It's Raining, It's Pouring . . .

It Flooded!

After months and months of no rain, we definitely made up for it, we got over 11 inches (so far)this weekend. Brian ran out and poured out the rain gauge at 8:30 this morning and by 9:30 it had already reached 5 inches again - - - FIVE INCHES IN ONE HOUR!!!

We were supposed to be in town at 10:00 for the school festival, but did make it there until about 12:00, all of roads around our house were covered with water, one was even under water.
Of course we had to venture out to check it all out - walking of course.

(so much water - Spongebob was loving it) :)

the roadway by the corner by our house - good thing we're up on a hill

view of the creek just down the road from our house

Brian & the boys helping our neighbor fix the game-proof fence so the exotic deer wouldn't get out. The water and debris just pushed the fence over.

School is Cool . . . sometimes

Noah came home yesterday with an assignment to make a poster and write a campaign paragraph to run for class president. It's an assignment the whole class has to do, then they will all cast their votes. Even though he says he doesn't want to win, he's excited about doing this assignment - it's not due until next week, but he already finished the poster, and part of the way through the paragraph. He probably would have finished but we make him stop to study for one of the four tests he has this week. This excitement coming from a 10 year old boy who hardly every shows excitement toward school, unless it involves sports or his buddies; a boy who forgets his book in school because the test is still two days away. But I'm glad to see he's excited about it. Oh, and his brother is would make a great campaign manager - he's been copying Noah's poster and posting them around the house.
On to the not so cool part, no, I'm not talking about actually going, or having to study, or taking tests, I'm talking about getting in trouble. This same boy who doesn't want to be class president because he might have to talk in front of people got in trouble yesterday for doing just that - talking.
Back to the Cool (I wanted to end on a good note) - Kade is Student of the Week!!! He remembered to tell me on Saturday that the spotlight was on him this week. We went through photo albums and found pictures of him to be posted in the classroom. He also had to answer questions about himself, like his birthday, where he was born, his favorite animal, his wish, etc. And on Friday we will send treats for the class to enjoy at snack time.
Way to go guys, we are always so proud of us!!!

Noah's Soccer

Noah had his first game this evening.

He and his team did very well.
The game ended in a tie.

Kinder funnies

In order for me to remember all these little funnies that my baby says and does, I decided to post about them.

A couple of weeks ago, he told me that he and a couple of the girls at his table had their hands under the table and would knock on it and then tell Sister Ann that someone was at the door. She actually checked a couple of times, then caught on to the stinkers and asked them to cut it out.
This week he was telling me that they have to sit quietly at their tables with their arms crossed, and then sister called on them (I'm not quite sure the reason he was tell me, maybe to get a sticker for being quiet or something. . . ). I asked what happened, and he said "I told her 'Sister, I'm sitting here with my arms crossed and quiet and you didn't call on me". All she said was she didn't see me, but I know she did.
Kindergarten at SCS will not be the same after our son leaves. . . . . .

A Great Birthday

I had a great birthday yesterday. We started the morning with soccer pictures and a game, then we went to my parents for lunch and cake, and in the evening we had a few friends over.

Kade made me several cards, and he helped me around the house and told me that was his gift to me. Brian & the boys also gave me a gift card to the spa - yeah!! and one of our friends gave me a lottery ticket and I won $25, another yeah!!

And look at the fun the kids had while the adults were enjoying the evening outside - the took all the pillows they could find and stacked them in the doorway and then would crash through and play and wrestle in the pile. Okay so I came in to observe and take pictures.

Toot Toot

Noah is in his first year of band so we are going to be blessed with many wonderful sounds. The band director suggests that they practice in front of a mirror, and that is perfectly fine with us because we can close the door to block out some of the noise. Right now it's just practicing with the mouth piece, soon it will be the complete instrument. I'm glad he's interested in playing an instrument and willing to practice, his brother on the other hand isn't so glad - he borrowed a pair of ear plugs from our friend to help him through those practice times.

That time again

Kade had his first soccer game Saturday morning, and did really well. This year he's more in to it and hustles and gets in there to get the ball. He took the ball down the field and scored, I was so proud of him.
After the game we drove over to a neighboring town to watch and cheer on Juliette & Katarina run cross country. I think it was 2 miles that they ran. Juliette finished 19th out of 89, I don't know where Rina finished, but she did it and I admire all of them for getting out there and doing it.
Yep, it's that time again - running, running. . . .Kade has another game tomorrow, and Noah has soccer practice, with games starting soon.