We Got Spirit. Yes we do.

Oh little blog.  I'm sorry for the neglect.  But what a couple of weeks it's been.  I know some things happened the past few weeks that I want to record, but after a few crazy busy weeks, I doubt I can remember.

This week was Spirit week at school, leading up to our big Hoe Down (pretty much a fall festival kind of thing) on Friday.  Monday was class color day and 1st grade wore yellow.  I neglected to take a picture, which Luke reminded me of all week.  Tuesday was Wacky Day and I most definitely got a picture of that.



Luke really wanted some colored hairspray for wacky day, I think because in Mrs. H's weekly newsletter she listed the days' themes and for Wacky Day had a photo from last year of a boy with blue hair.  Luke couldn't commit to one color though, thus the purple and yellow.  It was my first experience with colored hair spray and it's pretty much a mess.  But he loved it.  He also insisted on wearing his clothes backward, even though his shirt and shorts looked exactly the same in the front and the back.  And note two different socks.  SO wacky.


Wednesday was Change Your Heart day.  We wore red, walked to school, and brought spare change to donate to the American Heart Association (who, Luke explained, "if you get sick, they give you money"). 

Luke slept with his bag of change on his bedside table.  He woke up and came into our bedroom at 6 a.m., carrying his bag of change, saying "I'm so excited!  It's Change Your Heart day!"  I reminded him that all he was doing was wearing a red shirt, walking to school, and giving his change away.  He said, "I already know that Mom and it's so exciting!"  He did love walking to school, despite the dogs we passed on the way.

Thursday was Sports Team day.  Not so shockingly, we own no sports apparel!  But a sweet lady I work with had a Titans jersey her son once wore that she let Luke borrow.



I thought he looked pretty cute in a jersey.  Maybe I should sign him up for a sport just for the photo op of him in a jersey.  Probably not worth the agony.  And Luke loved the walk so much on Wednesday that we walked on Thursday too.  And waved to all our friends as they drove by.

Friday was Cowboy Day.  And it was raining so no more walking to school and the photo shoot moved inside.

The hat came from another lady at work.  I thought it was pretty perfect.  Friday night was the Hoe Down, which was super fun for Luke and a super lot of work for lots of us adults.  But worth it.  The kids loved and we made lots of money for the PTO to spend on our school.  And you know how much we love our school.  And now that it's over, I'll hopefully have a little more free time.

Luke did really well, despite not having a friend to follow around.  He seems a little more confident this year, and a little less reliant on his favorite crutch, latching on to one friend.  He lasted til nearly the end.  Lamar took him home about 20 minutes before the Hoe Down ended.  But Luke missed Mom, so they came back to school, Luke in pajamas, and sat in the van watching Incredibles.  About 45 minute later when I was free to go, I found them in the parking lot, Luke snoozing in the backseat and Lamar playing on the ipad.  Love my quirky little family.

In other news, a couple of the new fish have died.  Luke is unaffected.  His only remark, "I wonder who will die next."  He thinks Emma.  He's probably right, based on her behavior.

And Luke is the very proud owner of an Xbox Kinect.  He's a lucky boy to have such generous grandparents.  And he also called them and said, "Mom and Dad don't have $300 (for an Xbox Kinect).  Do you have $300?"  We surprised Luke with the Xbox last Saturday.  He called to thank Mimi and Papa and Mimi said, "What did you think when you saw the Xbox?" He said, "I thought you had $300!"  The Xbox is some seriously good OT working on coordination and reaction time.  Such good therapy that our insurance probably should have covered it.