The Fall of Rome

Our History lesson this week, included sweet treats! We were studying the fall of Rome and we made Sugar Cookie Roman Pillars.
The kids had a blast "carving" their pillars with a toothpick. John Michael put a monster truck & monster truck track on his.

Isabelle carved her pillar with images of bugs and butterflies!

Right as I was taking this picture, John Michael's pillar came tumbling down - he said, "well, that's what actually happened!" At least he learned something this week! :)

The kids thought the pillars resembled dog bones!

The best part was eating our creations....yummy icing & sprinkles!

The First Day of School

Today was the start of our 2010-2011 school year. Here's our special back to school cake that Kevin & I made last night.
Bubby is pumped to be a big 1st grader! YIPEE!!!

Sissy is thrilled to be a 3rd grader! YAHOO!!!

We had an excellent first day of school with lots of great, fun learning!

The start of school also means something else in our home....

"ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?"

(if you aren't a football fan, this is the theme song to Monday night football. It is a standard song in our home.)

Last night was the 1st pre-season game, even without the starters playing there was a lot of tackling and running - both incredibly fun to watch for our big football star! :)

JM...a future Chiefs running back!