Noah's new blog: May 2015

Celebrating Abby's 2nd birthday at Red Robin...

We celebrated Riggs becoming an Eagle Scout on May 3rd.

Mother's Day with my two cute kids! I decided this year to write them each a letter about why I love being their mom. It's tradition to celebrate mothers on that day, but I really do feel so lucky to be a mom... especially to these two! Hopefully they felt honored since they are the ones that make me a mom. The sign shown in the picture tells exactly how I feel about them!

This picture captures the queen that Abby is. The ball in her hand is Noah's. She wanted it and I made Noah give it to her, just so she would be quiet. Not the best parenting move, especially since it taught her that she just has to cry to she gets what she wants. Poor Noah!

Noah finished up his second season of basketball, and it was a great season! He scored lots of points every game and got better each week. Only these 5 boys made it to the last game of the season. Some of his best friends - Wyatt, Nathan, and David were on the team and Scott Graff was their coach. They lost only one game this season, and beat that team they lost to, the second time they played them. So I guess you can call that a tie for first place!

We got invited to an awards assembly at Noah's school where he earned 2 awesome awards at the assembly and then another great award in his classroom afterward!

He received an award for Principal's Honor Roll (meaning he had straight A's all 4 quarters), and he also received the national fitness award.

Noah, Wyatt, Louis, RC, David, Nathan

After the awards assembly, we went to his classroom where he received the "outstanding student" award and then performed in a play as a lion. He did a great job and we were so proud of him!

(Noah's 4th grade teacher, Ms. Strunk)

It was a big day for Noah... that same night, he received many awards at his pack meeting. First, he received the basketball pin for work he did with his den.

Next, he received his Webelos badge that he has been working on since he joined Webelos last October.

Finally, he received his Arrow of Light, the final award to receive in Cub Scouts. He worked hard in order to get this award before the Cub Scout program changed on June 1st. Usually, boys have 1 year to work as a Webelo and toward their Arrow of Light, but Noah did it all in 7 months.

(Noah with Sister Farmer, the Cub Master.)

Noah got to walk over the bridge, out of the Cub Scout program and into the Boy Scout program. Brother Eyestone welcomed him into the 11-year old Scout program and Noah is excited to hang with the older boys!

(Sister McRae was one of Noah's den leaders, and was so great!)

Noah is giving me the Mother's pin in this picture... I will always cherish those pins because I have loved watching him learn and grow through the Cub Scout program!

Noah's awards from pack meeting!

The last day of school was May 21... I finished the quote for the chalkboard just in time for Noah to get home from school that afternoon!

We have a tradition of going to Bahama Bucks on the last day of school every year, and then again on the last day of summer break. This year, Grandma, Suzy, Ellie, Auburn, and Roxy joined us!

May 21 was also Tayler's graduation from high school!

Ellie and Roxy joined us at the graduation and had a late-night dinner with us afterward at Chick-fil-a. These cousins love being together!

The Saturday after school got out, we took Noah and his friend Wyatt out to celebrate all his success from his 4th grade school year. He chose lunch at 'Teriyaki Madness', and then we saw a movie afterward. His first choice was The Avengers movie but I wouldn't allow it. (mean mom!) We saw Tomorrowland instead.