Monster Jam 2015

I've always said if it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all. That changed when I won four tickets to Monster Jam. Seriously, why couldn't I have won something much more exciting, and much more girly?! However, Hank and the boys were thrilled. Sailor and I decided not to go which left them with an extra ticket that they shared with our neighbor. He seriously has only one grandson and like 9 granddaughters, he was a little more than willing to have a "boys night".

I might not have been excited about winning tickets but that sweet face sure made it worth it.

Happiness = a bag of cotton candy.

Love those two goofballs.

  We have an arena entirely too small for the trucks to do anything, but it makes for a great concerts, we haven't had a bad seat yet!

4th grade field trip Florida Museum of History and Natural Science

This was our last stop of the day and by far the kids favorite. They have boardwalks throughout the entire park that take you by the animals and exhibits. I would love to make a trip here during cooler weather to bring the entire family.

All of these dinosaurs were made from various car parts and scrap metal.

  A napping black bear.

Florida panther.

 There has been rumor that these have been spotted not only in Navarre, but in my subdivision. That scares the crap out me, these are some huge cats!

Red wolves that were brought here from the refuge in NC, I did ask.

Turkeys.

Always one of my favorites, bald eagles.

  And one of my least favorites, snakes.

And after some lunch and our tour, playtime to end the day before our three hour ride back home.

FSU

After leaving the Capitol, we got a scenic tour of FSU on our way to the Museum of Natural History. Most of the kids didn't care a thing about driving by the college, but since Tucker has shown interest in attending here one day, I was thrilled. It is a beautiful and huge campus.

4th grade Tallahassee Trip

Each year the 4th grade students at West Navarre Intermediate have their "big" field trip, a three hour ride to visit our state capitol. I wasn't able to chaperone when Tucker went so I was excited to be able to go with Sailor's class. It's a long and exhausting day, leaving at 5:30 in the morning and not getting home until around 6 that evening, but totally worth it.

The kids love the fact they get to ride on big buses with bathrooms. I loved the fact that I got an entire seat to myself at the front of the bus.

My view heading across I-10 that early in the morning, beautiful start to the day.

  The Florida state capitol. 

This is actually the old capitol and the tall building behind it is the new capitol building.

They have tried to redo the old capitol back to it's original appearance.

Downtown Tallahassee.

  Having a seat in the waiting area of the Governors office.

Capitol chapel.

The Supreme Court of Florida

  State Senate.

Learning to sew

Sailor loves arts and crafts projects, and I love her having things to do to keep her busy. This was a gift she received for Christmas. She refused any help from anyone. She had a few minor mistakes but overall she did a great job. Obviously she didn't get her sewing skills from me.

Some serious concentration going on.

The finished product, look at the smile on that sweet face!

NBMSS Field Trip Fun

Obviously it's been a few months since my last post and even longer than that when this field trip took place. I had couple of people complain that I had not posted anything recently and although finding the time to sit here and do this has been difficult, it's nice knowing someone at least looks at it. This was the field trip Cutter was most excited about this year, a trip to the Marine Science Station. He's been to camp here in the past but an excuse for a day out of school makes it much better.

I can't tell you how much it freaks me out knowing other people have worn these hats. Poor Cutter had his head scrubbed good that night.

Fins Up!

And this is what happens after wearing a crazy hat, crazy hair.

Learning all about sea turtles.

Lunchtime.

They caught a shrimp, they were so proud.

It was a fun and perfect day for a field trip.

Tooth Fairy Time

As the school year has progressed, Cutter has watched many of his classmates lose teeth. He has waited and wiggled almost daily waiting for his turn at a visit from the tooth fairy. One of his lower teeth recently started getting a little lose and bothering him. I honestly figured we still had a few days before it fell out but Wednesday evening while I was with Sailor at softball practice and Hank was at a DU meeting, Cutter managed to pull his tooth all by himself! I was so upset I wasn't home when it happened, but I'm pretty fortunate that Tucker was with him and did such a great job of encouraging him to pull it out. Hank and I came home to one excited little boy.

This is a pillow my mom made for Josh when he was little and it's been passed down to Tucker and now Cutter. He seriously woke up at 2am to let us know the tooth fairy had been to visit!