Kaitlynn's New "Upcycled" Skirt

We love taking old clothes, and making something new! Kaitlynn had a pair of jeans with a big hole in the knee, so we made them into a skirt. We used the leg parts we cut off to fill in the gaps where the legs were cut open. The only thing we purchased was the trim, which we got at the dollar store. Total cost=$2!

Kindergarten Beach Day!

Every year, just before school is out, the kindergarten classes have their annual Beach Day. It is all set up on their playground, and is a lot of fun.

Under the big playground slide, they set up a pool, and put a hose at the top to make a water slide. Here's Kaitlynn getting ready to go down the slide. Behind her is Sergio, a boy in her class.

And here she is at the bottom!

After they've been playing awhile, there is plenty of wet sand to make moats, sandcastles, and ponds.

Kaitlynn and Katie Heitman (a friend from class)

The dolphin slide! (that's Brenna down in the corner) There is a line for this slide the whole time they are outside.

After they spent the morning "at the beach" they went inside for lunch and a movie ("Finding Nemo, of course).

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!

Kindergarten Hoedown

Kaitlynn's class and all the other kindergarten classes got together and did a program about the wild, wild west. One of the teachers wrote the whole thing. It was the cutest thing.

Here's Kaitlynn all dressed up and on stage.

Here's Kaitlynn at home all ready to go.

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!