Sunday, June 12, 2011

Ode to SLADE

At the end of the school year, Corbin brought home a "Poetry Notebook" with a bunch of poems in it that he wrote. There were poems about eggs, dogs, sharks, rocks and right in the middle of them all...a poem about his new baby cousin, Slade. Below is the poem in the exact way he wrote it.

Slade

Slade is littl (little)
Slade is wide
Slade likes to roll
Slade likes to gigl (giggle)
Slade has slobr (slobber)
Slade vomits
Slade Slade Slade

By: Corbin

Friday, June 3, 2011

Bittersweet...

Okay...so I'm having both happy and sad emotions about today...It's my first babies' last day of kindergarten. I now have to say I have a first grader!!!! I'm not ready...wondering if his teacher will hold him back. :(





Here he is...headed to his first day of kindergarten.

And here he is...headed to his LAST day of kindergarten. (in terrible need of a haircut, too)


His last day with his kindergarten teacher. (We have already pretty much begged her to take the next Nicholson kindergartener too!) ;)



Corbin LOVES his teacher, so we wanted to get her something not only to thank her for being such a great teacher...but also because her birthday is this weekend! Corbin got her a bag (from custoMOM), a beach towel, cool glass, and a flower cookie...and a hand-made card. We also got her baby daughter a cute sippy cup and rubber duck. :)




We are going to miss Mrs. H...but hopefully a certain little brother will get lucky and get in her class!





Thursday, June 2, 2011

Sport Stars and other stuff!

Well the spring season of sports is finally coming to an end. Gage has his last t-ball game this Saturday. Above is the picture with his team! Is it not precious?!? Gage is the one on the bottom row holding the two bats. :) So cute!!!!

Only about 1/2 of Corbin's team showed up for pics after they were rescheduled because of weather...I personally think the photographer could have taken the other kids name off the soccer ball...but whatever. My baby still looks cute...even with the fake smile. ;)

Yesterday, instead of having practice for his last t-ball game...the Red Sox had a party instead! It was at the park and the boys couldn't get enough of the pond and baby ducks. Lincoln got to come along with us for the first few minutes of the party since I was babysitting him. :)

Corbin waiting patiently for the cupcake part of the party!

Gage with his t-ball trophy and baseball shirt! He is so PROUD of his trophy. He's been asking about it for weeks and is so happy he finally got it!!!


Having two kids in sports is CHAOTIC, but they have so much fun, it's all worth it!! I'm super happy it's summer though and we get the little break before fall season starts!

Until next time...

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Corbin's 1st Field Day!!!

My soon-to-be 1st grader had his very first FIELD DAY experience today! It was suppose to be a couple weeks ago, but thanks to the rain, it got rescheduled! I wasn't able to make it , but according to Corbin...he had a BLAST! And to make the day even better...his daddy got to spend the ENTIRE day with Corbin and his class! Corbin was so excited about that he had trouble sleeping all night! (seriously...he went to bed around 11pm and woke up around 5:30am)

Michael had a good idea of getting the class a little gift for end-of-the-year. Bubble wands for everyone!!! Green for the boys and pink for the girls!


Stay tuned for Gage's last t-ball game of the season and Corbin's last day of kindergarten!
(boo hoo)


Monday, May 16, 2011

Mommy is a College Graduate!!!!

I finally graduated from college!!! Woo hoo!




We all headed to Splitsville to celebrate my big accomplishment with family!


The boys were super excited for the party!


I was excited about my well deserved drink! ;)


We got a private area and 2 lanes to bowl! One lane for the kiddos and the other for the adults. (fyi...I suck at bowling)


Me with my greatest accomplishments! :)



Corbin got a little bored with bowling after awhile. By the end of the party, he had two fat lips and a bloody nose after him and Lincoln rammed into each other.


Gagey celebrating after knocking pins down....I swear, the kid is better than me.


Slade was the only one that threw up at the party. ;)



The cake!



Precious.


Again...precious.



Seth had the MOST fun bowling...he lasted the entire time!


Impromptu pic. These never turn out. It didnt' help that 3 people were snapping pics at the same time.



I am such a nerd!!! I'm SUPER happy that college is finished...but stressed and anxious about the coming year, thanks to the lovely budget. (great time to get a teaching degree...ugh)



Thanks to everyone that helped me celebrate my big day!!!



Wednesday, May 11, 2011

One busy Saturday morning!

Last Saturday morning was REALLY a busy one for the Nicholson crew. First off (at 8am) we headed to Gage's t-ball game.


Sliding home!


Next up was Corbin's last soccer game of the season! (9am) Thank goodness Corbin and Gage both play at the same park or we would have difficulties. :)


Lil man played hard for his last game. We are proud of our lil Titan!


Slade came to watch Corbin's last game too. (Seth and Sarah too, of course.)


Corbin was lucky enough to play soccer with his good bud from school.


RIGHT after Corbin's soccer game, we raced over to Carter's birthday party! It was super cool because it was at a real fire station! The boys got to see the firestation, where the firefighters slept and even got to see inside the ambulance, fire truck and helicopter!



LOVE Gagey in this picture. The boys are in their uniforms since the party started at 10. :)



Carter's lil sister Abby in her (or Carter's) fire truck onesie! :) So cute....Erica is cute too. ;)

Hope you had a good birthday Carter!



Stay tuned for college graduation pics!!! Hopefully I won't forget my camera! ;)





Friday, May 6, 2011

Teacher Appreciation Week!

Being that I'm room mom in Corbin's class this year...and a sucky one at that since I've been unable to help her all year due to school...I went all out for teacher appreciation week!



Monday: Bring your teacher her favorite drink!!
I'm sure she has enough root beer to last her the rest of the year now...and I added root beer barrels (candy) to what Corbin brought her.

Tuesday: Bring your teacher her favorite candy! My first candy bouquet!! I was pretty proud of it and terrified it was going to fall apart!


This is a bucket I brought in for the specials teacher (speech therapist). Every class adopts a specials teacher to get stuff for. I took her basket to her today and it was filled with stuff from other kids in the class...thank goodness!


Wednesday: Bring a gently used or inexpensive book for classroom library. I also added a personalized notepad from Corbin...her all-time favorite student. ;) Thursday: Bring a giftcard to your teachers' favorite store. No pic here but Corbin got her a chick-fil-a card and other students did too...along with restaurants and GAP cards! :)


Friday: Bring your teacher flowers. Since my last day of student teaching was yesterday, I was able to go up to Corbin's school and have all the students make his teacher a little something extra too! The flowers (and bees) are their fingerprints.


I'm not a big fan of flowers...but isn't it pretty? The tulips and vase were from Corbin, but others were added after students started showing up. :)


I'm so relieved that teacher appreciation is over!! It's a lot of work!

Now I'm headed off to Denton for my senior luncheon....then grad day next weekend! Wa hoo!!!