school days

The kids love when I come have lunch with them. I'm not sure if they really like my company or like the slushees I usually bring them... :)

Norah gets to pick a "buddy" to sit with her at the parents table when we eat with her. I love when she picks Matty. And she shared her slushee with him!

 Kylah was dressed up for future occupation day. She was a dog trainer??? She looks more like a motorcycle babe to me, but what do I know!

A few of her friends were dressed up as dog trainers with her. :)

Joey dressed up as Mr. Little (their art teacher) for favorite teacher day. A little glimpse of what he may look like in the future!

We made Norah a shirt for her 100th day of school complete with 100 N's. 

This school year is flying by!

Happy New Year!

Meredith and I hosted a murder mystery party at our house for New Year's Eve. It turned out to be so fun! We had a lot of prep to do, but it was worth it.

Meredith did a great job with the decorations.

Everyone came in costume, having been assigned a character.

Joe was Chef Bameril (he had to randomly shout out "Bam!"), and I was Yuna Verz, a self-proclaimed genius.

Everyone had to mingle and converse to try to figure out who the murderer and who the victim were.

There was a lot of intrigue. :)

Josh was my favorite character, Bryan Seafoam (a very loud sports announcer---he channeled Harry Carey). He was hilarious! :)

We had 13 adults and 22 kids in our house. The kids mostly hung out in the basement watching movies. They were a little thrown off by the fact that the party was for the adults and not the kids. They didn't complain, but they didn't really know what to do with themselves! :)

A few families left after the murder mystery game was over, but the rest of us cleaned up, watched football, chatted, ate more food and waited for the ball to drop at midnight. And then it was right to bed! I always think it's funny that we stay up until midnight and then at 12:05 am are in bed!

What a fun night!