Today I picked up a VERY excited Tanner from kindergarten.  Curious, I asked him how his day was...here is our conversation that followed:

Tanner:  My day was AWESOME!  You will never guess...today I almost got a sticker!
Mom:  Well, congratulations buddy.  That is great!
Tanner: Yeah.  You get a sticker if you are really, really nice and good...and I almost got one (this he says with a quiver of excitement in his voice and a huge smile on his face)
Mom: Well, I'm proud of you for almost getting that sticker.

Tanner wants me to add that he had music today and that he got 10-High Five Awards today (doubtful) and almost got a prize from his school (this one I believe)

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"Tanner Story 2" By Tanner

so how is tanner going? good. and i would like it if you did something for me. so what is the thing? and i would like it if you came for a party, and i would Think and that is...

 The end.
By: tanner

(tanners story 3 is coming soon)

(I had Tanner read his story to me so I could put in the appropriate punctuation)

A Little Sunday Music

This is one of my very favorite...well, I guess you could call it a hymn.  It is Psalm 148, written by Gustav Holst.  The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings it better than anyone.  I gives me goosebumps whenever I hear it.

Story Time With Riley

And now, a story by Riley, "Battle Collection"


I Want To Share This So It Has Ninjago Spinners,Lot’s Of Weapons. The Good Side Has  A Knight,A Bad Guy Who Is now A good guy, And A Very Brave Soldier. The Bad Guys Are Darth Vader, a shadow trooper, and a general.




                                                          bye bye

oooooppppppssssss i almost forgot the picture. make sure to look at it. It is Sssssssssssssssssooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.       

                                now
                                     bye bye.

Story Hour With Tanner

It's time again for another story by Tanner, "b-t"

i have a fend his mane is b-t he is a very nice he doesnt talk and he love me and he is a bee and that is the end  

b-t 2 is tanner and b-t  

(translation)

i have a friend his name is b-t. he is a very nice he doesn't talk and he love me and he is a bee that is the end.

Tanner told Todd the other night that b-t is his imaginary friend...but he doesn't talk much.

Ava Meets Annastacia Couture.

Ava recently got a package in the mail from her super talented Auntie, Annastacia.  Ava was in heaven!  The very next morning, Ava was decked out in Annastacia Couture...and she looked adorable!!!  I quickly snapped a few pictures before we headed off to Ava's class...aka, the gym.  The pictures are horrible, but you get the idea.

We have worn variations of this outfit many times and always get a lot of compliments.   Ava insists on wearing the headbands and bows on a daily basis...she especially loves to wear them on days when they don't match at all.  But hey, she's a girl...that's her prerogative!

The Story of the Day

The boys have been really into writing their own stories lately.  They REALLY love to write the story and then put it on my Nook.  Well, that is all great and good, but I don't really want a 7-year old or a 5-year old (who, by the way, has a pension for BUYING random things when given a chance) playing with my Nook.  So, we have come to the conclusion that their stories must be "published" instead of putting them on my Nook...aka, I'll put them on the blog.

Without further ado, here is our story of the day: "the pizza story 2", by Tanner

so wen the pizza sed noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo  wen that happened the pizza act caze in the tume and that was caze and that was the end  


Let me do a bit of translating here...

so when the pizza said, noooo.......... when that happened the pizza acted crazy in the tummy and that was crazy and that was the end.

This concludes "the pizza story 2". We'll see you next time for 'The Story of the Day'.

Back to School!

It's that magical time of year...when the kids go back to school.  You can't see it, but I am doing a happy dance as I'm typing this.  Riley started 2nd grade and Tanner started Kindergarten.  Both of my boys are super excited to be going to school, which makes my happy dance all the sweeter!

It's Boba Fet's first day of 2nd grade!

Riley had to wear his Plants vs. Zombies T-shirt on his first day of school.  He was super excited to

show it off!

Mrs. Hickel, Riley's teacher.  She was a 1st grade teacher last year and already knows Riley.

He is really excited to have her for a teacher.  She is super nice AND has one of the

top reading assessment ratings in the state!

Yay for school at Green Springs!

I couldn't very well get Riley a Plants vs. Zombies shirt and not get Tanner one too!

This is Tanner's teacher, Ms. Wood.  This is only her 2nd year of teaching!  She is super nice and kind of a waif of a thing...I hope she can handle Tanzilla!

Tanner was so excited to start kindergarten...and just kind of wanted me to leave so he could get on with it!

I predict great things to happen this year at school.  

My kids have been watching "Gnomeo and Juliet" lately.  Today I mentioned that this little cartoon is based on a very famous play written by a very famous man.  When Riley asked what the play was called and I told him "Romeo and Juliet"...he replied by saying, "Romeo and Juliet...that is so weird?"  And here I thought 'Gnomeo' was a little strange...Hmm, who knew?