Random views of the past few weeks or so

Elise dressed in her Daisy uniform for the Veteran's Day program at school. The 1st graders sang for the program.

Here is the whole 1st grade.

Close up - Elise and some classmates.

There she is.

Earlier this month Elise's Daisy troop went carolling at a local apartment complex for older adults. I had to pick up Owen from band right after I dropped Elise off (5 minutes away) and I missed ALL of the carolling. I guess it went very quickly.

Here is most of the Daisy troop.

Me and my girl.

Piggy-back rides from older siblings were the highlight of the day.

Long story short - the pom-pom came off of our santa hat - and made for much fun.

Next comes what I like to call a "stream of consciousness photo shoot" by the kids. I like to post these because they are too fun.

We made dog pull/chew toys for the holiday shop.

Elise reading I-spy.

The kids bought the cutest pom-pom pets at the holiday store.

They called them something - schquoogles, or something like that.

Oh, here they are with their "toy".

Schquoogle close up.

Looking at something.

Extreme schquoogle close up.

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Schquoogles looking scared of their toy.

Schquoogles looking at I-spy?

Peacock feather.

Schquoogles with Ollie.

I-spy page.

Back to my own photography:

Elise's bucket she did at school.

Elise's drawing of some birds she spotted at the feeder.

Decorating the Tree

No, they weren't posing. Really ;-p

And of course a blurry pic of the tree with all the lights.

Just found this sad video - John must have made it while I was gone somewhere. Could they be any happier?

Holiday Band Jam 2009

Remember your first band concert?

This is Runyon's Holiday Band Jam - The Finale:


All the 4th graders decided to wear Santa hats for the concert.

Love this shot.

What can I say about my boy and his sock choices?

Getting ready for some serious music.

The brass section.

The audience.

More pieces.

Letters to Santa

(Elise's reads sideways - not down)