A field trip, a birthday party, Valentine's Day, a first dance, an out of town visit, a wax museum, an award, and a determined grandmother

The HPES third grade field trip included an Imax movie, and visits to The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, The Peanut Depot, and 16th Street Baptist Church

Emma's 9th birthday party at the skating rink




John Brady held onto to Papa more than he actually skated



Look at Brenna and Brady go!





Best buds---Emma and Brenna

Abby and Clara Paige---cousins and great friends!

SEEING DOUBLE?? Maggie and Gracie with Emma's friends, Haylee and Braylee

Look who surprised us!! Uncle Josh and Erin!

I still have my 1980's stark white skates!!

Valentines's Day--homemade Valentine's are the best!






My Valentine's!



Emma's first dance---Emma went to a Valentine's dance at her school. When Brady picked her up, she told him she and Hayden slow-danced! And, there's more! Hayden bought Emma a rose!! How sweet was that??

Aren't they cute? And does anyone recognize little Sonny "Bo", I mean Hayden! ;)

Our visit with Jamey and Brenna--All the way there John Brady kept asking to swim. Frustrated we finally said sure, you can go swimming! We thought he would stick his feet in the water and realize it was just too cold. Nope. Not our boy. He undressed down to his undies ran and jumped into the freezing cold water about 5 minutes after we arrived! John Brady was turned away from me so I couldn't see his face, but I could tell by the tense muscles in his back that he was clearly in shock! John Brady didn't ask to go swimming anymore.






Having a blast making oobleck with Brenna!

Don't know what oobleck is? Click here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oobleck

The 2nd grade Wax Museum--All of the 2nd graders dressed like famous Americans and lined the 2nd grade hall at NES. They pretended to be wax statues. When you pressed their "button" they would read a short description about their character. Abby was Betsy Ross. When I ordered her costume, she told me she would wear the dress and the apron, but not the shoes, the hat, or the gray hair!

When we were leaving the school, a little kid called Abby a blueberry! So funny!

Good job Betsy!!

An award--John Brady won an award! NES participated in The Black Warrior Reading Council's Young Author's Contest. Since the pre-k can't write stories, they were asked to draw pictures. Well, John Brady's picture won 2nd place!! The council kept his picture so I don't know what it looked like. We've been invited to a reception to honor the winners so maybe I will get to see it and hopefully bring it home.

As a surprise, I emailed this pic to Brady and sent it to the grandparents' cell phones. I didn't add any text. As soon as my mom got it, she immediately called to ask what he won. And of course, Brady called. They were so proud of him! Me too!

Last but not least! My mom was able to start back driving last week!! Woo hoo!! She hasn't been able to drive since breaking her knee cap back in October. She was even released from the doctor without doing physical therapy. Her doctor said physical therapy wasn't needed since she had done so well with her own therapy. Her knee was in such a mess that her doctor said if she hadn't of been so determined to get better, she could of had some long term damage. Way to go mom! We are so glad you are better! The kids have missed their Nanny picking them up from school! We've missed your visits and your help with the kiddos.