End of January 2017

Emmalyn caught trying to put on some lip gloss.  some of it made it to her lips.  :)

Snuggles with my kiddos

We went to see this play as part of our season tickets to the winspear opera house.  We totally had spaced that we had a play that night and so about 30 minutes before the show started Peter got a reminder on his phone and we dropped everything and left (it's 45 minutes away).  This play was INTENSE.  On one side, it probably would have been helpful to not miss the first part of the show because we might have understood better what was going on.  But on the other hand, I was grateful we missed some of it because it was totally enjoyable and like I said was a very intense play.

How I really felt about the show

Each day Maxwell comes home with a folder from school and if he has an behavioral issues, his teacher will sign his folder and write down what the issue was.  Well, kudos to him - - he went all the way until the second week in January before he got his folder signed.  That's a pretty good kid. (It ended up being the only time he got his folder signed all year.)

Karaoke fun after showers

I had my leadership team in for a meeting and one of them was sick so they all wore these masks as a joke.  

Maxwell being a chef and putting some granola and fruit on his yogurt.

Joe's brother came to town for a few days and the kids LOVED having him here.

Reading with daddy

Maxwell was chosen by his teacher to be a Star Student.  He was recognized in the school assembly called "Norris Now" and I was able to go and see him. The star students ares in specific award categories that are chosen based on the school's character traits that are learned about in Character Lab (the specials teachers run this and the students go every 8 days or so).  Maxwell's teacher said that she chose Maxwell for "Curiosity" because he often asks really interesting questions about things and is eager to learn more.  Maxwell was really excited when he saw both Peter and I in the audience.

Maxwell is the front row - second from the right.  

We went out for pizza to celebrate

Maxwell came home with his second report card.  They don't say much other than he is at the expected level for everything.  (They don't tell you if they are ABOVE that level.)

A funny thing about Maxwell - sometimes he will talk in a southern accent... could be just a couple words or could be a sentence.  Whenever he does it, Peter and I just look at each other and smile.  The kid lives in Texas, it's bound to happen a little bit!

Love that profile

Love the warm days we get in the winter where we can go to the park without jackets!

Maxwell and daddy going for a run

Maxwell making a poster to take to school to celebrate 100 days of Kindergarten.  He put 100 pieces of washi tape on the poster.

Playing Doctor

Maxwell performs on stage!

Maxwell had a performance at school where his class sang two songs.  It wasn't a big thing and the parents only watched their kids perform and then we were rushing out of the gym.  I was glad it was something though.  I guess Montessori (or maybe it's just this one) doesn't do the big programs like I've seen from the kids in other preschools in the area.

Maxwell in front of his "star student" poster which was posted in the hall outside his classroom.  He was very proud.

For their program they were supposed to dress up "like where they were from".  Well, he's American and he's a Texan.  (That is super weird for me - to think that both my kids were born in Texas and are Texans!)  We borrowed the cowboy hat from Landen so it was a little big.  We tried Landen's boots but those were WAY too big.

His class did two songs - One was "Leaving on a jet plane" and the other was "It's a small world".  I was so proud of him for getting up on stage...after he refused to go on stage during our cruise I was a little worried but this was different because his class prepared for a long time and this was not the big huge stage on the ship.

Video - Maxwell's program

I want to remember these cute kids' names...

Back row from L to R:

Emma, Alex, Liam, Nora, Connor

Middle Row:

Jacek, Malia, Joshua V, Joshua K, Preston

Front Row:

Maxwell, Trent, Ida, Ryan, Opal, Harper, Noya

After the program we went out for frozen yogurt - not a typical celebration type thing we do.  I really don't want to have a habit of "celebrating" always with unhealthy food but man, what other option is there that's cheap and quick?  Anyone have ideas?  

3 of the 4 of us looking, that's a win

Ha!  Emmalyn trying to get more and Maxwell looking adoringly (?) at his dad