Palmer's 4th Grade "Utah" Program

 Palmer learned a lot about Utah this year and then they had a great Utah program.  Palmer opened up the program with the Pledge of Allegiance.

 They sang lots of great songs about Utah and each child taught lots of Utah facts.

 Palmer giving his part.

 Loved this song with drums.

A Little Photo Shoot

 I had a company contact me about doing a giveaway on my other blog a few months ago.  It was for these darling bow ties.  These were some of the pictures that we took.

St. Patrick's Day 2014

 For St. Patrick's Day this year the boys did their traditional Leprechaun Catchers.  I loved Lincoln's that says "gold in here!"

 He even spray painted some pieces of wood gold.  Very tricky.

 Palmer's had arrows and gold glitter glue leading an unsuspecting leprechaun into the trap

 Hunters had a rope that the leprechaun would take to look at what was in the trap and then the scissors would cut the rope and he would be trapped. 

 McKay's had a skinny bridge to go out on and hopefully the leprechaun would fall off.  I loved how every one of the boys had a story and had thought their traps all of the way through.

 They also put out their shoes which we have done since they were small having confused St. Patrick's Day with St. Nicholas Day.  It works for us and is too much a tradition to change now.  The Leprechauns brought them all sorts of green goodies. 

 They also foiled all of their traps leaving their green footprints all over them.

 As a special treat we bought Lucky Charms for breakfast the next morning.  I don't usually buy sugar cereal so it was a big deal.

For dinner that night we had our traditional Irish Soda Bread and Irish Stew.  We always love St. Patrick's Day!

Palmer's Field Trip to the UMNH

 My kids and I have always loved the Utah Museum of Natural History, so when it moved to a bigger space we were dying to visit.  It was just perfect that Palmer's 4th grade class had a field trip there!  I was definitely excited to chaperon.  It's also fun to see what my kids are like in front of their friends, which is a view that I don't always see.  It is definitely eye opening :)

 This was the cute group I was in charge of.  They kept me laughing the whole time.  4th graders are hilarious.  

 This floor was clear to show lots of different dinosaur bones.  

 Love this boy.

 The funnest exhibit was going on when we went there on chocolate.  The kids even got to taste different kinds of chocolate.  That is my kind of exhibit!

 They all closed their eyes to focus on what kind of chocolate they were eating.

These are some of Palmer's best friends, they are the funnest boys!