End of the School Year

The last week and a half of school for Lucas was filled with lots of  fun activities.  He had his spring sing which featured about 20 songs the first graders had learned during the entire school year.  I was in charge of decorations so I was at the school every day, for a couple of hours each day, for a week getting ready and then tearing down.  It was worth it, as the kids put on a great show.   

Lucas also had his first field trip of the school year that I volunteered to chaperon.  We went to the farm and the gardens at Thanksgiving Point, which I had only been to the gardens in the past.  The farm was a lot of fun and there were a lot of baby animals to see.

Not that I doubted teachers abilities in the past, but this day really renewed my respect for them and all that they do.  At times I had trouble keeping track of the six kids I was responsible for, I can't imagine doing it 5 days a week for six hours for 22 kids!!  When we got back to the school at 2:00 I was so ready to release those kids into someone else's care. 

Mrs. Gonzalez, above left, is such a great teacher and I will miss helping out in her class.  Going into the school year we heard stories about what a mean teacher she was and so I thought about trying to get Lucas switched to a different class.  After meeting her I decided to leave things as they were and see how the school year went.  After a week or so of school, Lucas came home and said he was sure he had the mean teacher everyone had talked about and I asked him if she was mean to him and he said no.  I asked him why he thought she was mean and he said because a 2nd grader told him she was mean.  I  told him that I had met his teacher and she was really nice, so there was no way she was the "mean teacher".    Lucas ended up being the only boy in his class that never had to pull his card for getting in trouble and there were definitely "difficult" kids in the class that were treated differently because they were definitely difficult as I witnessed myself.  She ran a tight ship and it worked.  Lucas learned a lot this past year.  At the end of the school year Lucas and I are both sad to leave her class and know that there will be many more great teachers in his future, we just need to give each of them a chance.

Landon ended his first year of preschool with an exclamation mark.  He had a tantrum just as we were leaving the house and so I guess the fact that he sat in his chair in front of the parents was a plus.  Unfortunately that was all he did.  When it was his turn to get up to say and spell his name for everyone he did not move or say a thing.  Then when it came time to sing he did not move his lips but rather sat there looking out at the parents (ME) with a smirk on his face and his feet in the air.  Needless to say we did not celebrate at the end of his program and went straight home.

On Lucas's last day of school he had his outdoor dance festival.  Landon and I went and watched and again I was amazed at what his teacher was able to get him to do that I am not.  He danced with those girls like there was no tomorrow.  :)

Warm Weather

Landon and I were joined on our first hike of the season, last month, by our friends Becky, Gabriel, and JoJo.  I was so proud of how well the three little kids did.  We hiked the Bell Canyon Trail to the lake where we then had a picnic.

One night while laying in bed I heard Landon get out of his bed and kept waiting for him to come into my room.  After about five minutes I got up to go see if he was back in his bed and just happened to see his little feet sticking out at the end of my bed.  He had snuck into my room, crawled under the bed and fell asleep!  Silly boy, sadly I remember being a year or so older and sneaking into my moms room and sleeping under her bed.   

Lucas on the other hand would not have attempted this without bringing Mommy White Dog, Slush, Sealy and Wolfy along.

The boys enjoyed our first Bees Baseball game of the season.  However they were a little too wild and had a hard time listening to mom and dad so we were forced to leave the game a bit earlier then planned.

The nice weather has allowed for the McCormack family to have a "pool day" in the back yard just about every Sunday.  We usually cap off the day with water guns (for mom and dad) and water balloons (for Lucas and Landon).  The boys have still not caught on that they end up a lot wetter than us.

We were able to spend just about a week with Cousin Maddy and Aunt Cathy.  When we first walked in to Grandma Judy's house Landon and Maddy seemed to pick up where they left off last time they were together.  They disappeared to go play and we seldom heard from them as they played together non-stop.  Landon had two sleep overs with Maddy during their visit and even that did not seem to be enough.  Each day Maddy would go around asking any adult she could find if Landon could have a sleep over.  She is such a doll and Landon had such a great time with her. 

Indoor Hoops

Spring has Sprung

Wow so much has happened all within the last month and I'm not sure where the time went.

Landon played t-ball for 3 weeks and loved being on the Red Dragons team.  He was much more aggressive than last year and was usually one of the first out fielders to reach the ball.  At times all the kids would run after the ball and end up in one big heap but towards the end of the season they were getting better about not tackling each other for the ball.  Landon has been practicing at home without using his t and seems to be getting better about watching the ball. 

Landon also ended his gymnastics course he was in and I don't think he was too sad about that.  A couple of times he said he did not want to go because it was boring.  He seemed to be a bit older than some of the kids in his group and more advanced so maybe we will try again in a year or two when they teach more than just summer-saults.

Back in April Landon had surgery to get his tonsils and adenoids taken out.  He did really well before going into surgery, playing video games up until the point where they wheeled him back to surgery in the wagon.  After surgery I was allowed to go and see him and was surprised to see him sitting up in his bed in the recovery room.   After getting some pain medicine and finishing his root beer slushlie we were released to take him home.  The first week was really rough on him and he was in a lot of pain.  We had to religiously administer his medicine every 5-6 hours including through the night.  I felt so sorry for him but he was so brave. 

He enjoyed lots of pop-sysicles, ice cream, slushies, mac n' cheese, pudding and mashed potatoes.  Luckily after the first week or so he was much better and no longer required medicine.

We finally made a trip downtown to the new City Creek Shopping Center/Mall and Landon loved running around playing in the fountains and making lots of penny wishes.  We also met up with the Armstrong girls for lunch before then heading to pick up my race packet for the Salt Lake Bike Tour that I participated in with Sarah again.

The boys don't look like they are having fun in this ride but they were.  They enjoyed the day at Jungle Jims and screamed for joy on the roller coaster.

Yummy!!  IN-N-OUT BURGER   (Plus you can sort of tell that this was taken in Steve's car.  We had the truck in the shop getting new breaks overnight and so all four of us had to pile into daddy's car to go to t-ball and dinner.)

Landon had his 2nd field trip with his Wonder Kids Preschool classmates a couple of weeks ago.  We all met up south of town at Cabella's.  I was surprised, as I did not know there was so much to see but we had a tour guide and everything.  Landon seemed to have fun even though looking at the stuffed animals is not as neat as watching live animals. 

Easter 2012