Slumber Parties

Tyler wanted a friend to stay the night, Jaden wanted a friend, and then of course....

so does Paige!  We have always said you had to be in 1st grade to spend the night with someone or have someone spend the night with you!  WELL, lucky for Paige, we broke that "rule".  So---all 3 kids got a friend to stay over the same night!  We figured just get it all done and over with in one night.  It actually worked well.

Paige and Leah

Jaden and Caleb

Tyler and Ethan

Jaden and Caleb barricaded themselves under the bed to play their IPod Touches.  Probably because I said "NO TOUCHES" when your friends are over!

The little BOYS also wrote NOTES to the GIRLS!

"You Steank"  HA HA!!  "You Stink"

Hilarious!!!

The girls had movie night in OUR BED and YES---

they got popcorn ALL OVER our sheets!  UCK!

A little basketball...

And then NIGHT NIGHT!

2 boys in a TWIN BED!  Really?!!!

And the BIG BOYS!  Who knows what time they went to bed.  Tyler's at the age where he thinks it's "cool" to stay up til 2 or 3am. 

 (not so cool the next day though....at least to mom and dad!)

We are thankful we have lots of friends and lots of "good friends".

Spelling Bee FUN!!!

Jaden made it to the SPELLING BEE!!!!

30 students from Explorer made it to the spelling bee

2 students from each class

1st grade through 4th grade

There were not many smiles from J-Man while he waited (I'm guessing nervously) his turn!

Numbers were drawn to determine the order in which the kids went

What are the odds that our neighbor HALLIE would get the number in front of Jaden....

which meant they sat next to each other!

Hallie did a great job of talking to Jaden in the back row and helping him not be nervous!

What a BLESSING to be by her!!

I did not know that the students would walk from their seat, to the front of the stage, stand in front of the ENTIRE SCHOOL and families, to spell their words in a microphone!

OH MY!!!! 

Here's Jaden....making his way to the front. 

He looks a bit nervous!!!

(This was the practice round---we didn't take pictures during the "Real" spelling bee!)

PROUD PARENTS!!

How'd he do?

Practice round--- Rooster--- he missed it---but it was just practice!

Round 1-- JACKET--- spelled correctly

Round 2 -- UMPIRE-- spelled correctly!!!

Round 3 -- SUSPICIOUS -- missed it! 

He finished 7th out of 30 kids and was the last 1st grader left in

YEA JADEN!!!

Balloons, cards, a stuffed BEE, money, candy, ...

That was worth all the extra time he spent studying those hard words!!

FINALLY a SMILE!!!

Great Job Jaden!  We are so proud of you!  You are doing so well in school! 

You worked hard on those extra hard spelling words the past few months and spending extra time practicing those super hard words---that mom couldn't even spell!

love ya buddy!