4th grade float parade

Hunter is already in 4th grade.  I cannot believe he will be moving on to middle school in just a few short months.  A 4th grade tradition at his school is the float parade.  The students choose Wisconsin-themed topics to make a float displaying the topic in whichever manner they choose using a wagon from home.  Hunter chose EAA (the fly-in in Oshkosh).  He went to this event several years ago with his aunt and uncle (my sister and brother-in-law) when they were visiting and it really must have put the hook in him.  It doesn't hurt that John (his dad) is a HUGE aviation fanatic.  So we spent a good amount of time building his float to resemble the Eagle Hangar at EAA.  Making it was a family affair.  He worked hard cutting out the airplanes and coloring them, also helping paint the outside and stenciling.  Mom constructed the hangar.  Dad did the research on which planes to display and printed them out.  He also came up with the idea of making a hangar.  Hunter was super proud of it.  Friday was the day of the parade.  The local high school band came to play "On Wisconsin" marching in the halls of the school as the students pulled their wagons behind.  It was AWESOME!  Hunter told me afterward that he overheard some of the teachers discussing the floats and one of them said, "I've never seen a hangar built for EAA before!"  Hunter was beaming throughout the parade.  Afterward though he was a bit miffed because he wasn't immediately behind the band for the parade.  All in all it was a great time!

Pathetic blogger

I've said it before and I'll say it again.  I'm the worst blogger ever.  I haven't typed a single word in this blog in almost a year.  I went away on a scrapbooking getaway this past weekend and have realized something very important.  I forget stories.  I have forgotten so many stories and I'm sad that I did not blog last year hardly at all.  I spent the weekend making beautiful scrapbook pages for our family using images from almost 5 years ago and I am so thankful for this blog.  Why?  Because I could not journal the wonderful stories without this blog.  I'm so happy I had this resource to come to and read all the wonderful and funny happenings of our family at that time.  I vow to at least write the story from here on out.  A few a month at minimum.  Even if I have to add the photos later (usually my hold up because I don't have the time to edit personal images and load them).  I will at bare minimum write the stories.