3 Little Piggy Opera

All the first grade classes put on a play each year. This year Mrs McCoy's class did a play intitled the "3 Little Piggy Opera". They all wrote to Mrs McCoy to tell her which part they wanted. Matt wanted to be the wolf along with 3 other boys. She divided the part into 4 so each could do what they had wanted. Matt was wolf # 4 and only had to do some acting and not talk. I thought that was a great part for him. Then a couple of weeks before the play his teacher sent home a speaking part. Matts friend was moving away so Matt wanted to do his part also. I worked with him to get it memorized. He did a great job. Grandpa Erikson couldn't go to the play so Grandma recorded Matts parts and he was impressed that Matt would actually talk in front of all those people. Matt was an awesome wolf as he ran around the gym howling with his tail on fire. The kids all did a wonderful job.

Matt doing his speaking part. He did great.

The wolf getting ready to run. He took the fire of his tail before I could get a picture

The brick house

The stick house

The straw house

One crazy week in May

Well this week had been very busy with 2 birthdays, 4 softball games, 1play, 1field trip, and 2 family birthday parties.
Tuesday we had 2 games. Each girl had a game at 6:00. So we tried to watch both fields and tried to see each at bat. I was doing well until they were both up at the same time. I ended up missing  a great hit by Jessica, I was really sad.
Wednesday was Kylynn birthday.  She was so exited and could hardly wait for her dad to wake up and Jessie to get home from school so she could open her out presents. She got a Kindle. But when she opened the box she didn't know what it was. She was really surprised.



It's a what Mom? A Kindle

 We then went out to dinner at Applebees. It was kids night so the kids got a face painting and a animal balloon. They thought it was great. I thought the $0.99 kids meal was great.

3 animal and a sword balloon, Aleeya popped right after this picture was taken.

Jessie wanted something simple

Aleeya was the first to want her face painted , she got Hello Kitty



Ky with Minnie Mouse


Thursday was Jessica's play at school. I had to go in the morning so I could take Ky to her ballgame at the same time as Jessie's  play that night. They play was titled "The girls step up to the plate". It was about world war 2. It was a very cute play and they did a great job. At the end they sang "40 hour week" and did a tribute to the American workers. They had a slide show to go with it and had a picture of my Dad as the Idaho farmer. It brought tears to my eyes. Delwyn and Matthew went to the play that night along with the grandparents.

Jessica at her play, she is so cute.

I took Ky to get game and it was great fun. She played her friend Cambria. I love watching this age group because they don't keep score and they all just have fun. We all got home just in time to go to bed.

Friday was Jessica's birthday. She was excited to have her field trip on her birthday. They needed help at the museum so I decided to go with them. It was entertaining walking around the exhibit and helping them find the answers to questions. The exhibit was entitled "Race to the end of the Earth". I had a fun time. They then went swimming at the aquatic center. She said it was fun. When she got home from school she got to open her gifts. She was glad to get an i-pod case and a new bike.  We then went to to dinner at "Wingers". It was alright food but not my favorite. We then took them to Dairy queen for a blizzard.

Jessie and her new bike

Jessica then had a ballgame at 8:30, but it didn't get started until almost 9. She played her cousin Bryns team. It was a really long game. The played an hour but only 2 innings. The other team only had 5 players, so it took awhile to get 3 outs each inning. The highlight of the game was seeing Jessica so happy when they let her pitch. She did alright. She even struck out 1 batter on 3 pitches, and she never hit anyone. We finally got home at 10:20. It was a really long day.
Saturday morning I had to go to work till 3:00. It was a good shift. I had some really cute patients to take care of.
Once I got off I went and picked up dinner from "Papa John's" then came home. Delwyn had already picked up the kids and had them cleaning up the house for the birthday party with the Klingler family. As soon as I got home I started to decorate the cakes.  They turned out really well, I thought. We then had the party at 7. The kids had fun visiting with all the family and enjoyed getting new gifts.

Kylynn cake for the Klingler party.

Jessica's Klingler family cake.

Sunday was stake conference but since Aleeya woke up sick and I still had a cold we didn't go. I decorated the other cakes for Lunch with the Erikson family at 1. Delwyn was sleeping so he didn't go with us. The kids had fun after lunch playing kickball in the back yard. It was fun visiting with my family since I have missed the last 2 family dinner because of work.

 

Jessica's softball field cake for the Erikson Party



Ky blowing out her candles on her "Frozen" cake.

We then came home at 4 to finish the laundry and just relax. I was really glad to have the week over and no more birthday celebrations til July.