The One With The Last Race and the First Dance

Last night was a funny juxtaposition in our house. It represented the end of one era and the beginning of another.

It marked the last time Kiff would take part in a Cub Scout race. He is about a month away from cross over into Boy Scouts and last night he took his best - and most memorable car - and rode it to third place (for Webelos 2). What a fun way to go out.

Meanwhile, Bri attended her first middle school dance. It sounded like a lot of fun. It went from 7 to 9 in the middle school gym. It looked pretty cool from what I could see while I waited to pick her and a friend up. They even had blue lights on in the gym. Neat!

Hard to believe how fast time passes. ZOINKS!

The One With Open House

This past week, we also had the chance to go to HMRS open house. It was an amazing experience.

We actually got to live the life of a 6th grader at the school and follow their schedule, which is something they do at my school as well. I now know why parents complain about the speed of it....it does make for a choppy, albeit quick night. But it worked.

However, the big thing we learned was that Bri has some amazing teachers. They all were passionate about what they teach. And I could make a connection with each teacher and someone I teach with as well.

Here is hoping she is off to a long and memorable career at HMRS.

The One With Annie and Ice Cream for Breakfast

Last Saturday was a wild one!

Very busy....but a lot of fun.

It started off with the annual Ice Cream for Breakfast extravaganza we take part in each year. In honor of the "holiday" on the first Saturday in February, Cherry Hill offers an ice cream for breakfast fundraiser. And it is awesome. This was our fourth year attending and even though the temperatures were as frosty at the dessert, it did not disappoint. 

We lucked out by being allowed to park in the back lot - the nirvana of parking at Cherry Hill. We did have a quick, but brisk wait. Brrrr. However, a visit from the Bruins mascot lightened our mood. The only thing missing was hot chocolate that is usually served.

Once we got to the door, we were able to enjoy some great ice cream.

Bri got cinnamon roll
Kiff got a breakfast sundae (of course)
Emmie got coffee and donut
I had my favorite - coffee and maple bacon. YUM!

Then, later in the day, we attended one of my favorite kid's plays - Annie Jr. We viewed it as a chance to allow Bri and Kiff to get to see drama in action once again, and visit the middle school as well. It did not disappoint. The show was awesome and the acting was fun. It was great to see some students we were familiar with take to the stage. One of my favorite parts was seeing how large the stage crew was. There were as many people in this one play stage crew as I had in total in ours. ZOINKS!