Ch-ch-changes

Jamie has been working non-stop to get ready to leave Foley; I think he’s more worried about setting his students up for the rest of the year than he is about the new job  (which he starts on Monday)!  He's heard so many wonderful things from his current and past students, and said yesterday that he has no doubt he chose the right career.

He has a tradition of having students paint ceiling tiles, and his classroom looks so cool.  He of course had to leave his own tile for posterity.

FYI - that's Bob Ross, not Jamie wishing for more hair

His week has been full of kind messages, favors and treats

The girls opted to design some tiles also

I call this Horse with Golf Club Feet
(which is better than actual club feet, I can tell you)

Evie's venture into the world of abstract art

Grandma, Grandpa and Grammer attended grandparents day with Maggie’s class on Wednesday (Pops stayed at our house with Ben Ben).  Maggie was so excited and proud to have three grandparents there! 

A very loved little girl

Celebrities

Too cool

The girls started dance classes several weeks ago.  Evie does ballet for a half hour, and Maggie has a jazz/tap combo class for one hour afterwards.  Practice starts at 5:30 on Mondays, so we all rush home from school/work, shove dinner in our mouths, throw on some leotards and speed off to dance… I feel like the other moms judge me when I show up in a leopard leotard and tights, but I just look so good I can't help it...  It’s a hectic way to start the week, but they both are very happy doing it, especially Evie who is normally so shy when she tries anything new. 

No I'm a better dancer!  No I am!

Maggie posing angelically while Evie contacts some evil spirits

There's my sweetie

This Monday was challenging,
so the whole fam met up for ice cream after dance

Ben is such a fun little guy - I adore him and wish I had more time to spend with him!  He's a great sitter, is super squirmy in bed (like full-clock rotations throughout the night), thinks belly-farts are hysterical, likes to "talk", enjoys his 2-girl fan club, and his exer-saucer gets him real excited!

Skin's bare, don't care

That's the end folks