Sunny and 65

When you're 4 & 6 years old, the weather is sunny & 65 ~ what else is there to do except play outside?!  I picked Reagan up from school today and she wanted to go and get Cooper immediately so they could play outside while it was "beautiful".  

Riding bicycles is always a favorite

 he cracks me up how he wears his helmet strap!

 we drew a giant fish in the middle of the road and they acted like they were trapped in its belly!

 getting a helping hand out of the fish's belly

 playing hide and go seek

 Reagan's turn to count

 we made a hop scotch board in the middle of the road

here's a video of the two of them hop scotching!

 and finally, we played a game of tag

What a fun afternoon, may we have many more days like this!!

Good Work

Here are some examples of the kids' work over the past few days.

this is Reagan's "I have a dream to be..." speech

"I have a dream to be a teacher.  I will eat a green apple every day.  I hope this is fun.  They will write on the bord (board).  I want to be twenty when I teach class.  I will teach them a lot of stuff.  I will teach secund (second) grade at xxxx xxxx Elementary School.  They will have theer (three) sheets of math.  They will have five sheeets of homework.  I will go to college in Tennessee."

 Cooper is now learning the letter "P"

Beautiful Day for a Bike Ride

Who can resist 60 degree weather in the middle of January?  Certainly not Reagan and Cooper ~ let the bike riding begin!

and she's off!

 Oh no, Cooper found a stick!

 the battle has begun!

The MWR Tour

Reagan was out of school today for a teacher work day~so Greg and I took the day off from work and kept Cooper home from school so we could have a family day.  A friend from church works at Michael Waltrip Racing and invited us down for a behind-the-scenes tour of the shop.

a real race car!

 Reagan appeased me and had her picture made by the car

 the family and the phantom racer

 the haulers

 the tires used for pit crew practice

 inside the fabrication shop

Mark Martin's car for 2012

 speaking of Mark Martin!

 Martin Truex's car(s)

 having a great time!

 Michael Waltrip was in the building too!

 we got to watch a commercial shoot

 both racers waved and gave the "thumbs up" to Reagan and Cooper

 Reagan loved watching the commercial being made

 didn't realize how short Mark Martin was!

 While we waited for Lewis to take us on the rest of the tour, Reagan sat and posed

 finally, we got up close to the cars

What a fun day!  Thanks Lewis for letting us come to the shop