Category Archives: Owen
Through the years with Christmas Bear
This ornament has been around a loooong time… It started on Grauntie Marge’s tree in Grayling.
I’m guessing this was 1974, as I wouldn’t have been standing at three months. 🙂
2009 – Troy, MI
2010 – Troy, MI
2011 – Jacksonville, NC
2012 – Jacksonville, NC
2013 – Jacksonville, NC
(She LOVED the bear!!! And somehow I missed a pic with Owen?!)
2014 – Lorton, VA
(Somehow I completely missed both of them!)
2015 – Lorton, VA
Owen’s Skeleton Teeth
Owen had to go back to the dentist this morning to get his 6-year molars sealed. Yeah, I didn’t know that was a thing, either.
They also had to take a panoramic of his mouth. They called it his skeleton teeth and he LOVED it.
We split a Lego set.
It was on sale at the Lego store so I told Owen we’d split the cost. He hasn’t built something big in awhile so he was excited!
Yep, they wore their hats to the dentist.
They love their new hats!
And sharing them, too!
We Skyped with Gramma Jean and Grandpa David today to have the kids open their presents! They loved everything, but the hats seemed to be the big hit!
Family Walk
The boys waiting for Star Wars
Promise them candy and look what cute faces you get.
And the comparison photo from 2012!
A little bouncing.
The place where the kids have swim lessons (and Owen had his summer activity camp) had an Open House today so people could swim and bounce for free to test it out. The kids have been asking to bounce, so we thought it would be a fun thing today. Owen loved it, but Katie was pretty much a mess. There were A TON of kids there (including a lot of rambunctious and NOT well-behaved ones which made everything worse) and she had a fit on every bounce house because there were “too many people” — except it was mostly her fault because unless she was the only one on the ladder, she would stop wherever she was and then as the kids would try to get past her and she’d get upset (and if she’d just have kept going up the ladder, they would have gone up behind her and things would have been just fine). So…we didn’t stay quite as long as we anticipated.
2015 Videos from Santa!
We got these from Santa about a week or so ago. The kids were very excited to watch them! Do you think they both made the naughty or nice list? The kids LOVE these videos SO much and get SO excited about them it’s worth the $12 I pay to make them. 🙂
Owen – Secret Places
Katie – Tour the Post Office
And surprise! Tonight we got these two new videos! Uncle Rob and daddy were able to watch along with us!
Owen – Movie Star
Katie – Elf House
Morning Program Poetry Helper
Every week, 10 students help read a poem during Morning Program. This week was finally Owen’s turn! Daddy didn’t think he was going to be able to make it…but he did! And Uncle Rob was there, too!
We couldn’t hear him, of course, but his lips were moving and he wasn’t crying or hiding so it was all good!
Minecraft in the morning.
The last day of the year is Pajama Day!
And of course Katie didn’t want to wear PJs on the one day she technically could…
Owen’s Sensory Color Poem
I think the only one you might have trouble figuring out is tastes like…its squishy blueberries. 🙂
Matching Santa hats!
Finally! Owen has had his for years and once I had Katie I kept checking but Pottery Barn never had them again! Until this year!
I’ll get better (more seasonal) pics later. 🙂
He brought the sword but then found a bow and arrow.
Awesome December weather for swim lessons!
Another shot at Santa
Our community clubhouse had cookies and activities with Santa this morning, so we thought we’d try with the kids again—just in case we got a better picture (since I could dress the kids up).
But first, the at-home pictures:
And then while waiting for Santa, they did some crafts and coloring:
Katie wanted NOTHING to do with Santa, so it was just Owen!
But she did make more rings to put on the tree!
Inclusive Schools Week—Spirit Wear
Friday: “Unity Day!” Wear our Halley spirit wear/ school colors (black/yellow).
I completely forgot to take a picture, but I did snap this one as they were playing Minecraft together. 🙂
Throwback Thursday—This day exactly.
