Mouse, Party & Bells

Yesterday was book character day at R's school. He thought and thought and finally decided to be the mouse from If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. I couldn't find denim overalls anywhere in town, but my niece had striped ones so we met my sister after school on Thursday and borrowed those. I made his mouse ears and a giant chocolate chip cookie out of foam board. The students had a character parade yesterday morning. I didn't go to the parade, but Rhett came home with good news: his character won first place for both his class and for the whole 2nd grade! He was excited that he got a $20 Barnes & Noble gift card as his prize!

Here are Rhett and our neighbor (dressed as Froggy) on our way to school yesterday morning. Froggy won a prize for the 1st grade! Good job, boys! :)
Yesterday evening Alexee had a birthday party to go to for a little boy in her MDO class. She was really shy at first and didn't want to go out on the floor and participate, but after a while she joined right in and had a good time. (Alexee is in the orange shirt and Elias, the birthday boy, is in the green striped shirt.)We left the party a little early and met Lane and the boys at Chick-fil-A for a quick dinner for the kids before the chili supper/art auction fundraiser at A and C's preschool. The four year olds were playing the handbells at the event, which Alexee has been looking forward to. She likes music class, and she has enjoyed practicing the bells. They play the songs using a color-coded music system. They did a great job!

All-smiles for the performance.

Crosby wearing his backpack, eating ice and listening to the songs