Already Faking Sickness?

There have been some changes at Landon's school and he is having a few issues. All of his best buddies graduated 4K and were moved up to the Kindergarten class. In exchange, he received a few new classmates AND a new teacher, Ms. D. His old teacher, Ms. J, is still in the class with them but he has made it clear that he doesn't like Ms. D and that he wants his old friends back.

This morning on the way to school he told me that he was sick and that he couldn't go. When I asked him what was wrong he told me that he had a headache. I then asked him how he had a headache and he proceeded to explain that he had a booger in his eye and it busted into his brain and that gave him a headache. Needless to say, he's at school. And oh yeah, Ms. D resorted to bribery and pulled out bubbles this morning so he was somewhat content with me leaving him with that new evil teacher. :)

Have a great weekend!

5th Grade Graduation

This is Cameron sporting the many awards he received today at the 5th grade graduation and awards ceremony.

Among the honors received are:

Presidential Award of Excellence
Perfect Attendance
A Honor Roll
Panther Pride Award

Picking My Battles

Act I:
I woke up very early this morning to be all domesticated and cook the breakfast casserole I had prepared for Cameron's 5th grade breakfast today. In the hustle of getting everything ready and the kids dressed, my dear husband only gave Landon a goodbye kiss before leaving for work. Now Landon would have none of that and insisted on his hug AFTER Mike had already left. I grabbed my cell phone and went running for the front door to stop Mike from leaving. I flagged him down and yelled for Landon to run to the door to give his Daddy that hug. Landon comes running and makes it out the door stark naked with nothing to hide his precious jewels. I send him in to at least put on underwear. He then runs to the road and jumps in his Daddy's truck to give him that very much anticipated hug. Whew! We just diverted a national crisis!

Act II:
My happy child goes back inside and gets dressed. He pulls out his winter hat and insists upon wearing it to school. No biggie, right? Next thing I know he's asking for his green jacket. Whatever. We head out the door and he is wearing gloves. That kid's gotta be hot, right? I insist upon their removal and finally decided to just pick my battle because we were already running late.

And this, my friends, is what my child looked like today at school:

Oh - and the temperature outside? Only 80 degrees.

My First Blog

Okay, friends and family. Here you go. My gift to you. I may not call much. I may not write often. I may not email as I should. Maybe, just maybe, I will blog. I've decided to create this blog to keep our wonderful friends and family up to date regarding what's going on with us Coastal Conns. Go ahead and bookmark this page and check back regularly. As you know, the boys keep us all so busy and they are growing just as fast. So...take this as it is and enjoy it while it lasts!