Starting the new year with a loud dash of self-expression
"Mom! Doesn't this just scream 'I love video games'?"
Julio left late for work so he could
see his new 6th grader off to school
The whole family excited for a new school year
Waiting with Jaycie for her bus
(the school bus stops right in front of our house)
hanging out at the bus stop
traditional picture on Grammy & G-boy's porch
Harrison's new school
"sneak shot" by Mom
- don't let on that pictures are being taken!
Harrison and his "peeps"
8th Grader Emilee after school
"I gave Harrison a big hug when I saw him
- I hope he wasn't too embarrassed!" ~ Emilee
"I could get used to Emilee hugging me every day" ~ HD
6th Grader Dylan after school
6th Grader Bentlee (aka "Winthrop")
6th Graders Malcolm and HD after school
calling to invite Grammy & G-boy
to lunch at Ghengis Grill
HS Senior Emily (aka "Zaneeta") after school
Ghengis Grill for lunch
After lunch, we picked up Keigon (daycare kid) and took a short break until 2:45, when all the other daycare kids plus Jaycie, Maddie and Avery came to help set up for the Kids Carnival that started at 5 and lasted until 7.
Jaycie and Madison were in charge of admission,
temporary tattoos, face painting, crafts, the claw machine,
the candy jar guess, and the whac-a-mole tower game.
Harrison was in charge of the dive challenge,
diving board dunk tank, and balloon animals.
Games not pictured include: Keigon running the duck pond and lollipop pull, Piper and Avery running the bean bag toss, teddy bear bowling and cups game, Justice running the tether-ball bowling game, and Haley running the cakewalk and subbing for other "carnies" so they could play the games, too.
We also had some "All Play" games, including this relay
race to fill a cup with water using a sponge and
water from a decorated bucket.
We also played "Six Corners" - kind of like the game played at rollerskating rinks, but here we did it by having the kids swim around the pool and go to a corner when the music stopped. Then we'd roll a die and whoever's corner number was rolled, was out (the diving board and basket ball hoop were our additional two "corners"). The last 3 kids still in the pool won prizes.
for prizes, each game had candy and pinata filler,
or tickets that kids could use to enter a drawing
for one of our larger door prizes.
Julio got home from work just in time to help load everything up and take it back to the house. He took us to the Outback Steakhouse for dinner, because we were exhausted and starving in spite of the hotdogs and chips served at the party. It was a really great day, and Harrison is absolutely thrilled about Middle School. Thanks to spending the summer going to music lessons there every day, he has no trouble navigating the halls, and he has a friend from Kenwood, soccer, or cub scouts in every single class.
2009-10 promises to be a wonderful school year!
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