Is there a cuter King?

Steve and Laura are in town and we had a wonderful dinner with them and THIS little cutie pie!
And here are the proud mommies! Megs is so cute...and Laura is a Godsend! There is no other mother like her!

These are the same eyes of Megs when she was little! And his hair is still turning red :o) He even uses his left hand like his Gramma E!

Here's the precious family! Steve is a great dad, too.


And then this guy showed up! lol


Here are a couple short clips so you can hear how cute his laugh and see his personality. It's heart-warming to see Theo and his mommy and daddy. We are blessed to have them in our family and Theo is the luckiest little King in the whole wide world! If you ever need something to make you smile, it doesn't get much better than this!
By the way, Theo ended up taking his first step tonight...then later at the motel, he took 4 steps a couple of times! It was fun to be there to experience that with him!

No Gum! No Milk!

...or milk shake, chocolate milk, hot chocolate, egg nog or any other milk based drink before the concert because it cases phlem in your throat.
Get a drink of water but NOT TOO MUCH!
Wear deodorant but NO COLOGNE!
No talking during the performances or leaving during the concert.
And by all means...if you feel sick, excuse yourself immediately!
Eyes on me the WHOLE time!
Don't look at each other, pick your nose or scratch yourself...someone is ALWAYS watching you!
If you have to yawn, keep your mouth closed.
If someone makes a mistake, pretend like it doesn't matter, ignore it, and keep on going.
If you get the giggles, bite down on your cheeks to get yourself to stop.
Smile at me or I'll MAKE you smile! Eyebrows up! Chest up!
HAVE FUN!
ugh......

Is there any thing else I am forgetting to tell my choir students that haven't performed?
oh yeah, if you completely space the words, just mouth hippopontamous!

Tomorrow is Flip-Up Friday!

Does anyone remember what that meant back in the grade school days?

A Day At School...

6:00 am get UP!
7:00 leave for school
7:20-8:00 8th grade Swing choir rehearsal...Oh Holy Night, Santa's Swinging Medley high energy and talent
8-8:15 dance practice
8:20-9:10 8th grade 18 boys, 10 girls choir...EASILY DISTRACTED
9:15-10:05 8th grade 20 girls, 9 boys nice bunch...SING OUT! SMILE! thanks, savannah, you look cute too. Eliza, is your voice back yet? your solo is 6 days aways!
10:15-11:00 40 7th graders 12 awesome boys, 15 altos that sing as loud as a whisper...ugh, lol.
Boy walks up, "ms. creek, how are you today? i might not look too happy when i sing. my parents told me last night they are getting divorced, but they will stay in the same house until after the new years and promised they would try to be best friends." they tell us we aren't supposed to hug our students...how the hell do you walk away without a hug? you can't.
11:05-11:55 29 8th grade, TOP students...yes, you can finish making the christmas tree for the concert, YES, you can go figure out the choreography to Santa's Medley, No, you can't sing a solo if you aren't in swing choir, don't forget drop your jaw, raise your eye brows and at least look like you are having fun!
LUNCH BREAK! WHEW! 30 minutes of rest
12:30-1:25 37 8th graders...16 boys that SING AWESOME, excellent sopranos, one alto that sings...lol
Watch me on the S cutoff! let's try that again! No, this is WINTER concert, but it is NOT all Christmas music. Have you gotten your outfit for the concert yet? Swing CHoir boys, do you have your red bow tie???
riiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnng of the bell...
-Shuffle down to the locker room and do "locker room duty"
-hurry and finish the program for the concert...
-figure out the schedule for the concert day rehearsal
-remind SELF to get my dress ready for the concert
-ask the librarian if she has the coupon book marks for the barns and noble fund raising we are doing saturday
-make note to get the list of students caroling at the barnes and noble fund raiser on saturday
-clickedy some emails to my ditty
-get the room cleaned up early
-oops, turn computer back on and email the class lists to all the teachers so they will know who will be missing classes on the concert day rehearsal
-head to doctor for physical therapy on my stressed neck muscles from the whiplash i received from the car accident last May.
-"Is there a reason why your neck muscles are all stressed, inflammed and knotted again?", the doctor inquired.

Well, it was a relatively calm day at school...