Performance

Noah had his holiday band performance. I was happy to be able to go. I missed Alexandra's because of the stomach flu. Yuck.
He plays percussion in the Honors Band and loves it. We hear drumming all.day.long. He drums with his hands, fingers, drum sticks on his practice pad and on his new snare drum. Noah was recognized for making Region band.

 

awards

We have had some fun award winners at our house, lately!

First, Sophia was given a Jazzy Jag award in December.

Noah got the same award at the end of January!

Then, Sophia was given the "Tipps Citizen" award!
(this one was very exciting - we got to go to school early for a special breakfast)

a day for noah

Yesterday was a great day for Noah! Right before lunch, he called me from his teacher's cell phone to tell me he won his class spelling bee! He was so excited, he was shaking! His teacher told him that he just had to call me. Thank you, Mrs. Olson! (I had no idea that he was even having a class spelling bee.) In January, he will compete in the school competition.

Then, last night at pack meeting, he earned his Weeblo award! He just loves cub scouts, which is impressive, considering he is the only boy in his den...

Anyway, he told me it was the best day he has had in a long time. Way to go, Noah! We love you!

chicken fight!

This was everyone's favorite activity at Noah's swimming birthday party!

birthday boy

Noah is 10 yrs old today! I can hardly believe it. Since today is the first day of school (pictures coming later today), we celebrated on Saturday.

We saved one final present for this morning - Wii Sports Resort game!
He was SO excited! He opened it right before leaving for school.
His other favorite present was his Cardinals shirt from Aunt Jamie. I hope that I can get it off of him long enough to get it washed this week!

Noah requested chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese icing. Yum! I added chocolate jimmies.

more updates

Noah's 1st Pinewood Derby Car! (Last year we did a rocket.)
He had a couple of wins and had a blast. Hmmm...I wonder what his favorite major league baseball team is?

Sophia lost her 2 front teeth!
I still can't get over how much older this makes her look. My baby girl is growing up way too fast.

I won the ward chili cookoff! Pretty funny, since I used the recipe on the back of the McCormick seasoning packet. :) Well, I did add black beans.

For Valentine's Day, I sent an all red lunch for the kids. It was fun to put together and they really enjoyed it.

good citizen

Noah received the coveted "Good Citizen Award" at his school this past week. His teacher nominated him for "always giving 100%." Wow. I wish he would give me 100%...

I am kidding - sort of...We are very proud of him. Way to go, Noah!