The Great Brodissimo

Friday was teacher appreciation day at Alex's school. The principal set up a breakfast for the teachers. As room mother, it was my job to find a parent to watch the class for an hour in the morning. I always volunteer myself. I know all the children in her class by name and they all know me. When I told Brodie about it (because I cannot bring Joey), he asked if he could do it. There was a new magic trick he wanted to buy and he loves doing his magic for the kids. So, why not? Mrs. Tomlin approved. Instead of buying one magic trick, he came home with 5. He was very excited.

It went great! When K-B got wind of the magician, they came over too. Also one of the Nuns. He was a hit. For the finale, he made one of our birds appear then let it out the window to fly home. Here's the e-mail I received from Alex's teacher, Mrs. Tomlin:

Hello!Mr. Campbell (Brodie) was the hit of the day! The children (and Sister Rosemary) were amazed! I know he said that he hadn't performed in front of a large audience; however, he was so talked about that he just might get the chance! Again, I just wanted to thank him for today (and KB was also very appreciative). I hope the bird made it home! Also, the idea of releasing some during our May Procession is a lovely idea and one that I think we may take you up on. Have a great weekend. Mrs. TomlinPS: I had big "bragging" rights about having a magician in for my students! : )

I am very proud!

In The Beginning

On Wednesday last week, the "B Wing", otherwise known as Pre-K, K, 1st, and 2nd grades, put on a little show called "In The Beginning". It was the story of God creating the earth. It was very cute. I went to the morning performance then Alex was sick on the bus so we didn't make it to the evening show. My pictures didn't turn out so great but All the kids were way cute. The Pre-K

My Punkin
The whole gang

Joey was bored to tears so I held the camera out in front of us and took a picture. He said "Hey, you took a picture of us" and smiled.

I took some video but my stinkin camera would not stay in focus but I figured at least you could hear part of the song. Take caution, video may cause nausea.


Kindergarten's part was about creating the sky. There song was "Bautifully Blue".

A-mouse-ing Situation

Yep, that's right. We had more mice. Joey here's the word mouse and this is where he ends up: It's still so funny! Just as an update, we have had 4 mice that we've seen and our cat, Morgan has caught them all! One morning she was bringing us her prize at 5 am into our bedroom. Good thing Brodie heard it squeaking before she jumped on our bed with it in her mouth!

Joey and YouTube

Joey loves to watch YouTube. He calls it Thomas and the kids. Most of the videos are of kids making stories with their Thomas trains. This, however is his favorite. He gets the biggest cheese whenever he finds it.


Joey loves kitty cats as well. For the longest time, this was his #1 YouTube video. I am also a fan. it's catchy =)

Our 2nd Snow

Okay so this was not our very first snow this year but that snow melted before we got a chance to build a snowman. It only lasted roughly a day. We got another chance today when we got some more snow. Not too much, maybe an inch or two. Not very good for building a snowman but good enough to build a small one. Here it is:Alex and Joey with our little snowman. Our family

Joey likes to to watch Thomas on youtube. A lot of the videos are of crashing trains to the Thomas song "Suprises". This is Joey's version. =)

Perfection

We got the game Perfection for Christmas. As many times as we have played it, it still surprises us every time.

EEK!

Ok so about 10:30 this morning, I'm just getting back from Alex's school. Brodie is at the table working and Joey is playing with the ponies (Alex does not know about this), also at the table. Brodie yells "a mouse!" Simutaneously, Morgan, our cat, darts into the kitchen. Brodie and I both run for the kitchen. When returning to the dining room, we find Joey on top of the table. We rolled on the floor with laughter, containing ourselves for a moment to capture the moment with a photo.This is Joey, perched on the table, away from the mouse. This is a photo of the mouse in our bathroom. He came back.

It is now 2:20pm and Joey has spent most of the afternoon on the table. Even after discussions that the mouse will not hurt him and we're sure Morgan will catch it. If she doesn't, we will. As an update. She had it trapped in our living room. We heard it squeeking. It got away when we came in and distracted Morgan.

Update: Joey has no reason to fear now. Our kitty did her duty and Brodie just found the mouse dead in our living room at 2:47. Good kitty!