Patriot's Day

Zaharis has a school assembly each year on Patriot's Day. This year, both James and Dylan were able to participate in the flag ceremony. Since James was the oldest scout participating, he got to call it, and Dylan was part of the Color Guard.


And one of James singing in the choir. It's a bit over exposed, but the sun was coming up over the building, and I couldn't even see what I was taking!

Egg Drop

Dylan's 3rd grade class had an egg drop challenge this week. They had to make a container to protect an egg after being dropped off the roof of the school. Dylan made his out of a Dorito's can, and 4 doughnuts (2 beneath the egg, and 2 above). Then dad helped him duct tape the can shut.

Here's Dylan trying to get the can open to check on his egg...

Don't know yet....

It Lives!

Dylan with his egg and container, with his proud daddy behind...

Cameron and Dylan's Birthday Party

We celebrated Cameron's first birthday and Dylan's ninth birthday together since their birthdays are only 11 days apart. Unfortunately, Cameron wasn't feeling very well, so he didn't enjoy his cake and presents like he should have.

The other kids braved the swimming pool, and had a blast. Dylan got to try out his present from Aunt Chris and Uncle Kenny, an underwater skateboard!

Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds

Kaitlynn and Dylan's elementary school received an award today called "Healthy Bodies/Healthy Minds". It was given for all the work the school is doing to help the kids be active as well as learn. It was a great morning.

This is the banner they received. It will go in the gym for all to enjoy.

Here is the school's namesake, James Kendall Zaharis. I wasn't able to get a good picture of him, but I took what I could.

The 1-3 choir performed 2 of he songs from their concert.

Kaitlynn is waiting with her class for the assembly to begin.

PTO decorated the courtyard for the event with cutouts, balloons, and some writing on the windows!

Dylan's Choir Concert

Dylan had his first choir concert last night. The theme was "Food". They sang 6 different songs, all of them about different kinds of food. They did really well considering it was a choir of 1st - 3rd graders.

The Program:

Dylan before the concert in his "food" shirt":

Right before the concert began ( that's a bowl of spaghetti and meatballs in the upper left):

A few of the stage decorations:

And here is the last song, Chocolate. Dylan has the 2nd speaking part.

Happy Easter!

It's Easter morning, and I wanted to be able to share our fun with everyone, so I finally decided to bite the bullet and start a blog. Boy was the Easter Bunny good to the kids this year!



Kaitlynn, James, and Cameron checking out what the Easter Bunny brought.

Doesn't Ashley look excited? (Teenagers....)

Dylan is Checking out his new Magic The Gathering cards.

Ashley and Cameron's baskets before anyone could disturb them.

More Easter baskets as the bunny left them.

Isn't Cameron's dinosaur basket cute? I found it last year after Easter (on clearance, of course) and had to get it to save for him. It even "roars" when you press the button on it's foot!