A Star

Guess who's turn it was to be Star of the Week?

Carson was beyond excited when he found out he was selected to be Star of the Week. The preschool class has a "pet" otter named Ozzie that gets to come home with the selected child. This is Ozzie's second trip to our house.

Here's a summary of Ozzie's week with Carson.

Friday, December 03, 2010

Ozzie and Carson were reunited. (Carson’s twin brother Owen was Star of the Week in October.) Carson was thrilled that he was chosen to be Star of the Week and that Ozzie got to come back to our house. Ozzie got to go to Carson’s basketball practice Friday night. We stopped at Sonic for supper. Ozzie didn’t eat much, but loved sitting with Carson and all his siblings for dinner.


Saturday, December 04, 2010

Ozzie got to go to Carson’s and his brother Owen’s basketball game in the morning. Ozzie must have brought good luck to the team because they won their first game. Both Carson and Owen played really well. Later in the day Ozzie played with Carson and his brothers and sister. He liked playing with the train set.

Saturday night the Nebraska Cornhuskers played in the Big 12 football championship game. Ozzie watched the Cornhuskers play and even wore a red collar to show his support.

Sunday, December 05, 2010

Ozzie was a tired little thing, but he managed to play with Carson for most of the day and watch some football. Ozzie watched the Story of Jesus video with the kids as well. Ozzie got his picture taken a lot with Carson’s digital camera. He’s a great subject!

We loved having Ozzie back at our house! All the kids loved having him stay the weekend with us. Ozzie was very good during his stay. He got to sleep with Carson at night in Carson’s and Owen’s bedroom. Ozzie liked their new bunk beds. Ozzie enjoyed meeting our special Elf on the Shelf, Joey. I’m pretty sure Joey told Santa that Ozzie was a very good otter and will be put on the “nice” list. Thank you for coming to our house, Ozzie!

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Part of being Star of the Week means you get to bring treats to preschool and you get to bring show-n-tell everyday. Carson loved every minute of being Star of the Week. He was a very patient boy waiting for it to be his turn. Carson is one of the last children to be Star of the Week.

Carson and Ozzie making Monday's treats. We had an unintentional marshmallow theme for the week. Every treat that Carson brought to school included marshmallows in some way. Carson brought his Pillow Pet for show-n-tell.

Wednesday it was chocolate covered marshmallows dipped in crushed candy canes or various sprinkles for his treats and his digital camera for show-n-tell.

Friday it was all about Lucky Charm treats (in which he later tells me he doesn't like) and a little race car to show his friends at school.

Don't forget the sprinkles!

We're playin' Bas-ket-ball. We're playin' Bas-ket-baaall!

Carson and Owen are now playing on a basketball team. It's a league in Wichita called FunBall. They seem to be enjoying it. Carson and Owen have always liked shooting hoops. We quickly learned that basketball is much more than just shooting hoops. At first I was convinced that we were all in over our heads. Now that we have a few practices and games under our belt things are getting better.

We chose this league for the boys because they really do teach the game to kids. During basketball games the refs will not only point the kids in the right direction, but will correct them when a mistake is made or whistle has been blown. Hands on learning. Most important is that Carson and Owen are learning to appreciate a game and are having a lot of fun in the process.

Owen flashing mom a cute little smile.

Carson takes a shot.

It's game time.

Too much?

I noticed this poor little branch on our Christmas tree. I believe Stella is responsible for making this branch look so "beautiful." I have found other branches on the tree that look very similar to this one.

The Wright kids have been enjoying their new nativity set as well. And what a better place to play with it than under the Christmas tree?

This has become one of the kids' favorite things to play with.

Front and Center

The tree is up. It's perfect. (I may not have said this five years ago, though.)

The kids decorated our main Christmas tree this year. The ornaments are primarily in the front of the tree. A few made it to the "sides" of the tree. The bottom branches are very heavy, but are holding up nicely.

Owen's favorite place to lay has always been under the lit Christmas tree.

Isaac is following suit.

Carson also thinks it's pretty cool to lay under the tree.

Jeans

I asked Carson and Owen to get dressed while I was giving Isaac and Stella a bath. I started getting Isaac dressed after his bath, but I couldn't find his jeans. I searched all over the floor. I retraced my tracks from the bedrooms to the family room (where I was dressing Ike.) No jeans. I saw that one of the big boy's jeans were on the floor. I could see that Carson was dressed so of course I started telling Owen to get dressed. He throws the blanket off his lap and stands up to show me he was dressed.

I found Isaac's jeans. A little short for Owen, but they fit perfectly around his waist.

It was an honest mistake.

Time for Change

It's time for a change in the Wright house. It's bittersweet, but much needed and a little overdue.

It seems like just yesterday my babies were sleeping like this.

Or this.

So how can they be sleeping like this now?

My babies are no longer babies, but are truly just little kids. (sniffle. sniffle.)

Good-bye cribs. Hello big kid beds.

PS Carson and Owen have also graduated to a bunk bed.

Halloween 2010

Yoda, Princess Leia, Anakin Skywalker, and Darth Vader.

The Wright kids had a great Halloween. The weather was perfect, the kids were excited and lots of candy was received.

Carson and Owen decided they were going to be Star Wars characters for Halloween early in the summer. This of course meant Isaac and Stella would follow suit. Carson was Anakin Skywalker. Owen: Darth Vader, Stella: Princess Leia, and Isaac was Yoda. The FORCE was strong Halloween night.

We went to the Samway's house before trick-or-treating. Their neighbors all get together and have chili, hot dogs and sweets before hitting the streets. This year the festivities were held in Samway's garage. We crashed the party. It was fun for our kids to see their cousins dressed up for Halloween. They loved playing with all the neighborhood kids as well.

We trick-or-treated in our neighborhood. The kids did great! Carson was so excited that he would run up to every house. He would then patiently wait for his brothers and sister to catch up before ringing the doorbell. Isaac and Stella walked to every house and never once complained about being tired. I don't think Stella and Isaac remember much about trick-or-treat from previous years. I'm not sure they realized that trick-or-treating meant they would be getting lots and lots of candy (something they don't get at home), but I'm pretty sure they will not forget what it means when Halloween rolls around next year. They had a blast this year! (As did their older brothers.)

Wichita cousins

Yoda bamboozles Uncle Scott into helping him make a shot. This went on all afternoon. Poor Uncle Scott. Yoda can be so irresistible!

Hot dogs and cookies. Mmmm!

Samway's neighbor kids.

Trick-or-treat!

Headed home.

Stella and Isaac share a sucker. It was so cute listening to them tell each other how good the candy was.

Owen and Carson sampling their loot.