Thursday, February 4, 2010

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SNOW





AFTER RAINING ALL DAY YESTERDAY, IT STARTED SNOWING AGAIN LAST NIGHT! IT WAS A CALM NIGHT AND SO PRETTY TO WATCH THE SNOW FALLING STRAIGHT DOWN! THIS MORNING IT WAS STACKED SO NEATLY ON TOP OF EVERYTHING! EVEN THE FENCE PICKETS (WHICH ARE 1/2 IN THICK) HAD 3 INCHES OF SNOW SITTING ON TOP OF THEM. SCHOOL STARTED LATE TODAY, AND I WAS THE "BUS" DRIVER FOR OUR ROAD. I PICKED UP DAVID, MARTHA AND CONNER, AND WE MADE IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. SAGE IS HOME WITH ME TODAY BECAUSE PRE-K DOESN'T GO ON SHORT DAYS. SHE HAS SPENT THE DAY STEPPING OUT THE BACK DOOR TO EAT SNOW. SHE REMINDED LANCE AGAIN AT LUNCH THAT YOU CAN'T EAT YELLOW SNOW!

MORE SLEDDING




AFTER THE HILL SLEDDING WE HOOKED THE SLED ON TO THE FOUR WHEELER AND WENT OUT TO THE FIELD. SUPRISINGLY SAGE LOVED THIS! SHE VOLUNTEERED TO HOP ON FIRST! THEY DID SO GOOD HOLDING ON. LANCE NEVER DID GET UP ANY SPEED, BUT THEY WOULD USUALLY ROLL OFF WHEN HE WOULD TURN. IF YOU NOTICE IN THE PICTURE OF GUS, HE HELD ON SO LONG IT DRUG HIS BOOTS OFF!

SLEDDING

SUNDAY SNOW PLAY





SUNDAY WAS A LITTLE WARMER, SO WE GOT OUT TO TRY PLAYING IN THE SNOW AGAIN! I WENT TO BORGER AFTER CHURCH TO BUY GROCERIES AND A SLED. THERE WERE NO SLEDS IN BORGER! LANCE MADE ONE OUT AN OLD CREEPER, AND IT WORKED PERFECT. THE KIDS STARTED OUT SLEDDING DOWN A BIG PILE OF PUSHED UP SNOW. GUS LOVED IT, BUT EVERYTIME SAGE WOULD GET TO THE TOP SHE WOULD SAY "NO!" WHEN SHE GOT TO THE BOTTOM SHE WAS ALWAYS READY TO GO AGAIN!

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW.......




WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF SNOW. IT ALL STARTED LAST THURSDAY. WE STAYED INSIDE MOST OF THAT DAY BECAUSE THE SNOW WAS SO HEAVY. FRIDAY MORNING THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED TO GET OUT AND PLAY IN THE SNOW....BUT IT DIDN'T LAST LONG! IT WAS STILL COLD AND BLOWING, SO BEFORE LONG THEY WERE READY TO COME BACK IN FOR HOT CHOCOLATE! BEFORE THEY MADE IT IN, SAGE GOT STUCK IN THE SNOW AND LOST HER BOOTS. GUS WENT BACK OUT TO HELP HER, BUT FORGOT TO PUT HIS GLOVES BACK ON! HIS INTENTIONS WERE GOOD, BUT BY THE TIME THEY GOT BACK INSIDE, SAGE'S BOOTS AND GLOVES WERE STUCK IN THE SNOW, AND THEY WERE BOTH CRYING!

BASKETBALL DRILL PROGRAM


GUS PARTICIPATED IN THE HALFTIME SHOW LAST WEEK. THE ELEMENTRY PERFORMED THEIR BASKETBALL DRILL PROGRAM. HE DID GREAT!

Monday, February 1, 2010

SAGE'S DEFINITION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD

JANUARY WAS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. THE PRE-K CLASS DEFINED SCHOOL BOARD FOR MRS WILSON. THIS IS SAGE'S DEFINITION:

"THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES HAPPY THINGS FOR US. SHARING MAKES US HAPPY. WHEN WE GO ON FIELD TRIPS WE ARE VERY HAPPY. JOY IS HAPPINESS. PRINGLE-MORSE TEXAS MAKES US HAPPY."

SHE IS NOT ALWAYS THIS HAPPY, BUT IT IS NICE TO KNOW THAT SHE CAN BE!