Awards Assembly 2009 and Last Baseball Game

This is actually from the Raptors Baseball Banquet on Tuesday night. This is Trent with Coach Eric.

Trent is on the right with his big red Under Amour bag on his shoulders.

This is the only picture I got of Trent playing. I was busy trying to keep score for the team this year and didn't have a chance. Glad I finally remembered to take my camera for the last game.

Trent got an Excellent Reader Award for having over 150 Accelerated Reader points.

It only took 4 years but Trent finally got Perfect Attendance this year!

Sorry, I'm not good at updating!

These are pictures from the Talent Show at school on February 17. Trent played "The Superman Theme Song" and "You'll Be In My Heart (Tarzan Theme Song)" on the piano.

Trent Receives His Class' Citizenship Award

We are so very proud of Trent! For the third year in row he was voted by his classmates to receive the boy's citizenship award. He was recognized this morning during the awards assembly.



Here is a picture of him getting his award from our assistant principal.



I forgot to include these pictures earlier. Tuesday night was Trent's final Cub Scout meeting for the year. He was given his Wolf patch and 3 more beads for his uniform. It was also wonderful to get to walk him across the stage as he became a Bear, the next step in Cub Scouts. We are looking forward to another wonderful year of scouting starting in September!

Trent receives his awards from Paul and Keith, the Wolf leaders.

The newest Bear Cubs...David, Garrison, Trent, and Curtis.

Field Day 2008

Here are a couple of pictures of Trent and me at field day on Tuesday. It was sooooooooooo hot but everyone had a great time.

Trent is getting ready to run through the obstacle course.

Trent and Mrs. Overstreet come down the slide together.

Second Grade PTA program

I'm so glad tonight is over! For the past month all I've been thinking about is our second grade PTA program. Well today was the day and it went very well. We picked a play about Egypt and it was quite cute. We performed the play this morning for the entire school and again this evening for the PTA meeting. Now it's just smooth sailing to Spring Break...YEA!!!



Trent was picked to be a dancing mummy. John took a short video clip of him doing his dance since I was backstage running the CD and microphones.

Trent is the second mummy from the right.

Trent's Pumpkin

Here are a few pictures of Trent and I preparing his pumpkin for the school's 3rd Annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Tomorrow is the last day to submit pumpkins, so of course you can guess which family was at Michael's at 7pm this evening buying supplies. Trent figured out how to make this musical note pumpkin while we were driving home from school this afternoon...but I would like to point out that the past 2 years we have waited until the night before the final submission day and for the past 2 years Trent has won a category. In kindergarten, he did the fire man pumpkin that won 2nd place OVERALL in the entire school regardless of grade (he beat out 1st though 5th graders for that one) and last year in 1st grade his Batman pumpkin won for the Cutest Pumpkin in the 1st-2nd grade division. I personally believe that waiting until the last minute and then freeking out because we don't have any ideas, followed by running out the craft store an hour before bed and then piecing something together 5 minutes before bedtime seems to work in our favor. We will have to see if my theory holds up this year.

Trent's First Day of Second Grade

Today was Trent's first day of 2nd grade...

As is tradition in our house, today was also Trent's time to be measured. I knew he grew over the summer...I just didn't think it was a whole inch! And Ella grew 3/4 of an inch since June.

The day went well for both Trent and me. I got a new student this morning so I am up to 17 in my class. Trent is excited about the coming year. He sat next to Reece at lunch so he's happy.

Ella Gives Up the "PASSIE"

I wanted to leave a short entry before going to bed...school is wearing me out. Tomorrow, Trent gets to meet his new teacher at Open House and he will get to see all of his friends that he's missed over the summer.

Today was Trent's first orthodontist appointment. We were told that he does not have fused teeth but rather a set of VERY LARGE front teeth with a 2-3 mm gap in the middle (it actually looks like a piece of his tooth has chipped and left a wide gap). We will be going back every 4 months until both teeth come in fully and then the orthodontist will fill in the gap and make it look like a normal tooth...a very large normal tooth. We will discuss it further as more teeth are lost and we get closer to braces.

But most importantly, today at Jackie's house Ella decided that it was time to get rid of the "passie." Jackie found out this summer that her son and daughter-in-law are expecting in March. Ella wants to give her passies to the new baby. So tonight we put all of them in a baggie, laid them next to the door, and she will deliver them to Jackie tomorrow morning. She went to sleep tonight without her passie!!!!! And she did extremely well...no crying!

King of the Jungle

I finally got the video from yesterday to upload onto the site. I would've had it up earlier but I kept getting error messages. This is just a short video clip off our digital camera...sorry it's not the best but you get to hear and see a little.

