Paying Attention vs. Not Paying Attention...

Xan presented me with these pictures he drew today, at his teacher's request. I am hoping this does not mean he got in trouble.

In this drawing, he is paying attention:. He is listening to his teacher in class and raising his hand, Xan said Hopefully this is a daily occurrence... and, apparently he hovers in class.

In this drawing, Xan explained that this is me yelling at him to stop playing with the cat, and to get his shoes on/do his homework/unload the dishwasher/whatever he is supposed to be doing. I know this is a daily occurrence and apparently he does, too. At least he drew me thin.

Are you ready for some baseball???

We are! The boys had their Opening Day Saturday. I'm excited because, for the first time, and probably the last, they are on the same team! Plus, Rodney's head coach, so we're Ligers all the way! Here are some of the pictures I took Saturday:

Will pitched, Xan played first.

Xan makes a play at first:

The Ligers won 14-1 and both Will and Xan played great. They each had hits, got on base and scored for the team. We are very proud of them.

Xan's report card and recent writing sample...

While Xan still doesn't get real grades in 2nd grade, he is doing well above par. Here are the documents we got last week about his performance:

Obviously the child has not had to deal with the packing, moving and paperwork required when traveling "all around the world," which, for him, has included California, Florida and Japan. And we have actually moved every four years so far, but details, schmeetails.

Will is Student of the Month!

Will earned M.C. Perry Elementary School's 6th Grade Student of the Month in April for Fairness. He got a pizza lunch today, which his parents joined him for...

And then he brought home straight A's.... way to go, Will!

Monster Birthday Bash!

Will turns 12 and Xan turns 8 this month... and for the first time in years, we have hosted a big birthday party. We rented out the theater on base and the boys wanted a monster theme... so that's what we did... complete with spooky invitations. We even watched Monsters University!

The boys cut out vampire bats and taped on fishing line. Dad then hung them from the ceiling of the theater lobby.

We made (non-toxic) slime from borax, yellow highlighters, water and blue school glue. It glows under a blacklight.

The boys dressed as half-zombies... the homemade face paint was not good. It flaked off quickly.

In case you didn't know, zombies eat brains.

Will pulled a fast one...

Which Xan thought was funny...

Until he realized his brother blew his candle out, too.

There ended up being 23 kids, 25 counting the boys, and a handful of adults who stayed. About a third of the kids dressed up.

A photo of me just after I found out there was a cleaning fee I was not aware of. And our neighbors, the Betancourts. And a random dead dragon.

The boys made out like bandits, and this isn't showing the cash and gift cards they got...