Wagon Trail & Elementary Open House

Last week Josie had to make a wagon for her History class. They are studying the Oregon Trail this quarter. They've been keeping journals and writing in character as a member of a family traveling on the Oregon Trail. Their progress is being tracked on a map in the classroom. She's enjoyed it & was eager to tackle the wagon making project. I think she did a pretty good job! She had some assistance (I had official hot glue gun duty) but did a great job!









The above pics were taken LATE at night so they're not the best. The others below are the wagon on top of Josie's desk in her classroom.
 










They are also studying the layers of the Earth in Science.



It's safe to say that Josie adores her teacher. 
She IS wonderful and we'll be sad to see Josie's year with her come to an end.
 




Walking through the halls of the school the walls were covered with artwork and essays written by the students on why they love their school. 
 








As we were leaving we noticed that the moon was helping light the football field. One of those moments where you just can't ever accurately capture the beauty of the sky. It was amazing. 
 



XOXO
~S

Spring Break is next week...right?!

It's March and we are having the wackiest weather!
56 mph wind gusts, hail, rain (lots & lots of rain) and SNOW.
Not much of an accumulation but still...

I went to take the dogs out around 12:30 the other night and saw this! Slushy snow clinging to cherry blossom buds. Hard to capture while holding the leashes of two excited dogs and my precious camera while in slippers. But despite the blur I still like how they turned out. 









XOXO
~S

life.

Not a whole lot of "new" going on around here. Lots of same ol', same ol', which some days is just dandy. Dandy like salmon & salad. More like bombdiggity. Yeah- I said it.




Annoying yet satisfying- Costco throws up all over my kitchen the beginning of each month. I lack a pantry and so the top of the fridge and counters get stacked. And stacked.



Cute dishtowels...my weakness. I just bought a black & white chevron one at Target the other night= LOVE. IT.




Matt had a cousin over a couple weekends ago. When this happens the dining & living rooms turn into an electronics nightmare. Do you see all of those controllers?! Monitors get moved to the dining table. X-Box 360 being played, while they run YouTube tutorials for gaming & video editing tricks. Toss in junk food, mussed hair & dirty socks scattered on the floor and you have a pretty complete picture. I was happy to share it with you...(the dirty socks really did it, right?!).




Here are the OTHER boys. Smelly trouble. Do you see the lint hanging off that lip? He roots around after I empty the lint trap on the dryer and rubs his face all over any pieces he can find! Such a wackadoodle.




The old geezer of the crowd.
 


Just little bits & pieces of life around here. 

XOXO
~S