with the RA's to Camp Kaleo. They stayed in tents, sat by the campfires, ate smores, and did boy stuff. They had competitions in BB guns, canoes, fire-building, archery, and many other things. Heath had so much fun and they both came home tired and very dirty!!!

Soccer!!!

Soccer is in full swing and the boys are having a ball!! Eli really understands this year and loves games....practice he is not to fond of but he loves a real game! I found out from the coaches wife that he was actually ranked the highest player on the team. (They do evaluations before the season to make sure the teams are as even as possible so that one team doesn't get all the good players.) I was shocked to find that out but was very proud of him at the same time. Heath is full force as always and his coach is trying to teach him to control himself so that he can control the ball. This will be a good lesson for him to learn because when they have the opening kick-off he goes as hard and fast as he can and sometimes misses good opportunities because he is trying so hard. So if it is Saturday morning or Monday evening you will find us at the soccer fields!!!

Heath's Art

Heath's Art Project was chosen to be displayed at the mall for Youth Arts Month. Heath seems to love everything about school but when you ask him what his favorite thing at school is 9 times out of 10 he tells you Art. I was so happy for him that his work was chosen. There are 600 students at his school and there were 30 children's pieces chosen to display so I was so proud of him!

Random Pictures February 2010

Heath out in the backyard!
Chloe and Caroline Valentine's Day!

Front of our house the day after the snow in GA.

Ashes in the snow. He hates rain but loved the snow!

Eli eating breakfast. Isn't he cute!!

Derby Car Race 2010

All of the kids watching the races.
Heath watching his car race.

Heath's car is on the left.

Eli watching his race.

Eli getting his ribbon.

Heath's RA group had Derby Car races recently. They spent several weeks getting them built and painted and then they had the races. Heath was very disappointed because he didn't win. He had several races and won a few but didn't place. After his age group was over they said they were going to race the pre-k/kdg age group. This group is siblings of other RA boys but I didn't let Eli make his own car because I wanted this to be something special for Heath. While we were standing there watching the races Bobby asked Heath is Eli could use his car and race. Surprisingly, Heath said yes and off Eli went to race. He actually did really well and I think came in about 4th but they gave all the participants a ribbon just for participating. Heath was really cheering Eli on because he knew that if Eli did good it was because he was racing his car!!

Christmas Parties

Just some pics of the boys at their school Christmas parties. Eli had a ball making a Christmas tree from an ice cream cone (he ate icing by the spoon fulls!). Heath made a gingerbread house and did a great job! I forgot my camera at the girls. I am going to get some pics from their teacher and edit this post then!

Christmas Parade 2009

Heath is in the front with the yellow shirt on!

Waving to Santa!

Daddy forgot his coat....thank heaven for thermal underwear!

Waiting on the parade to get to us.

The Christmas Parade was really cold! You can see by the pics we are all bundled up trying to keep warm. Heath had a much different perspective of the parade this year because he rode on the float with the RA's from church. He was so excited to get to ride in the parade...he didn't even care that is was freezing cold! It was sort of weird not having him there with us watching the parade.....I guess this will start to be the norm......one of the kids will be involved in something so that we can't always experience everything together.

50's Day/Football Day

The kids both had special dress up days on the same day. First the boys had 50's day to celebrate the 50th day of school. The dressed in their best 50's attire and learned a little of what it was like in the 50's. They listened to 50's music, ate french fries, had coke floats, had a visit from Zero the Hero, and hula-hooped. They really had a good time and looked cute too! The girls were having Football Day at school. They had been studying the letter Ff and so they all had to dress up in their favorite football team. It was very hard for me to let both of the girls go in Georgia Bulldog attire but it was late notice and too hard to get something OU for them. They know Boomer Sooner when they hear it and even tell people we know that are Sooner fans, "Boomer" on a regular basis.

Rocket Launch 2009

The RA's at church have been working on building rockets the past couple of weeks.  Heath has been so excited to finally get to launch them.  We had a picnic after church on Sunday and then they were off to launch rockets.  They launched 63 rockets!  Each child had the chance to launch theirs twice if they wanted.  At first Heath didn't want to because he didn't want his rocket to blow up where Bobby couldn't see it but after watching others do it twice he changed his mind.  He put his rocket up on the launch pad for the second time and then yelled, "Eli come here.  I'm going to let you launch it."  I was completely amazed at the fact that he was letting Eli launch it after he was so worried about it getting messed up.  I was also very proud of him for letting his brother have some fun.  Eli was enjoying watching but he was really wanting to get out there and do it himself.  I don't have any pics of Eli because he launched it so fast when he got up there that I missed it.  On the video of Heath's launch you can here Eli say, "Blast-off!"

Big Boy Weekend

I had a weekend planned just for the boys but the weather didn't cooperate.  I think they had fun anyways.  On Saturday, after Heath's football game, we went to Atlanta with the intentions of going to Six Flags.  They were having Air Force Day and I thought the boys would like to go and ride some of the rides.  We left home and the weather was great but the closer we got to Atlanta the darker it got and when we got on the outskirts of Atlanta it started raining.  I had anticipated the rain and had a "plan b" in my back pocket just in case.  I explained to the boys that with the weather the way it was we wouldn't have any fun at Six Flags and would be soaking wet so we were going to go the Children's Museum.  At first they weren't thrilled but when we got inside they loved every minute of it.  On the Museum website it says most people stay around 2 hours well, we were there 3 and they would have stayed longer if it wasn't closing!  On the way home, after sitting in classic Atlanta traffic for 2 hours, Heath said, "Thanks Mom for plan b, it was fun!"

Football 2009

Football started this weekend!  Heath was very excited and couldn't wait to get there!  He had several long runs and played very well.  He got a grey star for best offense.  

Royal Ambassador

Heath is so excited to be apart of RA's at our church.  He went for the first time two weeks ago and was told to memorize the pledge so that he could receive his vest and RA patch.  Of course, in typical Heath fashion he was determined to do it by the next Wednesday night.  We set out learning on stanza per day until he had it all memorized.  God was helping Heath out without Heath even realizing it because the day he was to say the pledge at church a new boy enrolled in his class at school.  When I picked Heath up I told him we needed to practice his pledge before church and he said," Don't worry Mom I have been practicing it all day.  The new boy in our class had on his RA t-shirt and I have been reading it off his back all day!"  So I had him recite it and sure enough he had it totally memorized!  He was so excited when he came down to my classroom to go home because not only did he get his vest but they also gave him a RA backpack to bring his stuff to church in.

First Day of School 2009

The first day of school has arrived!  In a way I was glad because we get back on a more predictable schedule but in another way I was sad.  I have enjoyed spending more time with the boys this summer and I have loved them sleeping later in the morning!  But with all of that said the first day of school has arrived!  

The first day of school!

Mrs. Comeau Heath's 2nd Grade Teacher

Mrs. Kiefer Eli's Kindergarten Teacher

 I can't believe that Heath is old enough to be in 2nd Grade.  It was so great to see him happy to see his teachers from last year.  This is the first time he is going back to a school that he has attended before.  He didn't seem nervous at all and he even told me "Mom I know where everything is at this year!".   Even though I can't believe Heath is old enough to be in the second grade it blows me away that Eli is starting Kindergarten.  I was the crying mom this morning because I know that this is going to be a huge adjustment for him.  He is not used to going to school all day and I am not used to him being gone all day.  He will do great and I know they both are going to have a great day!