Matt lost his first tooth about two weeks ago. He was so excited than when he had lost it in the morning, he had to take it to school with him. His teacher helped him make this such a special day/event for him, she gave him a neckalce tooth container in which to keep his tooth, and a certificate! Matt was beaming ear to ear about it all day! Here are a few of his cheesy smiles.
So I left the boys with a friends and drove through the first snowstorm of the year to get to the Disney on ICE, Just me and the girls. I know Evelyn loved it, Rora lasted until the last 30 minutes or so before she got fidgety. Evelyn was thrilled to have gone, but she let me know that we saw all of the princesses EXCEPT not Pocahontas. It made quite an impression on her that everyone else was there but not Pocahontas. Funny little girl, what a thing to take away from the show. I enjoyed it thoroughly, teh ice skating was well done, and they did a fantastic job on each of the stories including enough without lasting too long, and fantastic costumes and props/sets. My only regret was that at half-time, my camera batteries died and my spares were dead as well, I guess rechargeables lose their charge when they get old….note to self, date all batteries and watch how they hold their charges. You will have to excuse poor Rora in her picture, the crowd was so overwhelming to her she was not happy about me putting her down to take her picture 
Since Andrew turned 8 he was able to go shooting. In our family this is the predetermined age where you get to first accompany Dad to go shooting. Andrew says that he had fun, though I am pretty sure the beebee guns were preferred over the real ones and Andrew liked the Handguns over the 10-22.OF course I think that has a lot to do with how heavy the 10-22 seemed to him and the size of it was awkward for him to hold correctly.
BEFORE they went out, Andrew learned about the sites on each gun, how to line it up correctly and about the rules of guns. Here they are as stated by Andrew.
1 A Gun is always loaded and because of that you should check it by checking the barrel.
2 Don’t aim at anything unless you intend to hurt or destroy it.
Here are some pics, we are up the canyon right behind Farmington.
So Andrew turned 8 in Sept and in UT that meant that the first Saturday of the month following your birthday that was not conference is you baptism date along with anyone else who falls into that same category. So here are a few pics from that day 
So I apparently have forgotten how to turn images, so if anyone can tell me how, I would appreciate it. Until than you can all sympathize with my view of the world
Well, it has been a long week here at the Mayo household. The kids of course needed to act up- I can handle that. I became sick as a dog with a sinus infection, no voice, a stiff neck (for lack of a better phrase, though the stiffness was from the bottom of my ribcage, across my whole back up to the base of my skull where it turned to migraine levels) and a cough that would not quit, all to be told by the doctor I am perfectly healthy and he will do nothing for me since I am doing anything that can be done- Yep I can handle that too. Matt started back at Hillfield (his school from last year) on Monday while Andrew continued on at Mountain View, both schools starting and getting out at the same times and ten minutes apart in opposite directions from each other- got that one covered too. Evelyn is now afraid of the dark so much that she sneaks into my bed in the middle of the night to sleep with me- sure I can share my bed too. Rora still can’t figure out the whole time change and since she has not slept past 5, maybe six on a good morning since Robert left, it has now become 4AM maybe 5 for our morning wakeup calls with a bedtime of anywhere from 10-12, this makes for a very cranky two year old (and mommy)- I guess I can handle this one too. Oh yeah and the construction to renovate houses here on base accidentally ran over the phone/internet lines leaving me stranded for four days- starting to become irritated, but still doable. OK so I can handle all of these things separately, but together…. who do you think I am, SUPERMOM? Well, at least I have something to aspire to:)
Well, so much for my goal of keeping up on the blog all year, but I am getting back into it, so here we are! This is what I got done this morning before the kids got off to school. Andrew had gotten glasses right after his birthday last month since he struggled on the ‘quick eye exam’ that they always do in the well checks. So I finally got around to getting his name and a Dragon as requested on the case to make it look cool. I used the cricut and the SCAL program for the dragon and Pooh Font for the name.
So it was a late afternoon one day and Andrew and said something about the space shuttle in his latest book and somehow Robert and he decided they wanted to make one! It took a couple of hours with letting glue dry and the various parts, but here are some pictures of the final results, complete with booster rockets, a grasping arm (if that is the right term) and a launch pad! Both are quite proud of the results.
Well it was brought to my attention by a friend of mine that other people like reading the blog other than Robert when he is deployed. Thanks for the reminder! So now it is a resolution of mine to update it once every week or two at least with our goings gone, whether Robert is home, deployed or TDY. Hopefully this is a resolution I will be able to keep– as opposed to the other ones I have made which are lose weight, spend one on one time with each child every week, practice piano, increase fruits and veggies etc, which somehow life seems to interrupt my ‘being good’ at keeping my resolutions and I kept 0 of mine from last year. Well, like I said, maybe this year I will be better.
So I am trying to scrap once a week still so that I can have ‘adult time’ and I have been doing pretty good at this. Here are the ones I have completed in the last two (or maybe three) weeks.
Yep that is right, the two boys are in school all day- 8:45-3:25 and I am enjoying just having the girls.
Matt just finished out his first week of Kindergarten with Mrs. Moore. He loves it and is in a class with quite a few other children we know. When I asked him his favorite thing about the class, he told me it was the carpet- it is the same one as was in his Pre-school class last year. Aaahhh, the important things in life On Matt’s First Day last week it was about an hour and a half when the parents went with the students. We all got a tour of the school, Matt was chosen as Line Leader and got to hold Timmy the Turtle the class Mascot since Mrs Moore’s class is known as the Terrific Turtles.
Matt on his first Day
Line Leader Matt
Matt
Mrs. Moore, Matt and Phoebe in line on the
Andrew is finishing out his second week of second grade with Mrs. Warnick. He likes being back in school but it has been an adjustment for him. Mrs Warnick is a firm believer in HW and sends home an hour worth each night- a few worksheets, phonics reading aloud (which is not necessary for him, but I want him to know the work is necessary whether or not he feels it is worth his time or not), and reading 25 minutes a night to himself. Since when we walk home we arrive at home roughly at 1600 and dinner is at 1700, Andrew gets virtually no time off for anything fun or to unwind on school days.
Andrew on his First Day
Andrew attends 2nd Grade at Hillfield Elementary
Andrew excitedly waiting for Second grade to commence
Andrew in his class- right in the middle back turned