Modern Drive-in

Carter decided tonight that he did not want to sit on his couch to watch the Backyardigans. He thought that his car would serve as a better seat. :)

Christmas

Here are a few pictures from Christmas and a funny video of Carter dancing (please excuse the background noise):

The last days of school

We only have 2 1/2 days left of school before Christmas break. ( Whoo-hoo!) Since we have already calculated grades and turned in our progress reports for this 9 weeks, no teacher wants to start a new unit/chapter, and no student wants to really work. We can show movies in our classroom as long as they are historical and PG/PG-13. Since I mostly teach English, the movies I have are adaptations of books that we will read next semester. I cannot show those; I need to save those! I have been struggling with what to let my students watch. After much thought, I came up with Freedom Writers. After watching this move, I was inspired and determined that I too can make a difference in the lives of "unreachable" students. If you have not seen the movie, I highly recommend it. Here's the trailer:

Carter has no fear!

Last Friday, Carter decided that he would introduce his forehead to the cubbies at daycare. (Consequently, I was in a small car accident on my way to pick him up.) When Richard went to get him, Carter looked terrible. However, if you have met him, you know that this accident did not phase him one bit. Ms. Terri said that he got mad when they wanted to put ice on his head or put Neosporin on his cut. Here's a picture of C's booboo. (This was taken with my phone, so excuse the quality.)

A blast from the past...

As some of you may know, I once lived in Clinton and had the "privilege" of being a member of the Clinton High School marching band for one year. :) While searching through facebook groups, I stumbled upon a group for Clinton High School Band Alumni. This peaked my curiosity, so I decided to check it out. I found links to videos. One of which I am in. Even though you cannot tell which trumpet player I am, rest assured that I never missed a competition and I can guarantee that I am marching (and maybe playing) during this show. It was a long show, so if you don't have 10 minutes to spare, you can skip this one. But for all of you band geeks out there, it is a really good show! :) Enjoy!

Carter's Christmas photos

These are the photos I decided from for our Christmas cards. Hopefully, they will arrive soon, so everyone can get them in a timely fashion. :)
(For those of you that have moved, please let me know, so I can get your new address.)

Carter's blog

As much as I love Carter having his own blog, we are going to stop posting his stuff separately. From now on, you only have to visit our blog to see what's going on in the little man's life. Our blog about "The Swayzes" is going to include all of us. :)