I started back to school today and I was very excited about finding out who would be in my class. I don't think I've never been this excited about getting my class list before, but since I know most of the kids from teaching first grade last year and also knowing some of them personally as the parent of a member of their class I was really looking forward to seeing who I got on my roll. Trent found out who will be his teacher this year and he is also very excited that he will have 2 good friends in his class - Ahmad from his 1st grade class and Reece from his basketball team. And he will have Lindsey A. in his class again this year...many of you will remember that Lindsey is Becca A.'s identical twin sister, and Becca was Trent's best friend (who just happened to be a girl - not to be confused with a girlfriend) in kindergarten. we'll have to see how that one works out.

Special Delivery from Pops and Person

I apologize for not posting a blog in the past several days. It has been a little slow around here since we returned from Atlanta and there's not really a lot to write about. Trent will be singing a short solo and has a short speaking part in our church's Summer Children's Musical tomorrow morning. We have been rehearsing each Wednesday night since school ended...hopefully, it will go off without a hitch.


This afternoon a package "magically" arrived at our house addressed to Trent and Ella. After figuring out who was going to open the 1 box (they compromised-Trent opened the box and Ella took out the contents) the kids were surprised to find special items from Pops and Person. Trent was sooooooooooo happy to finally get a Harry Potter robe...Pops' Indianapolis Colts black fleece vest worked okay when playing Harry Potter but it just isn't the same as a 'real' Gryffindor robe. And he also found a magic wand inside the package...once again, the plastic watercolor paintbrush worked okay but it just isn't the same as a 'real' magic wand.

Ella was elated to find a PINK mug, complete with her name on the side. The first words out of her mouth..."I want to drink with it for lunch!" So off I go to wash it since lunch was almost ready.

COUNTDOWN TO SCHOOL YEAR 2007-2008... 1 day
I will be returning for workweek on Monday morning and Trent will be joining me on September 4th. It's hard to believe that the summer is over. However, the kids in the surrounding counties (and therefore, in our neighborhood) have been in school for a week now so it's nothing to cry over. Trent has actually been telling me for 2 weeks that he's ready to go back. I think he really just wants to know who his teacher is and then he will say he's ready for more summer. We will see.

Dress Up Ella

Just wanted to share a picture I took of Ella over the weekend. She has really gotten into playing "dress up." This is her Tinkerbell costume from last Halloween...many of you may remember that she absolutely hated wearing it in October, so it's quite funny that it is now her favorite thing to play in at home. And of course you must have the perfect pair of pink heels to go along! All she's missing is her princess crown - unfortunately, I think we left both of them in Atlanta. (Person, will you check and see if you have 2 crowns at your house? If so, can we have one back?)

Sad news to report...Trent told me yesterday that he is ready to clean out and sell all of his Rescue Heros toys to make room for new toys that are not so "little boyish." I knew it was coming eventually. He can't be a little boy forever, but part of me is still sad because this means he's getting big so fast. The other part of me says "Yippee!" This frees up a massive amount of space in his room. If anybody is interested in a full set of Rescue Heroes action figures, Command Center, helicopter, fire truck, etc. let me know. We told Trent that the money he makes from the sale can go towards buying new toys so he's moving along quickly at getting them ready to sell.

Well, I guess it's time to start the beginning of school countdown. I go back on August 27th and Trent will start September 4th.

Trent Receives the Camp Shining Star Citizenship Award!

Today was a very busy day. First of all, it was the last full day of school - tomorrow the kids will be getting out 2 hours early. And the last full day of school is always Awards Assembly Day. John and I are very proud of Trent receiving the citizenship award again this year for his class.

Trent also had his last baseball game this evening and John got to be the Head Coach. Coach Mike's son was graduating from 5th grade this evening so John was able to take over. Trent had to sit out the 1st inning because of a minor injury - he got hit in the chest with a bat...he's fine Mom. He will have a nice bruise across his upper rib cage tomorrow but other than that it's fine. Just another boy injury to go along with the nice scar he has on his arm from hugging the blacktop at afterschool.

Tomorrow is Ella's second ballet class. Hopefully it will go as well as last week.

Oh yeah, TOMORROW'S THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trent Loses Tooth #8

Many thanks to Grammy for the removal of tooth number eight tonight. I didn't get a picture before he went to bed but there will definately be one in the near future.

ONLY ONE AND A HALF DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT!!! John and I are so proud of Trent and all his accomplishments...he will once again be receiving the citizenship award for his class as voted upon by his classmates! Second year in a row - WAY TO GO TRENT!!