Clayton's Civil War Test

Clayton's history teacher is so much fun!  The kids have been studying the Civil War, and today was their test.  Instead of a regular pen and pencil test, she organized this whole scenario that made it more like a game.  The kids had to go to stations and answer questions about battles and key figures.  If the "platoon" missed a question, one of their soldiers got shot (red crepe paper tied around their arm) and went to the infirmary for an "elixir" (timeline to fill out).  When their timeline was correct, they could return to battle.  Waayyy more fun than a regular test!

Skate Park Day

Middle Brother realized that he can pick up Big Brother.  That show of strength deserved a trip to the skate park.  ;)

Second Grade Solar System

Grandparents Day and Living Museum

Grandparents Day in Kindergarten - complete with a little drum concert  :)

Followed by Living Museum with our Harry Houdini and King Tut

Clayton's Surgery

In our never ending quest to help our Clayton breathe better, we recently had him seen by an ENT in our area.  He suggested surgery to remove Clayton's adenoids and laser some excess tissue off of his nasal passages.  He had never had any kind of surgery before, so we were all a bit anxious.  He did really well, though!  He was hysterical after his dose of oral Versed.  He was waving at the automated paper towel dispenser (he was convinced that the hand icon that instructs people to wave their hand to advance the paper towels was waving at him), putting his surgical cap over his feet, acting silly, etc.  He had Wade & I in stitches!

He did well during the surgery, thankfully.  He was pretty grouchy (not himself at all!) after surgery.  I kept apologizing to all of the staff and promising that he is really a good kid, not the demon child that he was acting like.  Haha!

Hoping that this surgery helps our boy to breathe easier!