Walton Bracketology

Joel asked about filling out a bracket for the NCAA Men's Tourney and it turned into a little contest for the family. We all fill one out and the person who goes the furthest gets to pick where we eat out sometime. The sight of the fam so intent on writing in those teams just cracked me up!

 Joel's teacher sent one home, so he's actually doing two!!

Shirking My Blogging Duties

I cannot believe it's been this long since I last posted. Sorry! Let's see...basketball season went well. Both Joel and Hanna are done; Joel's team made it to the 2nd round of the tournament, but lost last night. You may notice some sad faces in the team pics. Both have a shiny trophy on the piano to show off. We really loved watching them play! The end of February brought the Joel and Mom birthday week. Can you believe he is 9 years old?!? He was thrilled with the cake that Aunt Cindy and Cousin Kara crafted for him. He's quite smitten with the Beast Quest books and asked for a "fire and ice" cake featuring 2 beasts: Tartok the Ice Beast and Ferno the Fire Dragon. Speaking of being smitten, his "love interest" (and family) invited us out to dinner last weekend to celebrate their birthdays. The twins, Ruthie and Emmie are sweet girls and it's a great family. Mom and I see each other, as she works at the HS, and we think it's eye-rolling funny/silly that Ruthie and Joel are a "thing". Third grade? Really??? I wish I would've had the camera, but alas, no pics of the girlfriend.

Let's see...what else is going on? I-STEP testing this week - BOO HISS! It stresses Joel out and I'm not so fond of the fact that I have to proctor the test to resource kids. It's not been too bad so far, but I know Joel's nerves are on edge this week. Tomorrow, I have my observation/evaluation with the principal, the talent show auditions are every day after school, and I finish the day tomorrow with detention duty. Bleh... Friday's looking awfully nice. Planning stages are in full swing for Abby's baby shower that we're hosting in 2 weeks. That's some fun stuff,a s far as I'm concerned. I can't wait to try my hand at a monkey-themed diaper cake! Well, sup's on the way so I'd better scoot. 'Till next time (which may end up being May!!)