Wednesday, February 24, 2010

"It's a Jungle Out There"

Elijah had his 2nd grade play today. He even tried out and got a solo speaking part - since he is such a great and confident reader! I brought my class down and Eddie was able to get out of work to attend as well. Enjoy!
Hand motions and all~
Elijah's staring solo roll!

My guys!

Friday, February 19, 2010

"Don't stop 'til you get enough"

We introduced Michael Jackson's Number One videos DVD to Elijah about 5 months ago....he has NOT stopped watching it yet!

Sorry ....it's sideways....I've been awake since 4:30AM and it is 10:00 pm....I am too tired to try and figure it out right now!

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Takes a lickin'.....and does NOT keep tickin'

Elijah has to keep a pair of gym shoes at school to use when he has P.E. (it helps keep the snow, rain, snow melt salt and dirt off the gym floor).
Since he is a growing 8 year old we replace his shoes 2 - 3 times a year because he outgrows them.
The other day the P.E. teacher told me that Elijah's shoes fell apart - in the middle of his class! HOW EMBARRASSING! I just replaced his p.e. shoes mid-November! She told me that she taped it up for him......I was pretty much mortified....why is it that my son is the one that has a pair of shoes fall apart in the middle of class and the shoe has to be taped back together?
This is the shoe 'all fixed up'!
As I pulled back the tape...the light up device popped out.......really? How do you tear up the sole of a shoe when you only have P.E. for 40 minutes a day (NOT 5 days a week) - and you never wear them outside?
Ever wonder what makes those shoes light up? Here you go!
Lessons learned:
1. Eddie said Elijah can tear up ANY type of shoe - just give him enough time.....he told me that we need to start looking for steel-toe shoes for him.
2. Light up shoes will no longer be worn by Elijah --- just not tough enough!
3. Elijah was NOT embarrassed at all.....he did not care that he had 2 WIDE strips of electrical tape holding the sole of his shoe together - all he cared about was playing during P.E.!