Happy Valentine's Day to my three sweethearts! You continue to fill my heart with more and more love every day!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Parker's TOT Performance
Thursday night was Parker's first TOT performance of the year. TOT is a basketball program that his preschool offers one day a week. It teaches the kids a lot of basketball skills like dribbling and catching as well as academic skills like colors and shapes. At first, we were hesitant to enroll Parker in the program because we were not sure if he would participate. Now we are so glad that we signed him up. He loves going every week and especially loves his teacher, Miss TOT.
His first performance was supposed to be during the ice/snow week and got rescheduled for Thursday night. We knew nothing about what was going to happen at the performance- all we knew was that Parker had to be at the high school gym at 6:15. He was going to be the halftime entertainment at the high school girl's basketball game.
Cory and I have been a little worried about how Parker would do at his performance. He often gets very shy in large groups and refuses to participate, so our attitude going into the show was that as long as he did not cry and throw a fit, it would be a success!
There were about 55 kids that participated in the TOT performance. The kids were from several other preschools around town as well as Parker's preschool. Parker waited patiently with us in the stands until halftime. Then Cory took him down to the court and left him with Miss TOT. He walked out onto the court and found a yellow mat to stand on. (For those of you who don't know- yellow is Parker's favorite color. I was so glad that he got a yellow mat. There might have been some tears if he had gotten another color.) He found Cory and I in the stands, blew us a kiss, and then did a great job showing off his new basketball skills.
We were so proud of Parker and were quite impressed with what he's learned this year. He does not usually come home and show us what he does in class, so many of these skills were new to us. We were so glad that Granstan, Grandma and Papa were also able to come and watch his program. (And a huge thanks goes to my mom for keeping Eden and Lily for me so that I could focus on Parker. I know she hated missing the program, but it really helped to not have to worry about the girls during the performance.) Parker's next performance is in May. I can't wait to see what else he will learn this year.
His first performance was supposed to be during the ice/snow week and got rescheduled for Thursday night. We knew nothing about what was going to happen at the performance- all we knew was that Parker had to be at the high school gym at 6:15. He was going to be the halftime entertainment at the high school girl's basketball game.
Cory and I have been a little worried about how Parker would do at his performance. He often gets very shy in large groups and refuses to participate, so our attitude going into the show was that as long as he did not cry and throw a fit, it would be a success!
There were about 55 kids that participated in the TOT performance. The kids were from several other preschools around town as well as Parker's preschool. Parker waited patiently with us in the stands until halftime. Then Cory took him down to the court and left him with Miss TOT. He walked out onto the court and found a yellow mat to stand on. (For those of you who don't know- yellow is Parker's favorite color. I was so glad that he got a yellow mat. There might have been some tears if he had gotten another color.) He found Cory and I in the stands, blew us a kiss, and then did a great job showing off his new basketball skills.
We were so proud of Parker and were quite impressed with what he's learned this year. He does not usually come home and show us what he does in class, so many of these skills were new to us. We were so glad that Granstan, Grandma and Papa were also able to come and watch his program. (And a huge thanks goes to my mom for keeping Eden and Lily for me so that I could focus on Parker. I know she hated missing the program, but it really helped to not have to worry about the girls during the performance.) Parker's next performance is in May. I can't wait to see what else he will learn this year.
Blowing us a kiss (he did this several times during the program!)
Here is the video of Parker's performance. I realize that it is quite lengthy, but I wanted a few family members to get to see it. (One more thing- we realized after the program that Parker is pretty much a basketball prodigy. If there are any college or NBA recruiters that accidentally happen upon my blog and want to go ahead and sign Parker for the 2025 basketball season, feel free to email me!)
Parker's Pajama Picnic
Can you guess what letter they were studying at Parker's preschool this week?
On Thursday, Parker got to wear his pajamas to school because they were learning about the letter 'p'. They also finished the day with a picnic. All of the parents were invited to come and eat lunch with the students.
I have been in Dallas at a dyslexia training all week and was not able to go to the picnic. Luckily, Cory was off and went instead. Other than me forgetting to send a towel for Parker to sit on during the picnic, they had a great time and I know that Parker enjoyed some special time with his daddy!
On Thursday, Parker got to wear his pajamas to school because they were learning about the letter 'p'. They also finished the day with a picnic. All of the parents were invited to come and eat lunch with the students.
I have been in Dallas at a dyslexia training all week and was not able to go to the picnic. Luckily, Cory was off and went instead. Other than me forgetting to send a towel for Parker to sit on during the picnic, they had a great time and I know that Parker enjoyed some special time with his daddy!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Just Like Daddy
The hat that Parker is wearing was Cory's when he was a kid. When Parker found this out, he thought it was very cool and wanted to wear it all morning. He loves to be just like his daddy!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
We All Scream for Ice Cream
Parker and Eden are both fans of ice cream, but due to the fact that their mother is a neat freak, they have never had an ice cream cone!
I sent Cory to Wal-Mart on the snow day to pick up a few staples and he came home with a box of Drumsticks. What a great treat after being cooped up in the house for so long!
The kids didn't know what to think of them at first. Parker would not bite the chocolate. He just sat and licked it for a while. Finally I just took the chocolate off for him and he did a pretty good job staying relatively clean with the rest of the ice cream.
Eden, on the other hand, was a mess by the time she finished! It dripped all over the place and ran down her hands, but she loved it! I definitely see a lot more ice cream cones in our future!
I sent Cory to Wal-Mart on the snow day to pick up a few staples and he came home with a box of Drumsticks. What a great treat after being cooped up in the house for so long!
The kids didn't know what to think of them at first. Parker would not bite the chocolate. He just sat and licked it for a while. Finally I just took the chocolate off for him and he did a pretty good job staying relatively clean with the rest of the ice cream.
Eden, on the other hand, was a mess by the time she finished! It dripped all over the place and ran down her hands, but she loved it! I definitely see a lot more ice cream cones in our future!
A Real Snow Day- Part 2
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