Sagamore Living Magazine November 2010

Calvin appeared in the magazine a few months ago and this month the girls got to promote the Nutcracker for the holiday season with a great article.

Corynne had lunch with Jared the Subway Guy

One of Corynne's friends won as a prize for a fundraiser, lunch from Subway with Jared.  She had no idea who he was, but we explained when she heard about the prize.  Then her friend ended up winning and was able to invite 6 friends and included her.  The paparrazi were there and they got to be on the cover of the Noblesville times;)

He autographed these for them and Corynne even brought one home for Josie.

Skeletown at Indianapolis Children's Museum



Skelly the Skeleton



Scary Colts Room



Cousins Ava and Eli



We had alot of fun, but also a weird ending to our visit!

I had a lady get in my face over walking in front of the audience while the kids were on the runway in the Barbie area (and I didn't even do it-walked completely around). I had to go get museum employee to get her out of my face. Then Darla and I take kids up to ride Carousel and there's 2 women screaming at each other by the elevator and security had to come. Neither of us had never seen such a thing there ever ever ever. Not sure what's in the air today, but thinking about staying home for the rest of the day!!

Field Trip with Josie and Rileigh at Conner Prairie

What a joy.  These girls were perfect!

First Pumpkin Patch of 2010



Found a caterpillar

 Stony Creek Farms
Noblesville, IN

Went with Aunt Darla, Ava and Eli
Momma, Daddy and Calvin too!



Chasing Chickens and Ducks is SOOOOOOOO fun!







Bouncing Pillow





Daddy having fun on the tractor



Calvin's Bedroom Remodel

Sometimes things go smoothly and then theirs Calvin's Bedroom Decorating.....  Last year he moved into his big boy bed around his birthday.  He was supposed to get his "big boy" furniture for his bday, however, furniture is very expensive.  So, I bought a used bed (unpainted from craigslist) and he used it for a year.  So, a few wks ago my mom takes Calvin overnight and I decide this is a perfect opportunity to paint his bed.  Well, I used a brush that left huge brush marks all over it and also used a glossy paint that in his room with the sun shining right on it looks ridiculous so on to looking for new bed again.  The toy room was predecorated with Pacers memorabilia and we put in lockers in his "locker room" between the rooms so we knew football would be the theme for his bedroom but haven't made it a priority.  So, in trying to get him a bed, I run across this and almost fell over.  David is a Dallas Cowboy fan who's symbol is a star and the colts is a horseshoe with a horse being its mascot, so this bed couldn't be more perfect!  Now, to paint. 

Corynne's Running for Student Council

 



4 shirts compliments of Nanny to wear for election week



Button supplies donated by Nanny, made by Mom

Corynne's First Year of Pics

Crazy Hair Day at School

I think she qualifies for "crazy hair day" 

Sparkly Owl Shirt thanks to Family Fun Magazine

I love family fun magazine.  Started subscribing about a year ago when I was getting my hair cut and thought it had such cool ideas in it.  Anyway, this month it had this cute shirt on the front that was lime green with a turquoise owl on it.  I thought it was soo cute, went to Michael's today and was going to get brown sparkle but not sure about a boy and sparkly shirt so decided to make myself one first since I have alot of plain black shirts.  Love it-though still not sure about the boy and sparkle thing.

Instructions to make an owl shirt

Homework is gonna KILL me!!!

So I remember the days of my children thinking that I knew it all.  And, thank goodness, Calvin still does and he'll tell you so.  Whenever he is at someone's house he makes sure to say my mom says this or that or my mom lets me do this or that.  How sweet!  However, then I have the girls who go to school and think that their teacher knows way more than me-and she may but I have a secret weapon(google). 
Well, unfortunately Corynne doesn't always really "get" what the teacher is teaching so when she comes home I get to reteach all of it to her.  I will admit that I don't remember everything and that many things are done differently, however there is the lovely addition of Google which our parents didn't have.  Don't know what something means?  google it!  Don't know who first explored this land?  google it!  Too lazy to work out the complex math problems your child is bringing home???  You can type it right into the google task bar and it'll give you the answer!  That's right google it!  So, when Corynne tells me I'm wrong.  I tell her I may be, but google is not! 
I want to be a part of my childs education, but seriously I pay taxes for them to take care of this at school.  I wanted to homeschool the kids for this exact reason.  Now, I totally understand that teachers don't have time to make sure that all the kids are learning everything.  They are too busy discipling all the kids and theres not enough time to get everything taught with all the "be quiet ", "please stop passing notes", "I said to sit in your seats". 
Somehow with her 100% homework grades (although sometimes it would be easier if I just did it for her, I make her redo them and redo them until they are right), and her great ability to wiz tests she does great making all A's most report cards.  She always does awesome on standardized testing too.  At the end of the year last year they wanted to test her for the advanced math (she would have been doing 6th grade work in 5th grade).  We said NO WAY!  Can you imagine all the googling I would be doing.  Eeks!!!
I really do want to be a part of my kids education.  I want them to learn it at school and then for them to share with me what they are learning and help with the small struggles here and there.  I wanna teach them at home things that they get in school, like how to bake a cake, how to catch a fish, and of course how to google the answers for all the things they wanna know!
So, if one of these days someone finds me by the computer with a math sheet and no pulse you'll know that the HOMEWORK finally killed me!!

Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre Presents:

Josie Moody as a beautiful butterfly
Corynne Moody as a mean mouse (really they are super mean)
and both Josie and Corynne as Children of the Kingdom

in THE NUTCRACKER

One of our very good friends, Kelley Richards, daughter, Ciara Richards was chosen as Klara.  Josie considers Ciara her mentor (no she doesn't know what that is, but she looks up to her and is hoping to dance like her one day).  Ciara is 13 and treats Josie like an equal not a younger kid.  She helps her and we love Ciara and are sooo proud of her. 

There are 2 sugar plum fairies, one of which Josie met through being in American Classics.  Sydney Harmon is in G2 and was sooo sweet to Josie.  We are very excited that she acheived such an honor.

Below is the story of GHDT's Nutcracker:

GHDT’s modern interpretation of the holiday classic spins a tale of compassion and self discovery through the eyes of an orphan girl names Klara who lives in the streets. Her harsh reality is transformed to a world of beauty and magic through the seemingly insignificant gift from a homeless man. Presented by a cast of over 100 young dancers, GHDT’s THE NUTCRACKER has become an “alternative” holiday tradition for many families. Don’t miss it this year!

Calvin's Three Year Pics

Calvin LOVES music.  He sings all the time.  He has drums, a eukelele, a guitar plus numerous other small instruments.  So couldn't resist some cool musician pics for his third year pics.  They turned out GREAT!!!!