Virtual Vlasaty

On March 21, 2011 we had the honor of attending a Terrific Kids assembly at school to watch Connor receive an award. The theme was hard work and Connor received an award for "being one of the hardest workers in class. He puts forth his best effort to produce the best work he can." We are so proud of him!

Hard to believe that Connor turned 10 on March 18, 2011. He is turning into a wonderful young man and Travis and I are very proud of him! We are excited to continue to see him excel in the future.

On March 5, 2011 Cody participated in the Termite Jamboree. He had a lot of fun and enjoyed another successful hockey season.

I helped out in Cody's class on Valentine's Day. It is so much fun to see how excited the kids are to receive and give Valentine's to their classmates. As the teacher was reading a book to the children about the history of Valentine's Day, a little, dark-haired girl walked in from the classroom next door and asked if Cody was there. I just happened to be standing there and said yes he is. She proceeded to give me a Valentine and asked me to give it to him. It turns out that this is a girl that Cody has talked about and also goes to AWANA at church. When I found out, I told her that I was Cody's mom and she said "nice to meet you" before heading back to her class. Awwwww...it was so sweet.

Well, I was hoping this day wouldn't come this early, but today I received a call from school. Mr. Goetz, the school administrator, told me that he had Cody in his office along with another boy from Cody's class. Apparently, Cody's teacher asked Mr. Goetz to talk to the boys regarding their behavior. They had been shoving and hitting each other so the teacher decided they should be taken aside to make sure they know the rules. We will see what Cody's take is on this when we talk to him about it this evening...stay tuned.

The other day Cody and I went out to lunch with Travis before Cody had to go to school. We went to pick Travis up from work. There are several hills around the hospital. As we were on our way to eat, we had to travel over some of the hills. When we were going over one Cody said "that makes my peepee giggle and makes me feel like I have to pee." "Do you feel that too?" Travis and I just looked at each other and laughed.

Connor's hockey team took 3rd place in the Centennial Chill tournament in Circle Pines, MN. It was our first away tournament, and it was a lot of fun. The boys swam when they weren't on the ice. Connor scored two goals in the 3rd place game. Yay Tundra!

It is no surprise that Cody is often the source of a lot of laughter in our house. Last night our TV happened to be tuned into the new season of The Bachelor. Normally, we haven't watched it, but after watching the beginning you get kind of hooked. Well, it seems Cody was very hooked as well. He was so intrigued by how all these very pretty women would fight for one man to marry them. He was so in awe of the pretty dresses and the ratio of 30:1. During one of the commercials there is an ad that states "if you or someone you know would like to be the next Bachelor, go to bachelor.com to sign up". Right away Cody exclaimed "I do!" "I am going to Bachelor.com!" To Cody, that commercial was his personal invitation to be the next Bachelor. I informed Cody that when the Bachelor narrows down his choices, he has to bring that girl home to meet his parents. I asked him what he would do if we didn't like/approve of his choice. He quickly answered