Dr. Seuss's Birthday and Read Across America Week (+ 100 Days of School)

Recently, the kiddoes celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday and Read Across America week.

Cat in the Hat Day

Cat in the Hat Day for the duo and picture day* for William George

 A personal favorite was pajama day. Gracie continued to wear Dr. Seuss-like colors, while Lauren never misses an opportunity to demonstrate her Hogwarts pride, even if it mixes topics a little bit.

"I Am NOT Going To Get Up Today"

"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"

Not shown is crazy sock day and school spirit day because... I forgot to take photos that day.

William George's class spent a full two weeks studying Dr. Seuss books and capped off the second week by dressing as his favorite Dr. Seuss character, having a Dr. Seuss-themed snack and just generally having an awesome time in kindergarten.

George's favorite is the Cat in the Hat.  Naturally.

George's class also had a reading competition to see how many Dr. Seuss books each student could read. George read 60, winning first place and a special prize from Mrs. Shelby. He also got to have a celebratory dinner, and he chose McDonald's. We were so tired from all those tongue-twisters that we had to take a few days off from reading.

One of George's fun celebrations that slipped by me was the 100th Day of School. Each student made a t-shirt, ate 100 snacks and went to the Dollar Tree. George had to earn $1.10 by doing extra jobs around the house so that he could shop. He swept leaves off the porch and deck, he carried the trash out, and he helped clean out the pantry. He also happened to be hosting Brownie, the class bear, during this field trip so we made a matching 100 Days shirt for Brownie, who also had earned $1.10 by folding his clothes and cleaning out his Build-a-Bear box. During the trip, George purchased a light saber/sword, and Brownie picked out a pair of sunglasses.

*Also! Picture day! George looked awesome!

Enumerated Update

Happy Friday, friends.

How was your first week of spring?  We are super excited about spring and being outdoors more. George is ready for baseball, and the girls are ready to do some running.

Some random thoughts this week:


1) Walkable Streets: These 50 compelling reasons for embracing a more walkable city make me wish my city were more walk- and bike-friendly. To be fair, we have plenty of sidewalks, and runners use them a lot. But as far as commuting by foot, it just doesn't happen. Also, I would love to have bike lanes. We live approximately two miles from the duo's school, and their life's dream is to ride their bikes to school. (Naturally, I would accompany them, but it's a total nonstarter as things stand now.)

2) Strong is the New Pretty: The girls are running a 5K today, and I am thinking we definitely need Strong is the New Pretty for our bookshelf.

3) Spring: Spring quietly appeared this week. William George's homework on the first day of spring was to play outside, proving once again how awesome his beloved Mrs. Shelby is.

4) Safety Plan for Kids: I love this idea of creating a code to signal that an uncomfortable/challenging situation is unfolding.

5) Raising brave girls: "Girls and boys are very alike physically. In fact, girls are often stronger until puberty and more mature, and yet we adults act as if girls are more fragile and more in need of help and [that] they can't handle as much."

Finally, to kick off the weekend and spring break week, here is William George with a little air guitar:


Everybody Wants You from Cathi Lindsey on Vimeo.



Have a great weekend.

Basketball 2016-2017

Are you all wrapped up in March Madness? How's your bracket?  

Ok, that's all the lingo I know, but before we leave basketball season behind, I wanted to post an end-of-season update on Basketball 2016-2017.  Most of these photos have been shared on social media previously, but I wanted to capture them here as well.  

We had a WONDERFUL season. Coaches Skip and Brent paired up again to lead the 2016-2017 Nuggets, and we had the best group of girls. There were two, first time players, and they did so well. Our girls continued to be scrappy, and we had a great season. (Skip will have to help me remember our final stats.)  

Below is a pictorial review of the season. Gracie was #1, and Lauren was #12. The teams alternated between gold/navy, depending on whether or not we were the "home" team.  

Fantastic job, Team Nuggets!  

These ladies are so awesome... we can't wait for next year.