{Pride and Joy}

~Pride~

In his intelligence

~Pride~

In his morals

~Pride~

In his giving soul

~Pride~

In his sweet demeanor

~Pride~

In the man he will soon be

~Pride~

In my son

Friday, at 9 am, Riv received a

"Principal's Pride Award" for Impressive knowledge of science.

Thank Jahosafat he didn't get his smarts from me!?!?

Because......well, he would be dumb!

Look how I spelled knowledge in my pic collage (above).

I AM AN IDOT!!! stupid!stupid!

MY SON IS NOT!!

His 100% on a science test got him a certificate, and handshake from the head honcho.

Riv scored top 10% of the nation in science last year.

It is one of his strongest subjects.

My little evil scientist...wahhaaahaaaaa!

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~JOY~

In watching my baby's accomplishments/transformations in his short lifetime.  And...he's a damn nice lookin' boy ta boot!

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From Riv's school, we boogied on down the Banger to Jax's school.

His annual Christmas program was about to start.

AND....my eye faucets wouldn't turn off!

I am a BOOB when it comes to children singing and proving their innocence.

Jax was one of the three kings in the Jesus story.

The other two had some sort of dwarf issue standing next to Jax.

They are all the same age, not the same gene pool!

He did a great job projecting his ONE line, even though he had memorized all the lines in the ENTIRE play!

Check it out here

just a little snippet....

watch all the way thru....

Be prepared to smile :)

Children=love

G-pa and CherRee came to support their homeboy.

We missed Grandma Carol this year.

This was one of the events that she looked forward to attending.

Sometimes with bed head....only cuz it was a little early for her, but she ALWAYS made it!

Paula and Elliott were part of the cheering/crying/singing section.

They are always encouraging the boys with support.

The boys have come to expect that the Draper's will be there.

See what you've started Paula???

They love you....

and the little man.....

and the big man.

Cookies were all that the kiddos had on their mind for the after party.

I didn't need no stinkin' cookie to taste the sweetness of my day!

one last thing......

Just wanted Chelise to see that stage narcolepsy doesn't only happen at her kids' school......

We have narco and self induced "blank stare" at ours.