Busy Week...long post :)

We've been busy with school this week. This week was Red Ribbon Week. They talk about not using drugs and making the choice now that they will never do drugs. Each day, there is something different that the kids get to do to celebrate Red Ribbon Week. Monday was weird sock day, Tuesday was wear red to school day, and Wednesday was crazy hair day! I did try to do Bub's hair crazy, but ever since he was born his hair has just laid perfectly down and it absolutely will not let me do anything else with it. I put tons of gel in it, and it lasted about 21 minutes. Weird. Anyway, Peanut's hair was easier to do and it did stay all day. So, here are some pictures of her bun-hawk.

I volunteer in the kids' class every Monday and do a lot with the PTA. I really enjoy being involved in the school and I think its an essential way that I can contribute to their education and stay involved with them as they get older. So, Wednesday I had a meeting for something that I volunteered for awhile ago. I had actually forgotten about it until the person in charge of it called to tell me about it. Oops! But, I'm really excited about doing it and I think it is a great program. I'm going to be what they are calling an "Art Docent" for a couple of first grade classes. Once a month, I will prepare a 45 minute to 1 hour lesson about art to teach in first grade. Not art technique, they are already learning that in their art class, but more like art history. So, I'll get a print or several prints from an artist and learn about that artist's biography and then teach them about the artist and their style of art, etc. Then prepare an art project for them to do that represents that style of art. I think it will be really fun and I'm excited to learn about art history myself. We'll see how it goes and I'll post more when I get going.

Then today was the class Halloween party which I got to organize. I'm the designated "Room Mother" that is in charge of organizing all the parties. There are usually about 4 or 5 during the school year. That doesn't mean I plan the party, I actually just organize the parent volunteers. The kids got to change into their costumes and have a little parade. Then we broke them up into four groups and we had four "centers" where they got to play a game, do a craft, or make a treat to eat. It turned out great and I think the kids had a lot of fun. Here is a picture of Bubba sitting at his desk in his costume. Just a note: this isn't his real Halloween costume, but the costume for Halloween has a mask and they can't wear masks at school. So he was a "Skele-pirate". Again.

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This post is more for my memory than anything else, but as always, I don't mind sharing. The kids' rooms have been extremely messy for quite some time now. I just haven't had the time or energy to go in and help them get them cleaned up, and they're not quite old enough to be able to go in and do it all themselves. They get a little overwhelmed and just give up. So, this past weekend I decided it was time to get the rooms cleaned and organized. We started with Bubba's room on Saturday afternoon. I wish I had before and after pictures, but I would probably be too embarassed to post them anyway! It was so messy that there was a path from the door to the bed and the rest of the floor was covered with toys, clothes, etc. I know. Gross! It took us about three hours to completely clean, dust, vacuum, wash windows, etc. It was exhausting, but boy it looks nice now. Such a relief to have it cleaned up. Then on Sunday after church, we worked on Peanut's room, which was not nearly as bad, but still pretty darn messy. It only took us about an hour and a half and it looks so much better now.

As I was getting the kids to bed on Sunday night, I said "See, isn't it nice to sleep in a clean room? I bet you'll sleep better now." And then we had a moment that makes being a parent so awesome and makes you forget all about the difficult times. Peanut looked at me and, so sincerely, said "Yeah mom, its so nice. It makes me feel like the Holy Ghost is sitting right here next to me." Wow.