Pinewood Derby

Haydens 2nd pinewood derby was last night. He had a hard time when his car didnt get in 1st place and then he just sat there mooping when it wasn't his turn to race. This was my first car to make. We had forgotten about the pinewood derby and when we got an email 2 days before I asked Shawn to help him make it and he wouldnt so I got out the hand saw and went to town. It wasn't to hard but I don't know the tricks of making your car go fast so we didnt place at all. Hayden got the Best Flame award which was thanks to Shawn since he painted it.

Haydens 1st 5k

Hayden and I ran the Cowtown 5k kids run Saturday Feb. 28th. It was FREEZING! It was 40 degrees and I didn't want to go because it was so cold but we were meeting up with our school. We ended up having a great time and Haydens favorite part was riding the shuttle from the parking lot to downtown where the race began.

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Eventful day at West Elementary

Last Monday I walked into the front office and the phone rang. A parent asked me if the Jonas
Brothers were going to be at West Elementary today. She had heard on channel 5 news that they were going to perform at the TAKS pep rally today at West Elementary in White Settlement, Texas. I of course assured her that that wasn't true and they must of made a mistake. (For those of you who are not from Texas, TAKS is the state test that every student 3rd grade and up take for several different subjects every year and it is a BIG deal! The schools are rated by their test scores so they prepare all year long for it. The teachers put on a pep rally the day before to pump up the kids). Well our teachers put on skits and dances pertaining to doing well for the test. So evidently our districts communication spokesman had let the local TV stations know about this pep rally and in quotations said that the Jonas Brothers would be performing. Channel 5 and 11 took it literally and they agreed to come and film the pep rally thinking the Jonas Brothers would be there. Well when they announced it on TV that morning and when the school district found out, our communications spokesman informed them that that wasn't true and it was just some teachers performing to the Jonas Brothers. They were not very happy but came anyway and filmed it. That evening our school was on channel 5, 11 and 4 and we were in the Fort Worth Star Telegram the next day. We had calls all day long asking about it and I assured them it was just our staff putting on the pep rally. The TV stations knew before they got there that it wasn't the real Jonas Brothers but Channel 5 reported that they were mislead and when they got to the school thats when they found out that the real Jonas Brothers were not here. I was the one who greeted them when they came in and the news reporter joked around saying I hope you have your wigs! Its funny how the media likes to twist things just to have a good story to tell! Notice in the picture- its not the Jonas Brothers, they just danced to it but the camera crew still came!

The Cat in the Hat

Mason had his 1st grade performance on Monday Feb. 23rd. The entire 1st grade put on a Cat in the Hat little play. They sang Cat in the Hat songs and did some skits. Mason did very well. He was very cooperative and sat when he was supposed to and stood and sang too! He also had a small little part in one of the skits where he was a server and carried a upside down cake. He loved doing so much and came home with a cd of the songs and he listens to them all the time while singing and doing the hand motions to the songs. We were so proud of Mason- this time last year there was no way he could get up on stage and do what all the other children were doing. He still had a hard time sitting still and had his hands up and was wiggly but he did great!

My other BB Player

Mason practices basketball on Mondays after school for the special olympics. Although he is to young to actual play in the basketball game during the olympics he gets to practice with them so that next year when he is old enough maybe he might actual make a basket. He wants so bad to make it through the hoop he just isn't tall enough and doesn't have the strength to get it any higher. Most of the time he will go up to an adult turn around and back up over to them, assuming they know to pick him up so he can make the basket.

Callies debut

Callie has been playing basketball for over 3 years now with the same team, the saints. Her coach is Callies friend, Eves dad and they live on the next street over. They have had the same girls together for several years. They are doing really well together but most likely this will be their last year since they will start middle school next year and hopefully play on the school teams. Here is a video of Callie making a basket. Callie is very good and defense and is always in the other teams faces trying to get the ball away from them. She usually makes about 1 basket per game. This is their last game of the season and they will start their tournement season on Saturday the 28th. Then starting the following Monday she will start volleyball.