RMS spirit

this week is spirit week at RMS

drew participated every day

and ben joined him for a few of them

my favorites were

TWINNING DAY

WACKY DAY

drew and brennan

and my personal favorite

DISNEY DAY

brennan is tigger

drew is pooh

drew even won the costume contest at the dance after school

raise the barn

the gophers had their annual inner-squad scrimmage tonight

and we decided to head down to the U and check out

our first glimpse at the 2014-15 gopher basketball team

raise the barn 2014 ...

GO GOPHERS ...

until you meet the badgers ;)

share a coke

we spent the summer searching

and are finally getting around to sharing them ...

chef drew

this trimester drew is taking a FACS class

and they are doing baking/cooking projects

as part of the class

he had to do one of his assignments at home

so he made us morning buns this morning

and they were fabulous!

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nice work, drew

you can practice your homework on us ANYTIME!

being green

even frogs sit and dream about starbucks ...

unity week

this week is unity week at school

so the kids have been given different opportunities to dress up

and show some school spirit/unity

we both decided on captain america socks for crazy sock day

and for unity day itself

we joined drew and ben in wearing orange

we just couldn't get a picture of all of us together

because they leave way too early for alex and i to be dressed and ready ;)

math and science fun

the boys have the next few days off for MEA

so we are trying to have a little bit of extra fun

today we decided to hit up the science museum

they have a new exhibit which we hadn't visited yet

it is all about math

and how we use algebra in our every day lives.

we all LOVE math

so it was the perfect room for the 4 of us

and we spent a good hour exploring

alex and i had fun at the graphing area

he was in charge of the Y coordinate and I was in charge of the X

by working together

we wrote each of our names on the graph!

ben loved the music area -

he got to explore how a DJ and a music producer use math 

we also spent time in the cell lab 

ben and alex scraped their cheeks to examine what cells look like

and drew took on a tougher challenge -

he dissected a fruit fly larva

to explore what chromosomes

and dna look like

the employees working were so impressed with his end result

that they asked him to write his name on it

and asked to keep it!

way to go, drew!

happy birthday, kinda

with training for the marathon

stacey has taken a short break from coffee

it seemed silly to let his free birthday drink go to waste

so i used it today

i think they were on to me ;)

fourteen years later

FOURTEEN years ago today

stacey and i started our journey

as mr and mrs

every day brings a new, fun adventure

and i would not want any other person

by my side through it all

unfortunately ...

stacey had to fly out early for a quick work trip

BUT

not before leaving one of my favorite things as a surprise ...

a caramel apple from SA

YUM!!

FOURTEEN years and he still knows how to win my heart

i love you, stacey

and

am still SO in love with you!

happy anniversary!

pajama day

today was pajama day for alex

he forgot his stuffed animal -

but his 1st grade teacher came through with one that he could use for the day

a lucky morning

alex and i have our morning routine down

now that the new starbucks is open

we leave ourselves a few minutes extra so that we can stop 

on the way to school

i get my drink

and he gets either a vanilla bean scone or an apple cider

the ladies working know both of us

and today alex got EXTRA lucky

because he ordered an apple cider

and then they surprised him with a scone.

he was SO excited -

they knew JUST how to win an 8 yr olds heart

you're a pretty lucky guy, alex!

26.2 ... take 3

for the past 16 weeks

stacey has been running ...

A LOT ...

training to run another marathon

with the marathon being in chicago

AND

it being the weekend of joe's birthday party

he had a LOT of fans

we had lots of bells

AND

a few signs

drew's was my favorite

and generated quite a few smiles

BUT

we saw someone holding a sign that said

'the kenyans are drinking all the beer.  run faster'

and that took a close 2nd.

just like last year

the kids did a great job of cheering on all of the runners

and gave out a lot of high 5's -

even the little guys cheered him on

we all cheered him on at miles 4 and 11 

and then the kids and i hopped on a train

and met up with him at mile 17.

while we waited we cheered for doctor dribble

it wasn't long before stacey and pete came

looking great -

from mile 17

we decided to head to the finish to meet up with stacey

because cheering for a marathon is such hard work

we had a little dunkin donuts pick me up

and then anxiously waited

for our marathon FINISHER!

he finished in 4:00:33

which was 16 minutes faster than last year's time!

according to their phones/GPS

they even ran 27.2 miles because of the early zig zagging ...

overachievers.

nice work,

stacey and pete!

we are so proud of you, stacey!!

YOU are magnificient

and so was the post race pequods

that you have been looking forward to for the past few weeks!!

the. best. deep. dish. pizza. ever.

TOTALLY worth running 26.2 miles for!