CHS Homecoming 2011

Last Friday was Clovis High School's homecoming game and the Speech and Debate team decorated Lou's car for the parade. Jackson was so excited to be a part of it. He walked with all the high school kids and just loved every minute of it.We were not too happy that their entry didn't win, but all the kids had a fun time working together. They did win the football game! Go Cougars!

Mr.S. Rocks!

Today I went to Lou's classroom with him to work on some rearranging. Everytime I am in there I notice that the notes on his desk keep growing...This is what his desk looks like...

Those are all notes from students. The kids just LOVE him. I think it's great how well liked he is. He must be an easy teacher! Ha...Actually I think he's kind of tough.
He wasn't all that excited about taking a picture. Love you honey! I am very proud of you. Your room looks great and I know you are a wonderful teacher.

CHS Homecoming

I don't really want to think about homecoming right now, but this float turned out so awesome it really does need it's own blog post.

I know you all know that Lou's the Debate & Forensics Coach at Clovis High. Well, they had to build a float for homecoming. Lou only has about 12-15 kids in his program and not all of them could commit to helping with the float. What I'm trying to say is...we did most of this at our house. Every night for about a week we were painting and building and checking out You Tube trying to get this float just right.

We decided to do the Presidential Debates via You Tube and so we set out to build a You Tube set.
Here is one of the sings we painted.

Simon was helping a bunch...can't you tell. He really liked this sign that Lou made.

This is the day of homecoming. We're waiting to go into the parade and be judged.
Jackson was probably the most excited. He (we) got to ride in the truck with Lou.
My brother, Bobby is Lou's assistant coach and well...he had to ride on the back to make sure nothing fell over....He had been there a lot of the day, and he was not excited.
Overall, it was a lot of fun. It took a ton of work, but we had fun. Good job Mr. S!

Let's Go Cougars, Let's Go!

Last night we went to watch some Clovis Cougar Football. Jackson had been asking to go and was very excited. Lou bought Jackson and me shirts to wear. We ate Chinese food and got dressed and went off to the game. It's kind of hard for Jackson to follow, but he enjoys the crowd and the music and of course this Giant Cougar that all the football players run out of. Just at the end of half time Jackson pretty much lost all interest and we ended up leaving. He cheered, he shook his pom-pom, he said all the things Lou said (Come on! Good play!).
And he had had enough. We didn't mind...Lou had to get up early for a Debate Tournament the next morning anyway.

I couldn't really get a clear picture of the mascot...Cougie, but it's supposed to look like a cougar.

Most of our family has heard this story...from last year, but I can't resist...Last year we took Jackson to his first Clovis High Football game and that mascot was dancing down with the cheerleaders. I had mentioned to Lou that that mascot outfit is very old because I remember it from when I went there (11 years ago). I had also said, it really doesn't even look like a cougar either. So Jackson is 4 and he is really loving all the music and cheerleaders and is laughing at this mascot dancing and doing funny stuff...He says, "Look at that Dog! Look at that Dog!" I say, "That's not a dog, that's a cougar." and Jackson says, "Oh, look at that cougar dressed up like a dog." We still laugh so hard at that even today.
Here's Jackson and Lou heading out. Yes...it was even breezy enough for Jackson to wear a sweatshirt on our way out. Yay for fall. We're so tired of the heat.