Good Pals

Here is Kayden and his buddies from one of his playgroups.  He went to nursery and Sunbeams with these boys.  They have always been good pals.  The picture below captures their personalities to the tee:

Silly Boys! (Josh, Tanner and Kayden)

Nice Do!

Once again it was time for haircuts. Jeremy always cuts the boys' hair and this time he decided to be silly. See below for the evidence:

Doesn't his haircut have a resemblance to a Yamaka?  Josh was a good sport and thought it was pretty funny. 

1st Grade Program

Josh and the rest of the first grade put on a program for their parents. I loved it. Josh is so animated and we cracked up several times just watching him.

Here is Josh before the program started.  He was on the top row on the end.  Easy to spot.

Having fun singing songs.

At the end of the program they sang a song called, "I Like Being Me".  They had to put their arm around the person next to them as they sang.  Let's just say Josh was less than thrilled to put his arm around a girl.  Click on the picture if you must to really see the look on his face.

Josh and his teacher Mrs. Bull.

It has been a great year for Josh.  He has made a lot of friends and has come a long way in all of his studies.  He likes math best and is good at it, he loves playing basketball at recess, and I would say he has caught more than one girl's eye at school this year.  He is ready for second grade!

Webelos Award

Jaxon received his Webelos Badge in pack meeting last week. We worked really hard to get everything accomplished in time for pack meeting.  As I was walking up to the front to receive the mother's pin, they asked Jaxon if his mom helped him a lot with earning his badge.  He said, "No, my dad helped me.  My mom didn't do anything."  Huh?  Dad did what?  To set the record straight here, I am the one who helped him memorize the scout law and oath and talk about their meanings.  It is MY initials that are in his scout book.  I earned that mother's pin and I will wear it proudly!  (In Jaxon's defense, his dad did help him with a scout science experiment earlier in the week.  Perhaps he was confused.)

Jaxon has great Webelos leaders: Brother McEwan and Brother Evenson.  They have helped Jaxon stay excited about scouts and they have done a lot of fun things with their troop.  I am thankful for them.

Grandparent's Day

Grandma and Grandpa Haacke were able to come and spend some time at the boys' school before leaving on their mission for Grandparent's Day.  Josh had activities in his class room, and Jaxon's class had a program all about Utah.  Here is how the day unfolded:

First they went to Josh's class and filled out a paper all about them with Josh.  It had what their favorite foods were and what they liked to do when they were Josh's age.  (Grandma liked to play stick horses and Grandpa like to play baseball.  They both said their favorite food was sauerkraut.)

It wouldn't be Josh unless he pulled some kind of face.  I am pretty sure this one says, "Mom, can't you see I am busy here hanging out with my grandparents?  I don't have time for a picture!"

Next they went to go and see Jaxon and his program.  Jaxon dressed up as a mountain man for his program.  He was a friend and fellow trapper of Jim Bridger.

Here is the mountain man before the program started.  (He looks thrilled that I am taking his picture--he and Josh are definitely related.)

See that boy with the brown hat (and the hat is all you can see of him) in the middle of the picture?  That is Jaxon saying his part in the program.  The microphone was too low for him and he had to bend down to use it.  Therefore the only thing we saw of him was the top of his head.  The program was great and a lot of fun to watch.  I loved all the music they had about the great state of Utah.

Grandma and Grandpa asked about McKay and his class, but I hadn't heard of anything that they were doing for Grandparents day.  I thought that maybe the sixth grade was above that.  Sadly, McKay said that grandparents showed up and he missed out.  I felt bad.  Other than that it was a fun day and the boys enjoyed having grandma and grandpa come to their school.  They left on their mission to Martin's Cove a couple of days later.  The boys were lucky to be able to spend some extra time with them before they left.