Literary Parade 2010

This past Friday was the annual Literary Parade at TES.  Students are supposed to dress up as a character from their favorite book.  TES Pre-K dressed up as the character from the book “Ain’t Gonna Paint No More.” 

Of course, it was all we could do to get my kids in the painted shirt.  Neither one was having any part of having their faces, hair or bodies painted!

Waylon’s class before the parade

Waylon & Mrs. Wendy

Waylon before the parade, ready to go with his paint can!

 Wyatt waiting on his class’s turn to walk in the parade

The front office staff as “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”

Waylon & Wyatt’s classes after the parade

  Wyatt with Mrs. Heather & Mrs. Belinda

Our niece Leah as Tinkerbell 

There was a great variety of costumes to be seen.  Unfortunately, elementary school kids move pretty fast and don’t give much opportunity for photos!!  Take my word though, it was an interesting parade to say the least!

Savannah

As you’ve probably read on my sister Tania’s blog, we took a trip this past week to Savannah.  We had such a great time and it was nice to get away by ourselves to spend some much needed “sister time” together.

We stayed at the Eliza Thompson House, which was beautiful!  Our room was gorgeous as was the courtyard.  The breakfast was fabulous and the service was great too. 

The front of the Inn

Our room

View of the Courtyard

The courtyard had lots of little statues that something about me thought were cute. 

Except this one…I found it to be a little gross.  Is he throwing up?!

I liked this one in particular because it reminded me of one of the “monkey motions” my boys do all the time!

See!!

We spent most of our time doing lots of walking!!  Which was needed because of all the yummy food we stuffed ourselves with while we were there!!

Our favorite food places were “The Lady & Sons” & “Barnes.”

Yes, I made the most of the buffet!  I wanted to try a little bit of EVERYTHING!!!

I might be craving a pork sandwich from Barnes just by looking at this picture…mmmmm!!

I just loved how they differentiated their tea choices…

We had said before we went that we weren’t interested in doing any tours, we’d just walk around and enjoy Savannah at our own pace.  However, we did find a tour that would come pick us up at our B&B, and take us on a tour around the historic district.  That was one of the best tours I’ve been on.  It was an open trolley ride around town, and our guide was very informative….down to the fact that the bench Tom Hanks sat on in Chippewa Square during the filming of Forrest Gump was actually a bench from the Home Depot…I had no idea!

Tania & I on the trolley tour

Not sure why I took a picture of this, something about “Sorry Charlie’s” struck my fancy!

So many homes were decorated for Fall & Halloween.  I loved this particular courtyard

I had to snap this shot on the move…it’s the bar/restaurant that Julia Roberts stood outside of in her jammies as she tracked down her cheating husband in the movie “Something to Talk About.”

Some beautiful homes…

The stairs we took down to River Street

Loved the sidewalks on River Street

We definitely saw some interesting sights, like this painting of “Reclining Salad…”

….and this Fall display with the garishly large pumpkin!

The Historic District of Savannah is a beautiful place to visit, and the time with my sister was priceless!!  I can’t wait until we can plan our next (hopefully) annual trip!                             

Workin’ at the Car Wash

Working a car wash can be tough.  There’s lots of work to be done.  First, you have to get yourself together and meet about what’s lined up for the day.

Usually, there’s one guy doing all the work, and somebody else just goofing off. 

 

It’s all fine until the worker realizes what’s going on…

…And has to give a gentle reminder to the slacker to get back to work.

Not only is he a motivator, he’s a teacher, showing the correct way to get the bucket filled.

And his student proves that he can work hard too!!

Supervisor comes back to check on things.  Yep, all is well.

But on warm, sunny days, it’s hard not to get distracted…

…And play a little more…

…Until you get caught by your supervisor again, with another reminder to get back on task!

 

After careful consideration, it was determined that the reason for lack of hard work & initiative was aversion to company uniform.  After the new policy was implemented, all were able to put in a good day’s work at the wash!

Homecoming & Piñata Party

This past Friday, Wyatt had his Piñata Party at school.  This boy (as previously posted) loves a piñata!!  Once again, I didn’t get great pictures, but I blame it on the fact that I had been at work Thursday night and never went to bed  until Friday night at about 8pm.  Therefore, my mind was not in a good photo taking state!! 

It also happened to be Homecoming, so everyone was supposed to dress up in Orange & Black for Spirit Day…my poor kids.  Last year I swore I’d get them some Tiger gear to wear for Spirit Day, but it snuck up on me again and I never got anything.  Poor Jesse, I ran out the door to work on Thursday night yelling back how they were supposed to wear Orange & Black and I wasn’t sure if they had anything, so just to do the best he could!

Waiting patiently for a turn at the piñata…

The piñata Wyatt’s class made… “Lucky the Dog”

Lillianne & Wyatt taking a swing

 

Collecting the loot…

Wyatt & his candy

Wyatt & Bailey waiting on the parade to start

Still waiting…

Most of the kids’ hands looked like this after shaking their shakers they made in class…

Watching the parade roll by

Waylon & Nana

The only picture I have of the actual parade, and it’s one that Waylon took!!