Biz Town/Gold Medal

Tatum has been a BUSY girl this month at school!  She just participated in BizTown and had soo much fun!  She got to be the CFO of Cox Communications.  I had a friend that volunteered at this event and she sent me some pictures of Tatum in action!

Funny side note:  I drove carpool today and we discovered that Ellie and Tatum were TWINNING it today:)

She looks so busy and professional:)

Being interviewed on TV!!!

As if that wasn't enough, Tatum also did some extra things in the classroom with her AR reading goals and she was 1 of 2 kids in Ms. Askins to earn a Gold Medal!  I had NO idea she did all this extra work!  She seriously did it all on her own.  CRAZY proud of how hard this girl works in school!  She's a ROCKSTAR:)

CRAZY Hair Day:)

Tatum LOVES crazy hair day at school!  It happens once a year and she pours over Pintrest looking for the coolest hair idea--I'm always game to try whatever.  Last year was the Dr. Pepper bottle hair and this year just had to be better.  She found this idea and just knew this is what she wanted this year.  Not sure how to top this next year but I'm sure she'll find a way!

Ethan's 16th Birthday!!!

Ethan stayed true-to-form this year...SIMPLE.

Birthday lunch, Marvel movie, & video games with a couple good friends.  So he invited Brandon and Cordrey.  McDonalds was the meal of choice, Black Panther for the movie, and then home to hang out and play whatever it is they play on the Wii.

For his Family Birthday dinner we had fried chicken strips, mashed potatoes, and corn--his absolute most favorite food combo:)  And then of course a mint-chocolate cake to finish it all!  No birthday is complete without the Birthday Crown of course!  This sweet teen boy does not ask for anything!  He seriously doesn't care about the latest phones or electronics or games.  So, we bought him new hub caps for his car since one was missing and he was THRILLED!!!

No, he did NOT put that dent in the car!
That was Grandma Sherry's fault:)

Since his actual birthday was on Saturday, we had to wait until Monday, Feb. 26th for him to take his driving test.  We went over to the DMV over the weekend for him to practice in their course they have set up and I'm so glad we did!  His 3-point turn was near flawless and we walked out of the DMV with his license in hand.  Ethan was BEAMING from ear-to-ear!  I LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing this guy proud of something he did.  He's such an AMAZING kid!  I know it and someday HE will know it too!  LOVE you to the moon and back Ethan Christopher!