Fairwell to Howard-Wilson Elementary School

I haven't blogged for awhile, I guess....it's already the middle of June. We finished out the school year at Howard-Wilson Elementary and won't ever be going back. The school has closed its door as a school for good. Kevin had the most amazing music program for his kiddos ever! It was great! And very emotional, as that was the last ever one there. The program was May 20th and I was so proud of Kevin. What a great show he put together! I was really proud of my Howard-Wilson daycare kiddos that performed, as well. We had a really good year together and I will miss those kids that I won't see next year. But the show must go on.....just at a different building. Kevin was chosen to be the music teacher for our district's brand new school they're building and I was chosen to be the director of the afterschool daycare at the new school. Looking forward to seeing what the new building and new school will be like! Here's some pictures of the last music program ever at Howard-Wilson Elementary.

Kindergarten/1st Grades:


2nd Graders:





The audience out on the blacktop:


3rd/4th Graders:

WeeWee for Wii

LOL!! This is Jack's reward for going on his potty. He gets some time to play on the Wii. Which of course he LOVES! It seems to be working pretty well. He also gets to pick out a sticker and put it on a chart that I've made up! The other day he got 6 stickers in one day! He has been consistently going now for 2 days in a row and today he even told me he needed to go! This is awesome!!!

Jack's New Favorite....

The Olympics!! Jack loves the Olympic fanfare and the music of the games. He has recently started trying to sing the tune of the fanfare and he wants to hear the song over and over.

This is Jack singing along with the music:

Valentine's Day!

We didn't do much for our Valentine's Day, but I fixed Jack some pink pancakes for breakfast, we all ate some chocolate, went to a great church service, then Kevin and I watched a movie. It was a nice day.

Here's the pink pancakes:


Jack loves pancakes, even pink ones!


Then he found his valentine from Mommy!

Jack and his friend, Madeline

We got to babysit for our friend's daughter, Madeline a few times earlier this month and Jack was so excited because he just loves Maddie. They played and played!





They were playing a game of tag full of laughter!

Christmas with Paulette and Mike!

Paulette and Mike came up this weekend and brought some more Christmas with them! It was fun! Jack got to open more presents and had a good time hanging out! Kevin got some new adult footed pajamas which I thought was hilarious and he loves them. Jack also got the nicest coat from his Uncle Casey and Aunt Kati. It is so nice and we're so thankful for all the wonderful gifts from our family. Mike treated us to lunch at Arthur Bryant's Barbeque in down town KC on Saturday. He saw it on the Food Network and wanted to try it out. The one in down town KC is the original and is not the best sit-down atmosphere, but the food is so yummy! It was very nice of him to treat us to that. It was also the coldest morning yet....-2 degrees out!! Yikes! It was so cold just going from the car to the restaurant! Here's some pictures of this weekend:

Opening presents:



Mike was telling us about his last box of chocolates that "disappeared" before he got any!


Kevin's favorite gift of Christmas (notice his big smile!):


Jack playing with his new remote control big truck:


Grandma Paulie and Jack after we ate(Jack's wearing his new coat!):

OU Sooners

Unfortunately, for me, the OU Sooners are very known in our household thanks to Kevin and just thought I'd say that this year, if they lose their bowl game today....it's not my fault! Haha! They're losing right now to Stanford in the Sun Bowl. Last year, well, this WHOLE past year, Kevin blamed me for the Sooners losing the National Title game after I turned off the lights to the OU Christmas tree we have before the game ended. This year he told me I can't turn the lights off....heck...I even turned the lights on for him and his team is still losing right now! So if they lose this game....I'm documenting that it's not my fault!