Feast and Festival

We just got back from the yearly Lenox Elementary Feast and Festival. They had Costa Vida cater it for a second year in a row and we gave all of the profits to the school. It was a great turn out and the kids had a blast. They had a first aid station, as you can see Savannah has a pretend broken arm. They had lots of games and activities, where the kids cashed in tickets for prizes, won candy and Savannah actually won a fish (Goldie). Here is a picture of the kids with their prizes: A mask, flashlight necklaces, whoopee cushions, googly eyes and a plastic shark. They did well. Savannah is sad in the picture because she "broke her arm." Wouldn't you be sad?

Safe, Respectful, and Responsible

Today at a school assembly Savannah was given a P.B.S. recognition award for being safe, respectful and responsible. When she saw Dustin and I in the auditorium she thought it was so neat that we were at her school. She had no idea why we were there. So when they started giving awards she told us to all cross our fingers for her. She crossed hers tighter than I had ever seen before, so it must have worked. What a cutie! Here she is with her award. Congrats Savannah!

Roloff Farms: Graduation Party

Today Teacher Amy invited both of her preschool classes to her house for a end of school year celebration. The kids had a ball playing in the tree house, on the pirate ship, in the western town (especially the tunnels underneath the town), on the tire swing, on the playground and in the fields. We were the last to leave because I couldn't get the boys to go, which was a little embarrassing because they had there camera crew there. Anyway we had a great time and wanted to share a few pictures.

Jonah hanging out in the tree house.

Jacob begging for pictures in the tree house.
Jonah heading down to explore the underground tunnels.
Jonah, Baily, Annie and Annie's brother on the tire swing.

Preschool Graduation - May 20th 2008
Jonah had such a good time at Mustard Seed Preschool (A little Christian preschool by our home). His teachers were great and he always wanted to stay and help his teachers clean up the room. He never offers this at home. What gives? Anyway these are pictures of his graduation night where he managed to play with his tassel on his cap the whole night. Songs, poems, thoughts? Nope, just playing with the tassel and bugging a kid next to him during the program. This is our Jonah and we love him. We know he learned a lot and knew the program but that tassel was just too much fun.

Jonah with Teacher Amy- She brought structure to the class and Jonah loved being just her size.

Jonah with Teacher Martha-She was the assistant and was so warm and kind with Jonah.

Jonah's buddy Baily. He lives one street over and Jonah just loves to play with him.

ALL BETTER
After 5 days of throwing up and 1 day of slow recovery, Jacob is finially better. In fact he is begging for bran flakes and milk. Go figure. Brownies sound better to me.

Time With Dad

So after Jonah's birthday party, Dustin and Jonah headed out to Tillimook for the annual Father and Son's Camp Out. They first headed to the Cheese Factory. Jonah loves this place because he gets to see "How It's Made." (One of his favorite shows on TV). They watched the factory, smashed some pennies in the machine, and ate dinner.

Then off to the campground where Mom bought him this whistle to wear at all times in case he got lost or in trouble. Thanks for having it on him Dad.

While he loved the whole camping thing (smores, fire, sleeping in a tent), his favorite aspect was throwing rocks into the river, and of course being with his Dad. He told Dustin "I love you Dad" too many times to possibly count on this outing. What a great kid.

Dustin was awesome to spend this time with Jonah alone. He said it was just great. He loved and needed the one on one time with his son, not having to worry about anything else. Sometimes it's hard to find extra time when you are trying to run a restaurant (another story).

On Saturday, Jonah's official Birthday, Dustin took Jonah to the Air Museum. Jonah thought this was so cool and Dustin agreed. They both love planes and Savannah and I were glad they could do it without us.

Once they were back home Jonah fell asleep on the couch for a couple of hours before putting in his one request of the day. Slip and Slide with the whole family. We had such a fun time, and yes I deleted any video with me on the slide in a swimsuit. :)

Jonah's Birthday Party

May 16, 2008

He wanted to have a "Hot Wheels Fiesta," but we opted for Hot Wheels with a pinata (and of course Savannah had to say it wasn't a Hot Wheels pinata but a Batman one). A car is a car right?

Natalie, Lily, Savannah, Jonah, Alex, Bailey and Camille all had a great time.
Jonah loved all of his presents - Cars, Lego's, games, books, a disk launcher from friends, and the lovely basketball attire he is wearing he picked out. I tried for khaki shorts and a t-shirt, but he loves easy to pull on shorts and tanks, man I am nice for letting him have it.
The final guest invited was Jacob, who is now on day five of throwing up. Every time I leave him for a moment he is laying on the hardwood floors moaning. I even found him asleep on the floor and had to put him in his bed. I'm not sure why he isn't liking the couch? Poor guy.