Zoo Field Trip 8

Today was the last day of Spirit Week at our school. In lieu of participating in the Spirit Week festivities on campus, our class took our last class field trip of the year, to The Folsom Zoo Sanctuary. The Folsom Zoo Sanctuary The Folsom Zoo Sanctuary is a small unique California zoo which provides sanctuary [...]

School Spirit Week: Crazy Day

Today is Crazy Day at school where students get to wear crazy hats, hair-dos, sunglasses, and socks with their school uniforms. At first, I had such ambition for this day. I love Crazy Days. I love when children get to be creative with what they wear and how they look, and take on an alter [...]

School Spirit Week: Jog-A-Thon 3

Today’s Spirit Week activity was our school Jog-A-Thon. All the student ran their hearts out and had a great time. The best part, according to my boys, was the ice-cold Popsicles at the end. Go Fighting Irish!!! …and the TK and Kinder classes are off! Kaden running as hard as he can! Logan leading the [...]

Spirit Week: Career Day

This week is Spirit Week at school which means a week packed full of fun activities for all the students. For the first time, the school is hosting a career day where students can dress up as the career they want to be when they get older. Career Day When I asked the boys what [...]

Earth Day 1

This year we celebrated Earth Day planting our vegetable garden and releasing ladybugs into our garden to help naturally control unwanted pests. Not only is releasing ladybugs a great way to help protect our Earth by using less pesticides, but it is also fun for the kids. Once we start planting the first vegetables in [...]

springbreak2012_046

Earlier this year, our twins asked if we could take a vacation to Legoland California in lieu of a school birthday party. With as expensive as birthday parties have become, we thought this was a great idea, plus it would give us a great excuse to take our first official family vacation since our children [...]