McApline Mile fundraiser

7.45 am !!!!!! Romay's gym class is at 7.45am in the morning. Sawyer, Maren and Mum all joined her at school for the fundraiser that took place at that ungodly time in the morning. All the kids got taken through some stretching exercises and then off they went to run the mile. Three times round the track. Maren and Sawyer held Romay back as she kept with them, so we will just say "she was not the first to finish - by any means" and she was not last (but close to it). Mom run the last third with her and some of the other stragglers. Perhaps it is time to get us all back to the gym?
And the day after the run? The girls all complained that their legs hurt.
All in all, it was a fun, great event and we will definitely take part next year.

Teacher McInnes

This is Romay's classroom. I caught her at play one afternoon with her bears, dogs and elmos all lined up in class, listening to teacher McInnes as she went over the days lesson plan. Very cute. Apparently, Elmo regularly gets his ticket flipped! He is a bit of a trouble maker and has outbursts of uncontrollable giggles (he is tickle Me Elmo). He has even been sent to the new Principals office!

Too tired to carry on .....

Maren asleep in the coffee table - It makes a nice bed if you have a sheep pillow and a cute duvet. She was just too tired to carry on after playing Wii Fit bowling and running.

100 days of school

I can't believe it - we have already passed the 100 days of kindergarten mark. That is 100 days of getting up early, 100 days of being on time, 100 days of catching the school bus. Only a few more to go ........

This is Romay wearing her 100 days shirt - 100 items, all carefully attached by Granny Barnett (thank you Granny B!).

Soup and salad at the Olive Garden with Grampa and Granny

Gran and Grampa Barnett were here for two weeks in February and we all headed to lunch at the Olive Garden - an old fav for us. A slap up feast of soup, salad and bread sticks was enjoyed by all.

Team work to save $$$

Dad came along with me to do a couple of Harris Teeter triple coupon shopping trips. Much easier with that extra person to take a load through the checkout. Officially you are only allowed 20 coupons per day (that will triple up) but we all know that your loyalty card also allows you to make 5 trips in one day. So, Dad just helped me do an extra trip or two at the same store instead of having to move store. As always we saved lots of $$ and got lots of good items very cheap. Lip salve anyone?

Romay's Birthday party

Romay's 6th Birthday party at home, just the girls from her class and Sawyer. They were all so well behaved and great fun to have. We did all the old games like musical statues (aka freeze), clean the room (balls of socks to throw around), and eat the fruit roll up off the washing line - all washed down with juice, pizza and lashings of cake.