Last Day of School!!!

 On the last day of school, the teachers have a traditional "car wash" that they have the kids parade through, however, last year, we started a new tradition, and added silly string to the mix.  This year was no different!  The kids love it, the teachers and parents love it, and it makes our sad goodbyes turn into lots of laughter!

 Rehna will be moving on to middle school next year, and we are sad to see her go.  Jordyn and her are good friends, so we hope she will still stop by once in a while for sleepovers and sillyness!

 And speaking of sleepovers, Justin brought Andrea home with Jordyn for a sleepover, while i enjoyed a luncheon with the teachers for the last day of school!  I also had an interview for a position after preschool hours as the Media/Tech Teacher....so it was a busy day!  Wish me luck!

 

I am sooooo ready to retire the alarm clock for a few months! :) Let the summer fun begin!!!! 

Rope Swing ~

 Jordyn just loves the rope swing!  Every day when she gets home from school she will spend hours out there swinging on the rope...doing all kinds of tricks, and basically just twirling and spinning around!

Who would have thought something so simple could provide such wonderful entertainment to a child!  Its a kids paradise up here!  :)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game ~

 What a fantastic day we had!!!  Christy was chosen as a season ticket holder to go out on the field and hold the giant flag for the kick off of Memorial Weekend games on Friday, and she invited me to participate too!  When we got there, they had refreshments set out for us....cookies, popcorn, and some water bottles....but i was more interested in this keg cooler...

 Once everyone arrived, we went outside the stadium to practice.  We ended up in the very center top of the flag, so we were instructed to line up directly behind second base when we got on the field. 

 Everyone was thrilled to be participating in this special occasion, and there were smiles and laughter all around.

 And some rain too...thats right, it started to rain while we were practicing, so we only got to go through one practice run.

 

Then we marched the flag back into the building to await the opening ceremonies.

This is the entrance onto the field were we headed in!  We werent allowed to take any photos once we were on the field, so those are the only shots we got....We were told that they should email some photos of the flag spread out on the field, but Christy hasn't received any yet.  The best part about the day, was it finally stopped raining in time for us to march on the field with the flag and the sun came out!  Yeah!

 What an exciting moment for me to share with my best friend...we were all smiles...and even more so when we finally got a beer :)

 We stopped at the first beer stand we found to get a beverage before heading over to our seats.  Christy's seats are awesome and they are very close to home plate.

 And here we are finally enjoying our seats....and naturally some hot dogs as well!

 I got the works on mine...what a mess that was!  Note to self: grab more napkins next time!

 

Wow...they come in this size....im getting one!

 The rain started to roll in mid game, and we stuck it out as long as we could, but we finally decided to call it a day!  So with my new Colorado Rockies hat, and Christy with her new Rockies mittens, we headed home!  Turns out the game was delayed for an hour or so while it rained, and then didnt get out until almost midnight....after we heard that we were kinda glad we didnt stick around.  We were pretty chilly and beat from all the excitement! 

What a blast Christy!  Thanks for inviting me!

Pioneer Days at Red Feather ~

 Every other year, we celebrate Pioneer Days at Red Feather, and today was that day!  The 4th and 5th graders kicked off the day with a "wax museum".  Each child was dressed as a famous person from pioneer times (most all of which were Coloradoans), and when you pushed their "button" they came to life to tell you a bit about themselves.  It was fantastic, and all the kids did a great job!  The rest of the school loved it too, and enjoyed going around to listen to all the wax figures!

 Preschool was invited to join in on the fun, so naturally Sharon and I had to dress up...unfortunately, i look more like Mother Goose, than a pioneer, but hey...I'm a preschool teacher so i guess that works! :)

 The Kindergarten and 1st graders look awfully serious here...

 but the 2nd and 3rd graders had plenty of smiles!

 There were several stations to visit during the day...you could make your own butter from a heavy cream and enjoy it on some flapjacks...

 shake, shake shake!

 Or you could spend some time in the one-room schoolhouse...whatever you do, don't get caught talking or you get to sit in the corner with the dunce cap on...

 and then of course, we had square dancing!

 But this year we had a super special treat...author, Sandra Dallas, came to visit our school and talk with the children!  The 4/5 class read her book, The Quilt Walk, and then they made this quilt, each child creating a square with artwork depicting a scene from the book, and they displayed it for Ms. Dallas to enjoy.

 She read the first chapter of her book to us, and then answered questions and talked about the book with the kids.  She shared some fun stories with us, for example, her favorite word is Blue, and she also shared a funny story about being at a book signing with Tony Hillerman.  Apparently, whenever authors are at book signings, there is always someone that wants those authors to read a book they wrote....well, Mr. Hillerman told Ms. Dallas, anytime that happens to you, just tell them your publisher wont let you do that for legal reasons.  They could accuse you of stealing some of their ideas, so its best not to read them...but then, that was just an excuse he made up since he gets asked that all the time.  She also mentioned that she does not quilt, but she appreciates them....i guess she must, since most of her books have quilting in the story.  She normally does talks with adults, so i think she was a little nervous to speak with children, but in the end, she said they were great to talk to, because adults are always asking how they can get a book published, whereas the kids never asked, but just discussed how they were going to get theirs published!  :)  At the end of the presentation, she signed books for the kids (and some adults too).

 I've read several of her books, so it was a delight to meet her!  That being said, i have since, passed her books on to friends, so i didnt have one for her to sign...i did, however, get a copy of The Quilt Walk for Jordyn, so she could have it signed.

 What a fantastic day!  Thank you soooo much for visiting our school Ms. Dallas, and for inspiring all of our kids!  We hope you had a great time too!

Goodbye Trash ~

Another sad day at the black bear cabin...our cat Trash was hit by a car last night. Connie called to give us the sad news. Justin retrieved her and we buried her in a patch of aspen trees with some flowers and a favorite cat toy. Her sister Fuzzy spent some time on her burial mound to say goodbye. I have several friends grieving right now over the loss of their pets this weekend, and i can only say, their pets are in good company as they all cross that bridge together. Goodbye Trash...we love you and will miss you!

Spring Swing ~

 Our annual fundraiser for our school was on Saturday, and we had a really great turn out!  The theme was old west, and several of the kids dressed the part!

 We had great food donated from the local restaurants and of course music provided by 74E and friends, so a good time was had by all!

 The Red Feather Rockers performed the song, We Will Rock You by Queen, and they did a great job!  Here's a shot of Jordyn on keyboard....who is that masked musician?!?  :)

 And of course, some of the goodies in our silent auction, donated by a wonderful lady ive become friends with through blogland....thanks again Sharon :) 

What a great night!

Mom's Day, Continued ~

 Mother's Day continued in a lovely fashion....i enjoyed a bloody mary and breakfast (that i made myself of course)  :)  and then Jordyn offered to give me a foot massage and pedicure!  yeah!

She did a great job!  Thanks sweetheart, I love you!