It's been pretty quiet around our house lately...nothing too exciting to write about. We did make it through the great "SNOW (we actually had a little bit of ice)" of 2011. We enjoyed a day off of school, but we are not looking forward to having to make it up.
Steve and I registered at Macy's this weekend. For those of you who have never done this, I HIGHLY recommend it when you get married or have a baby! It is so... FUN! Steve especially enjoyed pointing the gun at everything he could find that we might remotely need (or want) someday! I had fun doing that too! :)
It's musical season at the high schools. I love musicals! Steve and I went to see KHS's production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. It was fabulous and absolutely hysterical. I would highly recommend it if it comes to a stage near you. Then we took the boys to see KCHS's production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. It was so cute and we really enjoyed it. I continue to do my part in keeping my boys cultured. They really do enjoy it...
And for your reading pleasure, I will leave you with Braden's latest story. For homework, he had to write a story from the point of view of an animal. He chose a monkey...I can't imagine why he would want to write about a monkey...perhaps because he does such a good job of acting like one! :)
Braden's Story:
Oh yah work it work it. I love the people who take pictures of me. Oh, you're watching. Hi I'm a monkey who lives in a zoo. The zoo is great. When people take pictures of me, I give them my best moves. I swing from vines, I pose, and one of my best ones is I throw up and I eat my throw up. If you want to see me do it, you better come to the zoo tomorrow. If you don't come, you'll wake up with a monkey on you. so, if you don't want a monkey on your back, you better come.
He's a ham. This is not one of his best pieces of work....I think it was one of those hurry up and finish your homework kind of days. I will share some more of his work with you soon. He wrote an awesome story about the Alamo for a contest recently. We are crossing our fingers that he wins something. Be on the lookout for it....
Last night, we completed the annual task of addressing Valentine's. This year, Nolan got to join in the fun. Logan says at middle school, they give away carnations, but he chose not to participate....says he doesn't have anyone to send a carnation too. :) I am sure there is a girl or two that he'd like to give a flower to...just not brave enough yet. Braden is giving out paper airplane Valentines and Nolan is giving out Toy Story Valentines. Braden had 5 extras to give out to friends in his "switch" class. After addressing all of the invitations, he said to me, "I gave a valentine to a person who probably won't get very many." I asked who and he said Jamell. Jamell is a kid in his switch class who often gets into trouble....he is a bad choicemaker. I thought it was super sweet for Braden to give him a Valentine. He said, "I bet if everyone in his class didn't have to give valentine's to everyone, Jamell probably wouldn't get any." Such a sweet, tender heart sometimes! 
