Show offs!

Comfy?

It came!!

Look what was in my mailbox today!

Briana went out and got the mail for me after school.  Since her birthday is coming up, she saw the package in the mailbox and assumed it was something for her.  I saw the frown on her face as soon as she saw my name (not hers) on the manilla envelope.  And then she brought the mail in the house and hid it from me!  The little sneak!  I finally found it, and ripped open the envelope.  Inside was my book, autographed as promised.

P.S.  I'm not at all dissapointed that it doesn't say "To: Stacey".  Not at all. 

Balloon wreath (doubles as beret)

Door plaques

These are the name plaques that I made for the girls doors. I think they turned out pretty good!

Field Day

Today was Field Day for the girls at school. The morning started off a little rainy, so I was worried they would cancel it, but it ended up going on as planned. Mike and I went up and both of the girls were having a blast! Here are a couple vidoes of the kids in action.

room redo

We finally finished decorating Briana's room today.  I think it turned out very cute!

Schramm park

Last week, I went with Briana and 16 other second graders to Schramm Park for a much anticipated field trip. I have only just today recovered from it. We hiked for seven hours straight. Seven. We were all exhausted! Here are the kids with their teacher, Mrs. VanDeursen on the morning hike.

Briana and her friends, Kaylee, Caitlin and Emma just before lunch.

Here are all of the kids after we hiked up a huge hill. This was nearing the end of the day, and everyone was wiped out.

Farmers

Yesterday, I got to go with 46 kindergarteners to Gifford Farm. Despite the freezing temperatures, it was very fun. I got to be Sydney's partner, which meant we got to ride together on the bus.

All the kids got to go down this slide and land in a huge pile of hay.

Here's a couple pictures of our group.

The kids all got to ride on this gigantic rocking horse too. Guess who was the first one on?

Here's my girl looking out at all the horses, llamas and donkeys.

And, here's a cute video of the kids doing the hay dance.

I'm always curious to hear what Sydney thinks of her field trips. So when Mike got home from work last night, he asks Sydney to tell him about the farm. "You mean the stinky farm?" she asks. Ha ha ha!

STACEY STACEY BANG BANG

This weekend, I became very good friends with a celebrity. Shannon and I drove out to Kansas City to meet Chelsea Handler. We first met her at a bookstore so she could sign a copy of her new book for us, where I chatted her up and the whole croud laughed at our banter.

Here we are waiting in line outside the bookstore for Chelsea (yes, we're on a first name basis, seeing as we are good friends.)

And, here is Chelsea smiling up at Shannon as she signs her book.

And, here is Chelsea and me chatting it up as she signs my book.

After the book signing, Shannon and I knew that she would for sure want us to be at her show, because that's what friends do for each other. Go to each other's stand up shows. There wasn't room for all of us to fit in her taxi, so she followed us over to the Starlight Theatre.

Chelsea really wanted to hang out with us on Saturday and go shopping and see some more of Kansas City, but she had to go do another show in San Diego. I'm sure she'll be mentioning us on her show this week though. And she's probably sending me an email right now.

Shannon and I had a great time in KC, and really got to see the city in a different light that we have before. And it's really pretty fun there. They have lots of cool stuff to do. They have a great farmer's market and we went to a really cool antiques store. And, I have to say, the parking attendants in Kansas City are brilliant and all deserve raises for their knowledge and expertise.