Weekend Wrap-up

On Thursday Luke got to bring home the class penguin, King Snuggles.  His assignment was to write a letter to class, from King Snuggles, about what they did together that afternoon.  Luke wanted to make snowman cookies because King Snuggles missed the snow.  Thankfully I had some cookies leftover from Christmas that were about to expire and some white icing.  The kids had fun decorating with the icing and sprinkles.

Then Luke wanted to take King Snuggles to the park so along the way we went on a nature hike and then played at the park.  The teacher sent home an iPod for him to take 3 pictures of their adventure.  I forgot to take pictures with my camera because we were busy trying to find ways to take pictures with the iPod for him to share with the class.  When we got home, we spent time working on a letter to class.  Writing is not one of Luke's strong subjects so we worked together to put some detail into the letter.  One thing we will definitely be doing this summer is writing in a journal daily to hopefully improve his writing skills.  Here's his letter:

Friday was another Upward Cheerleading game for me so the kids went to dinner with my parents and then wanted to spend the night.  Brett and I usually try to take this time to go out to dinner or a movie but we were so tired that we just went home and watched Kate & Leopold on tv.  :)

Saturday Lily had an Upward Cheerleading game so we met for lunch and headed to her game.  She  is doing really well for a 4 year old and is loving Upward Cheerleading!

After her game we went home to do some work around the house and decided to go vote early.  I want to teach my children about our great country and our values and one of those is the right to vote.  No matter who you vote for - let your voice be heard and vote!

The kids were so quiet and respectful while we voted so we rewarded them by taking them to dinner and the movies.  We saw Kung Fu Panda and we loved it.  I think it might have been the best of the 3.

My father-in-law drives the carts at church every 3rd Sunday so we got a special ride around the parking lot after church Sunday morning.

After lunch we ate lunch with my parents and went home for some glorious Sunday afternoon naps.  :)  We went to dinner at Fuzzy's Taco Shop and my little man had to wear his Luke Skywalker outfit, glove and lightsaber included.  The guy who took our order was super sweet and asked Luke for his autograph and made a big deal about getting a jedi's autograph.  Luke thought it was super fun and then the guy hung it on the wall.  It was such a fun dinner for our little jedi.  :)

So that was our weekend.  Upward ends next weekend and we will be able to do some more when we don't have practice once a week, two games a week and other things.  I am looking forward to getting some stuff done around the house and doing some special things as a family.