{D.A.R.E. to be great}

Owen earned his D.A.R.E. award and his Young American award this year.  To earn the Young American award, he had to memorize all 50 states and their capitols, memorize all of the presidents in order, memorize the Gettysburg Address, answer 100 questions about American history, and some other things.  He worked hard and is happy with his accomplishments!  Way to go Owen!

Every year the 5th graders get to do a report on a state.  Owen got the state of Florida.  Here he is pulling his Florida State Wagon in the state float parade around the school. 

Only one more week of school left!

{Happy Birthday, Owen Dear}

We went all out for Owen's Birthday this year.  He had a cereal themed party. 

The invites.

Closeup.



 

I was too busy running around and forgot to snap a before picture of the cereal buffet before all the mayhem started.  It looked all cutesy, but was quickly ransacked within minutes.  Boys....

 

 There were 5 different kinds of cereal.  And 5 different cereal toppings- marshmallow, sprinkles, chocolate syrup, marshmallow topping, and mini chocolate chips. 



Those that rarely get to eat sugar cereal were in cereal sugar overload heaven.

 

 

We played some "cereal" games.  Capture the cereal box, flying fruit loops, and name that cereal.

Present time!  Owen got a lot of fun gifts.  Basketball items seemed to be popular.  Owen loves basketball.

 

 

 

Kept it simple and went with a donut cake.  I'm a big fan.  

 

 

Finn was a peach and jumped in his jumper for the duration of the party.

 

 

The party favors.  I printed on paper bags and filled them with a donut from the donut cake and a box of cereal.



 

Later in the day we surprised Owen with his very own Ipod.  He'd been begging for anything newer than a 1st generation. 

It was "CEREALsly" a great day!

 

 

Owen~

-knows every basketball fact known to man

-would wear basketball shorts and a t-shirt everyday if he could

-hates to do homework

-loves beef stroganoff

-likes to play video games

-is tech savvy

-tells Finn he's awesome every time he sees him

-has a funny sense of humor

-doesn't use a cup, drinks right out of the faucet







{Happy Birthday, Owen}

It was Owen's birthday on Friday. He turned nine years old. Some things you should know about Owen is that he is funny. He is alot like his dad. He HATES to clean, and is always trying to get out of doing it. He claims to be one of the best soccer players out on the field at recess, and says that there are 3 girls in his class that like him. He loves to play video games and says "oh.my.gosh." all the time. It actually drives me nuts. He is tender hearted and sensitive to the spirit. He is independent and you will often find him off by himself doing his own thing. When with friends he can get a little too goofy and not know when he's gone too far. He is getting his basketball shot down is about to earn his bear badge in scouts. His favorite food is beef stroganoff and he likes to sing. He often wakes up at 2 or 3 in the morning and watches t.v. until he falls back asleep. He is very artistic and likes to create things and draw. He still thinks that new shoes make him run faster and jump higher. He is pretty much one big ball of awesomeness.


Owen wanted to goto Santa Monica Pizza for his birthday dinner, but when we got there they were closed due to a power outage that had shut down a few other stores too. So we told Owen to pick somewhere else to eat. We told him he could go anywhere he wanted. Johnny Carino's, Joe's Crab Shack, Chili's, Olive Garden-you name it.

We drove around for a while trying to decide where to eat. All of us were starving, and I was super hungry and getting grumpy and annoyed that we couldn't decide on a place to eat.

Just pick somewhere Owen. It's your birthday, you can choose to go wherever you want. Ummmm......I want to goto McDonald's. Inside the Walmart.......

SERIOUS. Of all the places you could go, you want to goto McDonald's- inside of Walmart no less! I told him No. That there was no way I could do it. I was super annoyed.

Of course Kurt was like this is awesome! You should be relishing this moment. And then Kurt had to put me in my place and told me to think about who I was thinking about at the moment. I told I was thinking of myself. And that I didn't want to eat at McDonald's.

Well, it was the birthday boy's wish to eat at McDonald's inside of Walmart. And so it was. And there I sat eating a number 7 and downing my Dr. Pepper. Although I was annoyed, at least the birthday boy was happy.