12-10-2009
12-10-2011 (I was about two months pregnant with Katie and feeling yucky.)
Inclusive Schools Week—Blue Day
Thursday: “I am Blue-tiful” Day!” Wear blue.
Morning Dancing
They were eating breakfast when this song came on and both of them had to get up and dance!
Inclusive Schools Week—Hat Day
I missed a picture on Tuesday: “We are all UNIQUE!” Wear crazy socks to express yourself. Owen wore my sushi socks. 🙂
Wednesday: “Hats off to inclusion!” Wear a favorite hat. Also, for Owen, picture retake day.
A quick visit to Owen’s classroom.
Long story short, he had been missing his daily folder (we’d looked everywhere) so since I had to drop off some stuff at the school, I took him to school and had him search his classroom. We didn’t find it, but he enjoyed showing me a few things in the room.
The treat bag they all decorated—they get small treats at the end of the day if they had good behavior.
I liked this and am going to start using it at home—it’s one of Owen’s major issues when writing!
They had to do an acrostic poem:
Oreos are my favorite
West Virginia football team is not my fav
Eating chicken is my fav
New Years Eves is my fav
Hugs are my favorite
U_____ is cool (he doesn’t even know what this is)
Duny [Dunia] is my friend
Summer is fun
Olives are not my favorite
Nuts are yummy
Inclusive Schools Week—Wear a bow/tie
Technically it’s National Inclusive Schools Week but for basic conversation, it’s a type of spirit week. 🙂
Inclusive Schools Week is an annual event sponsored by the Inclusive Schools Network (ISN) and Stetson & Associates, Inc., which is held each year during the first full week in December. Since its inception in 2001, Inclusive Schools Week has celebrated the progress that schools have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population, including students who are marginalized due to disability, gender, socio-economic status, cultural heritage, language preference and other factors. The Week also provides an important opportunity for educators, students and parents to discuss what else needs to be done in order to ensure that their schools continue to improve their ability to successfully educate all children.
Monday: “Your talents are a gift!” Wear a bow tie or bow to show what a gift you are to our school.
Katie’s first hibachi!
We had errands to run after swim lessons then we were hungry so we found a coupon for a hibachi place. Owen had been to one years ago but this was Katie’s first time.
She liked the chop sticks.
She was freaked out by the first big shot of flames (which of course they START with) but overall she thought it was cool.
Of course she didn’t like ANYTHING on her plate.
He liked all the showy stuff; tried the soup, salad, shrimp, and scallops (the soup and salad were okay, he didn’t like the others); and actually ate quite a bit of his chicken and rice. He decided he liked Tom’s filet better than his chicken so he wants that next time. 🙂
Trying to get a pic of my swimmers
Cookies with Santa
The local high school hosted a huge craft fair that I wanted to check out (we missed it last year) and they also had a “Cookies with Santa” portion that we wanted to take the kids to. We got to the North Pole shortly after it opened so we didn’t have to wait too long. While daddy held our place in line, the kids worked on bead candy canes:
Can you guess which was Owen’s and which was Katie’s? 🙂
Santa! (They had someone taking pictures, but it wasn’t anything really posed or official—she was just off to the side snapping so we had NO idea what we would get. I was taking pics the whole time.) Katie wasn’t eager to sit with Santa, but she didn’t turn away…and she talked to him but didn’t get excited about the hug.
Owen’s turn! He’s too big for Santa’s lap!
At the end we had Katie go back up. I snapped about six quick pics and this one actually turned out great!
This was one of the ones the student elf took—I was impressed that it turned out as well:
On the way out, Katie decided she wanted to make antlers:
Sparty green day!
Even Maggie!
Gov. Snyder proclaims Friday ‘Spartan Green Day’
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has proclaimed Friday as “Spartan Green Day” in honor of the No. 5 Michigan State football team.
The celebratory day in Michigan is one day before the Spartans play No. 4 Iowa in the Big Ten championship in Indianapolis.
