And here's how it went down...

I am sure you are all waiting with baited breath to find out how The Talk went with Peter on Friday night.

In one word - smooth.

But if you want a more than one word then - On Friday night as Sarah and Dan headed for the Daddy/Daughter Dance, Peter and I headed to dinner at a local wing restaurant.  Peter had not been there in ages (and in fact never remembered even going there) because Dan and I don't think the food there is that great.  But we must be the only ones who feel that way because we had to wait 25 minutes for a table.

And we waited outside in the cold.  Peter who is cold natured liked me, was wearing a very large coat.  He had it zipped all the way up and had the hood pulled over his head.  You know how when you are a mom and you are heading out into the bitter winter weather you would bundle your two-year-old up so tightly that they couldn't move?  Kind of like Randy in a Christmas Story:

That's what Peter reminded me of standing there in the cold night air.  A two-year-old. Only Peter was not wearing a scarf or mittens but you get the idea.

And I thought to myself, where did my baby go?  He's ten and I'm about to tell him the facts of life and he's standing there all bundled up and all I want to do is squeeze him and hug him and tell him to stop growing up so fast.  But before I could embarrass him like that, they called us.  Our table was ready.

But I can't finish this story yet because Peter has an allergist appointment and I'm about to be late to pick him up....

Ten is...

Ten is...

smart

funny

a history buff

hot-tempered

tenderhearted

shy

talkative

handsome

a Cub Scout

a guitar player

an excellent student

Ten loves to...

play guitar

play Minecraft

read

watch You Tube videos

play with his best friend Colton

eat cereal

go camping with his Dad

play outside with his Air Soft guns

Ten has my heart.

Happy Birthday, Peter!

Daddy-Daughter Dance

Sarah has been looking forward to the Daddy-Daughter Dance at her school since last year's Daddy-Daughter Dance at her school.

So on Friday evening she got into her dress and her fancy dancing shoes and was ready to go.  She wanted her hair curly so we did the sock bun method to try to get some curl into it.  Unfortunately her hair is really long and quite fine and she only kept the sock in for a couple of hours instead of overnight ,so even though it looked nice and curly when we unrolled it, it was rather straight almost minutes later.  So I got out the curling iron and tried to fancy it up a bit.  Even with hair spray it still didn't hold. 

Curly or straight, I think she looks gorgeous either way!

Sarah posing in her dress.

Sarah and Daddy (please note the shoes!)

Doing the dance we like to call "The Daddy".

They had a great time and I think she's ready to do it again - as long as she gets a new dress and a new pair of shoes!

What I Wore Sunday

Today I'm linking up with What I Wore Sunday at Fine Linen and Purple.

I've watched for a couple of weeks as several bloggers I normally read participated in this meme and so today I thought, what the heck, I'll give it a try!

We go to a very large Catholic church and it is very casual.  99% of the women wear pants and I am happy to follow suit (or pants suit as the case may be). 

As I was getting ready this morning, I decided to wear my new skinny brown cords with a white button down and a really cute black blazar that has a couple of ruffles across the back.  I really like that black blazar but I failed to remember that it has 3 quarter length sleeves so it looked ridiculous with the white button-down shirt.

I was struggling to try to make the shirt and blazar work and then Sarah walked in the room and said, "Mom you look just like Ellen in that outfit except you don't have short hair."

All righty then.  So I decided to go with this look:

It's the same brown skinny cords which I recently got from Target.  I'm wearing it with a thin eggplant colored cowl neck sweater from Kohl's over the top of a black cami from Kohl's.  I've completed the look with my new black lace up booties from Target.  Aren't the cute?  (Well except for the rogue laces.  I think I need to work on my tying skills!)

And there you have it.  What I Wore Sunday.  For more looks, head over to Fine Linen and Purple.

Boring to-do list, pretty shoes, and sour cream.

I have been on a tear this morning!  I have been checking things off my to-do list left and right:

Trash to dump
Return library books
laundry
Balance check book
Pay bills
Wrap Peter's birthday presents
Sync car with cell phone
Send pictures to family members
Read book

And yes, read book refers to reread the book that Peter will be reading tomorrow night while his sister is at the Father/Daughter dance.

And speaking of the dance, Sarah is absolutely thrilled with the dress and shoes I picked out for her.  It's usually 50/50.  She has her own certain tastes and they are vastly different from mine but I knew as soon as I saw the size 1 sparkly silver heels she would be smitten.  And I was correct. I have had a time keeping her from tap dancing in them in the bathroom for the last two weeks.

Now I must dash out to visit my grandmother at the rest home and pick up some sour cream because you can't have burritos made out of left over pot roast if you don't have sour cream.

Cub Scouts Raingutter Regatta

On Saturday, Peter participated in his 4th Raingutter Regatta.

I was a good mom and blogged about them here, here, and here.

And since I'm still a good mom, I'm going to blog about it again!

If you look at that first link (and if you do, will you please note how young my little 1st grader looked?) you will see that Peter and Dan went for style over speed and they lost. 

After that, they decided they didn't care how the boat looked they just wanted it to be fast.  This year was no different but they finally built a winner!

Peter got a first place medal out of the Weblos 1 group!  He raced hard in the championship heats but didn't place.  But he was okay with that.  The trophy for winning Weblos 1 seemed to be enough for him.  Plus, he could see how smoking fast the other boats were and he knew he didn't have a chance against a couple of those.

Peter and Dan analyzed the Grand Prize winning boat and I think they are going to "borrow" some things they learned for next year's boat.

4th Grade Country Festival

Since the beginning of school, Peter's class has been working on a big project in Social Studies. 

They each had to pick a country and research it.  They had to learn about the geography, the history, the food, the people, etc. and they had to put their information into a large demo board as well as a travel brochure.  They also had to make a flag.  They worked on this project in class with their teacher, in the media center with the librarian, in computer class, as well as in art class.

They had to present their information in class to the other students and they had to take notes on the other countries as well.

And then the big day came.

The Country Festival!

On Friday, they set up their information boards, brought in food from their countries for their classmates and parents to sample and had a parade through the school.

Many of the kids dressed in costumes from their country and brought items from that country as well.

Then each of the other grades came through, looked at the projects and asked the kids questions about their countries.

Peter loved it!  He said the best part of the whole project was when everyone asked him questions and he knew the answers.  I thought the best part was the food but that's just me!

Peter's country was Russia.  He wore an old Soviet soldier's hat and we got many items from a friend who had been to Russia. 

Here are pictures from the Country Festival:

The whole school lined the halls to watch the 4th Grade parade through with their flags.

Sweden and Russia

Heading upstairs to the Middle School.

After they paraded through the school, they entered the gym while their country name was being called out. (And the Olympic music was playing.)

The kids really enjoyed trying food from other countries.

Peter is imparting his knowledge on the 3rd graders.

Peter is telling the principal, Sister Geri, all about Russia.

Great job 4th Grade!!

Peter said...

Peter:  Mom, was electricity invented when you were born?

Me (exasperated): Yes.

Peter (laughing hysterically): Only kidding!  I know you're old but you aren't that old!

Halloween 2012

Eating our traditional Halloween dinner - Mummy Pizzas

Jason and Devil Girl

We always visit my grandmother before we head out to trick-or-treat

The gang we trick-or-treat with!

Colton and Peter - BFF!

Cheyanne and Sarah - BFF!

We always end the night at my parent's house!