Egyptian Celebration

Dawson's first grade class has been studying Egypt this fall. It has been so fun to hear all about what he is learning. He has really enjoyed it. His teacher has made it so fun and interesting for her students. They had an Egyptian Celebration in his classroom and invited parents to come see what they have been learning. It was so darling. They sang a song to us. We watched a slide show of the students. And we got to see all the darling things they had made. Like their mummies, sarcophagus, and cute egyptian costumes that they made at school. I had no idea that it would be such a neat program. Easton and I had so much fun with Dawson. Easton loved Dawson's desk and chair. He totally took over them. And Dawson was so cute to share his hat and teach Easton about his mummy and other fun things. I love that Dawson got the chance to learn about Egypt.

Dawson and his teacher, Miss Jackson.

Go #85!!!

I can't look through these pictures of Dallon and not smile. He looks so cute in his football gear. I feel so lucky he is my son. Dallon had a great season. He had so much fun and played so great. He loved tackle football. He got to play his games on this totally awesome high school field which was really cool. His team took 4th place in his league.

Go #14!!!

We are huge fans of #14.  He is our Titans superstar!  Love him!

I won Dawson's secret recipe!

With Dawson being sick this week with pneumonia, he has been bored and trying to find things to fill the time.  Today, he came to me and Easton and told us to line up.  One of us was going to win something. He was going to be giving his secret recipe to one lucky winner.  We lined up and he threw it in the air...  the first one to grab it would be the winner.  I wanted it so bad I could taste it!  When he threw it in the air I jumped high and caught the secret recipe!  In your face, Easton.  ha ha.

There is one thing Dawson makes for our family time and time again. He's been making this special treat a year or two now.  I don't know that any of us ever really request it...  but it's a treat he likes to make and gift to us.  A kind deed he does to show love.  It's sweet really.  It's cereal pie! A little thing he made up all on his own.

Well, I am now the lucky owner of Dawson's famous cereal pie recipe. And with consent from the cook, I am going to share it with all of you today.  

"Syiro" (cereal) pie!

It looks a little different every time because he uses different cereals.  It is totally delicious and always presented on a paper plate.

getting himself some dinner...

and giving us a pretty good laugh out of the big pile of gold fish he had on his high chair. He had done this all by himself. 

sick and tired...

I took all three boys to the doctor monday and found out that Dallon and Easton have walking pneumonia.  Then after an xray done on Dawson that same day we were told he has full blown pneumonia... just like I had two weeks ago.  I never fully got over mine so I was back at the doctor today and have bronchitis.  What is this???

Batman, The Hulk, and a Boxer...

Here's a look at our boys in their Halloween costumes.  They all had a great Halloween and got way too much candy.  Even Easton walked door to door trick or treating with his big brothers! It was so cute. 

My photography website.

For those of you who haven't seen it yet...  my website for my photography business is up and running.  Aaron and I have had a lot of fun working on it together over the last month.  Go check it out.  Let me know what you think.  I'd love to hear from you!  www.jaimiehaleyphotography.com

Dallon's photography

Dallon had a school project that he had to do. It was for the Reflections contest. He chose to do photography... which was fun since that was something that he and I could do together. The theme this year is "Beauty is." He chose to take some pictures of flowers in our yard. He had to use a digital SLR camera, tell what lenses he used, and the info on how he shot each picture. He also had to learn to edit his own photos on the computer. And then we sent them to print. His teacher was so impressed. She told him that she wished she had these exact pictures hanging on the walls of her home as art. He felt so good and was very proud of his work. We still don't know the results of the contest. But we had a lot of fun working on photography together.

Fun Hat

Inspired by a Curious George cartoon, "monkey fun hat", the boys decided to make their own fun hat. Complete with a door and fully loaded with frosted shredded wheat. They had fun wearing it around and loved always having a snack on hand... or on head - Ha Ha!