St. Cletus Christmas Show

Last night Meg and Zach performed in the Christmas Show. They did a great job and looked adorable.

Zach's Kindergarten Mass

The Kindergarten and 8th graders led Mass this morning and performed a few songs for the Christmas show. It was adorable.

St Cletus Homecoming

Here are some of our little Cardinals on their way to the game. We had a great time in the parade and at the game Sunday. We'll post more pictures soon.

First day of Kindergarten

Zach was pretty excited to start Kindergarten today. He can't wait to see all of his friends again. We were happy to see that he has the same teacher Meg did for Kindergarten, Mrs. Bentley. He's going to have a great year!

Pet Parade 2009

Saturday we walked with St. Cletus School in the LaGrange Pet Parade. Zach loved that he got to ride in the Pricipal's jeep. The theme was Stars on Parade so we brought star beads, sunglasses and other fun stuff to give out to the kids. We also ordered Cardinal temporary tattoos for the kids. It was alot of fun.

Meg the author

Yesterday Meg's class had an Authors Tea where each of the children read one of the books they had written since January. meg has written 4 so far and chose "In The Mountains". She is dropping some pretty obvious hints in her story that she wants a dog.

I was very proud that she sat up straight and read loudly and with confidence. Zach took a break from his class to come down and give his sister some support.

Meg's Christmas Show

Last night Meg had her school Christmas show. The 1st-4th graders performed. It was adorable to see all of the kids singing their songs. Meg also played the xylophone for one song.

Santa at the school Christmas Party

Meg and Zach their chance to talk to Santa at the school Christmas party.

Oktoberfest

St. Cletus held its Inaugural Oktoberfest on Saturday. After the kids soccer games we headed over to the tent to start decorating for the event. Around 1:30 we came home for a little rest before heading back at 5pm so Elizabeth could sing at Mass while Chris helped them get ready for the event.

My friend Amy and I borrowed costumes from 'Jack and the Beanstalk' and were the hit of the party. In this picture we are standing with the Principal and the Pastor. Later that night they donned costumes as well and went table to table collecting money in the usher baskets, it was a riot!

Go St. Cletus Cardinals!

We had a busy weekend. Saturday Josh came up to see the kids soccer games. Sunday we decorated the Mitchell's car and went to the St. Cletus Homecoming parade and football games.

Zach's First Day

Zach started school on Tuesday. He seems to be enjoying his new class. He loves that he is at the same school as his big sister.

Meg goes to 1st Grade

Today is Meg's 1st day of school. She is in 1st grade!!!

Meg told me today that she "can't wait to get to wear her uniform." We'll see if she still feels that way in a few years :)

Zach starts tomorrow at St. Cletus.

Kindergarten Mother's Tea

Friday Meg's class invited all of the mothers to join them for tea and cookies. They sang "A you're Adorable...", "I love you, a bushel and a peck..." and some other very cute songs. I was very glad I was there to see her class at their most adorable.

School Mass and LPC PJ Party

Friday was an exciting day for the kids. Meg's Kindergarten class sang during the All School Advent Mass and then had a party that afternoon.

Zach's class had a Polar Express PJ Party. Later that afternoon they did a book exchange. Zach gave his friend Piper the book "What are you so Grumpy about?" by Tom Lichtenheld. We met the author at a book signing this fall and loved his funny writing and entertaining illustrations.

The Cold Cometh

This week you get some pictures of our morning drop off and the jazz nativity that Elizabeth performed in.

We had Zach's parent teacher conference this week and all our suspicions were confirmed. He is a great kid that is full of energy and happiness. He really likes book time and the teachers love the little guy.

Meg has been listening to Matilda on tape in the car. She just finished it on Sunday. She really liked Matilda but what girl wouldn't connect with a genius kindergartner that plays tricks on her parents and the school headmistress!

On Saturday Elizabeth performed in a jazz nativity at the church called Bending Towards the Light. The kids enjoyed watching all the instruments. Zach has a bright future as a musician. The little guy was dancing and playing pretend drums on beat.

Just another weekend...

So we had a pretty boring weekend. Swimming, Errands, Cleaning , and Mass on Saturday. Sunday we went to an open house at St. Cletus School so Meg could check out her new classroom. We also met the art and music teachers. Then it was off to Soccer, just a boring old weekend :)