Peres Family Adventures: January 2011

Scott's First Play

On January 28, 2011 Scott and his class put on a play about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his life. Scott played the part of David, a student in the classroom learning about Martin Luther King. He did a great job. What a cute kid.

Ms. Lane, Scott's teacher.

Scott and some of the other students in the "class".

Scott delivering one of his lines very expertly.

Isn't he just the cutest little thing?

Getting ready to sing "We Shall Overcome".

Sing it, Scott!

Happy 41st Birthday Steve!

Steve turned 41 on January 8th. It was a fun-filled day. We opened presents which consisted of biking gear and stuff like that, watched the boys play basketball, went out for Cold Stone ice cream, played hockey at a local street hockey rink, and then Steve went to a birthday party for a friend who was turning 40. He and about 15-20 guys went to dinner at In-N-Out Burger and then to a racetrack to race go-carts. He said he had a lot of fun.

New Years Eve Like You've Never Seen It Before

We went to Grandpa Peres' house for New Years Eve and to celebrate Steve's birthday. Anne and Rick and two of their girls were there, Teresa and Deron, and Grandpa Peres and Phyllis. We ate lots of yummy finger food, sang Happy Birthday to Steve, and played games. The most unusual activity of the night was when Uncle Rick started giving Scott and Noah physical challenges to try and see who could win. Scott and Noah are extremely competitive and Noah often beats Scott in things like this, so it was actually quite entertaining. The two activities they did that I didn't get on camera were push-ups and the splits. Go Uncle Rick!

The challenge was to see who could hold a pencil/pen up at shoulder level the longest. They're all smiles now.

It didn't take long for Scott to realize this was a little harder than he thought. Noah's still smiling.

Meanwhile, Joshua plays a game on the Ipad with Teresa and Deron.

Scott: C'mon Noah, isn't this getting hard?

Noah: ha, ha, ha. Piece of cake. Scott: I'm dying here!

Scott was really struggling. We were amazed at Noah's calm concentration.

Scott: Please, Noah. Isn't this bothering you? Noah: Nope.

Scott watches Noah like a hawk for any sign of weakness.

Scott's gonna blow. Noah is as calm as can be.

Scott's sweatin' bullets now. Noah is starting to cringe a little. I'm pretty sure they lasted about 10 minutes or so.

Next feat. Who can do the dead bug position the longest?

And the Superman position? Arms and legs off the ground.

Standing on one foot?

Serious concentration.

Rebecca and Elizabeth decided to give it a try too.

Joshua was just content playing games.

One Can Never Have Too Many Hobbies, Right?

The kids received money from their Grandma and Grandpa Turner for Christmas. They decided to do some work and earn more money so they could buy some new rollerblades. It was very exciting and they picked up on it quickly. Since Daddy loves hockey so much he bought them sticks and pucks and taught them to play hockey. I don't mind one bit. The more active hobbies the kids have the better. It does a body good!

Scott's Been Busy

The present Scott was most excited to get started on was the Kinex set from our realtor, Sandy. He spent hours and hours on it and about three days later had it finished. So cool!

Christmas 2010

The boys are so excited to open presents Christmas morning. Unfortunately, Joshua came in our room a little too early and I asked him to go back to bed for a little while. Of course, he couldn't sleep anymore and I finally heard him crying because he really wanted to open presents. Poor little guy. It didn't take long to get him smiling, though. It was a great Christmas. I was worried the kids would be disappointed that they didn't get much, but they said it was one of the best Christmases ever. Thank goodness!

Steve got me a great hat and belt and lots of yummy junk food, among other things. He knows what I like.

I prepared Steve for a cold winter on the bike with some biking gear.

Joshua asked Santa for a Lego set and got it!

Noah asked Santa for a Nerf gun and got an awesome one!

Scott really wanted the movie How To Train Your Dragon from Santa and was pleasantly surprised when he got it.

Of course, there's always clothes.

Noah had so many holey jeans, it was time for some new ones.

Imagine Scott nodding his head up and down and chewing his gum. This is his "I look cool" look.

Scott begged for a hat like this months ago and was so excited that I remembered that. I'm such a cool mom!

Scott got Joshua some Alien Goo thingy.

Scott got Noah some sour Dots.

Noah was in desperate need of new shoes.

Joshua's gift to Mommy and Daddy. He made this in Kindergarten.

The boys were very happy to get the Leven Thumps series from Grandma and Grandpa Turner. They also were very excited about the money they received and spent it on new rollerblades.

Scott made us this cute little snowman tile in 3rd grade.

The boys thought it was awesome that I'd get something as cool as Tech Deck.

Daddy and the boys got the new Xbox Kinect and games. Very cool!

Elizabeth spent some of the money from Steve's dad on some hot new boots. Steve wonders where the Harley is that goes with them. The vest is from George also. Thanks!