First Food

Hudson tried his very first taste of solid foods on Saturday, May 11th. Everyone wanted to be there for the occasion and he was surrounded by quite the audience for his first taste testing!

He was quite a fan of the cereal he tried and kept trying to grab the spoon in order to get the food into his mouth even faster!

Alice in Paramount

We had another big theater event to attend on May 9th and 10th..."Alice in Paramount!" Landon has participated in the Performing Arts Leaders (PALS) group after school this year and has developed into quite the singer/actor. On Thursday we got to watch him in his various ensemble roles and then on Friday we got to watch him as the White Rabbit!

Their music teacher, Mrs. Lewis, took on this huge undertaking including sets, costumes, singing and acting and it all turned out really well. It was a bit long for an elementary school production (2 hours!) but the kids did a really good job with it!

They borrowed the costumes from a local theater group and they were fantastic!

I especially loved Landon's "White Rabbit" costume!

Landon had a solo singing part and totally nailed it. He was awesome!

Such a fun group of talented kids!

Mrs. Lewis, Landon and Maddie who played Alice on Friday night and will also be going to Western Heights (the Magnet Arts Middle School) with Landon next Fall.

I think someone else in our family has been bit by the theater bug!

The Littles

Sometimes the days are long, but I know very well just how fast these years fly by. I try my best to soak up my time during the day with just these two little ones still at home. Maylie is crazily obsessed with her little brother and I'm sure they will make quite the pair as Hudson becomes a better playmate!

Muffins with Mom

I got to spend a morning with Maylie at her "Muffins with Mom" preschool event on Thursday, May 9th. They started off the event by singing us a couple of cute songs and then we enjoyed some fruit, muffins and water together.

They had this cute little photo setup available so I got some cute pictures with my sweet Maylie girl.

I sure do love this little girl of mine!

Landon's Work

Landon had two fun events on Saturday, May 4th. First we all went the Fine Arts Museum to see a piece of his artwork that was on display!

Then we went over to City Park to help plant flowers with the Cub Scouts!

It was a fun morning of art and flowers!!

Aladdin, Jr.

Back in early March, Abby auditioned for the part of Jasmine in her school production of Aladdin, Jr. While she didn't get the main part, she did get to be the understudy which ended up being a lot of work. She not only had to learn all of Jasmine's parts, but all the parts for the ensemble as well. She went to rehearsals four days a week throughout March and then everyday rehearsals in April. All that hard work paid off when she got to play Jasmine for two of the school shows and was in the ensemble for 4 more shows. It was an amazing show and we were so proud of Abby and all of her efforts!!

Jason got to see Abby as Jasmine in the school show on Wednesday, May 1st and then I got to see her in the school show on Thursday, May 2nd. She did such a great job!!

She enjoyed performing on Thursday with her good friend Lauren from church!

Abby with Carter who did a fantastic job as the Genie!

She lit up the stage with her amazing performance!!

With Mrs. Sunday who is does such a terrific job of putting these shows together!

Tasha's family came to see her perform on Friday night...

And the rest of the family came on Saturday night!

Abby with two different "Jasmines!"

She had such a great experience with her "theater family" and was so sad to see it all come to an end. She is hoping to get involved in some community productions because she can't imagine waiting a whole year before doing it all again!

24 Math Competition

Landon was one of four 5th grade students from Paramount Elementary to compete in the County 24 Math competition on Wednesday, May 1st. He was pretty nervous going into it but we encouraged him to just have fun and do his best. 

There were about 100 kids competing at the 5th grade level plus another 100 from 4th grade so it was quite the event held at Hagerstown Community College.

Our seats at the top of the bleachers gave us a pretty good perspective on things down below.

The first two rounds were pretty intense and we were all pretty excited when Landon made the top 16!

Here he is at the table with other finalists. Unfortunately he didn't move on to the final four from this round, but he was still pleased with his overall performance.

Then the next day we woke up to find this cute picture on the front page of our local newspaper. Landon is a celebrity!!