{it's monday! time to join carissa at lowercase letters for more miscellaneous happenings and random thoughts! join in and share your mundane moments too!}
1.{my old twin...sort of}
did anyone else live to watch 90210 back in the day...or was that just me? I still remember when I was in high school that people used to tell me I looked like Tori Spelling back then...and I was so flattered, ha!
fast forward...ahem...about 15 years...
we started a new year of MOPS last week, and during one of our getting to know you games...a new mom I had not met before sits down and says to me first thing..."Has anyone ever told you, you look like Tori Spelling?" I started laughing! I'm not sure I look quite like her...but I guess there's some similarity...maybe the shape of our faces and our haircuts...I don't know, what do you see? ha!
2.{stack 'em up!}
on friday, Alex and Emily were part of the cup stacking tournament at school. I had no idea what it was going to be like or how many kids participated...but let's just say...I was a little overwhelmed at the noise and activity level once I was there! they were both really excited about it!
Emily getting her score sheet...
...the practice area...
...the testing area...
they had three chances to improve their times...and poor Emily got disqualified all three times! I guess when she unstacked the cups each time, she was going in the wrong order. she was so devastated and all tears...I felt so bad.
then it was time for the doubles competition...which we thought when they signed up that Alex and Emily would be competing against each other...turns out they were actually a team! Emily didn't want to do it anymore because she felt so defeated by the singles round, but I told her she had to... I thought it was so funny watching them practice...Alex didn't want to get so close to Emily!
I loved watching them work together...and they did great!
the idea was that they each had to take turns and only use one hand to complete the stacking and unstacking...
...and guess what...
they won third place and received a medal! I was so happy...and Emily was thrilled! I was so proud of them!
what a great team!
{Emily wore her medal all weekend!}
3.{t minus seven}
Alex finally lost his seventh tooth! he refused to pull it even though it was flapping when he breathed! I was afraid he was going to swallow it, so I finally convinced him to get it out!
nice grin! it's picture day next week...his smile keeps changing every year!
4.{little picasso's}
I finally put the quote up over the kids' artwork in the basement that was inspired by Kelli at RTSM. I love seeing their artwork and I think they're pretty proud of it too! There's plenty of wall space to expand...so I hope the gallery keeps growing!
I'm not sure why some of the letters are so much bigger than others...I used the same size for all of them! I used the Cricut to cut them out on vinyl adhesive paper...and used a laser level to try and hang them all straight...maybe it's just my eye...but it still looks a little crooked! oh well...I kinda like that it's a little imperfect!
{Thanks Kelli for the cute idea!}
I also hung the little shelf that used to be near our back door next to their little kitchen, added a couple of pictures...and created cafe picasso...ha! all artists need a snack break!
Happy Monday!
