232. Class President

Christina announced last night that she has been elected 5th Grade Class President... She is in a 5th/6th Grade split class with about 20 5th graders. Of course, this is mostly just a title as the 6th Grade President and Vice President will be representing the class during most functions. But still, I was impressed that she won the election!
She had prepared a pretty good speech (I read it) and I know that she has no problems speaking in front of an audience; She is such a little "ham"! But what I didn't know is that she is apparently pretty popular amongst her peers... Way to go Christina!

231. Goof Ball

Look at me! I'm a big, old Goof Ball!

230. Labor Day

We usually go to the beach on Labor Day...

Not this year; After checking the forecast for Venice beach, we decided to stay home.

Nicholas came back from Lake Mead this afternoon and was pretty tired.

He is also a little bit worried about not having enough time to do his homework!

I think he is having second thoughts about soccer this year;

It might be too much for him to handle...

Allan and I don't want him to quit but it might come down to it!

229. Soccer Schedule

Finally got our schedule for soccer; It's going to be a very busy season! 

With both Nicholas and Christina on a travel team, it's going to be pretty hectic! 

And to add to the craziness,  Nicholas has 4 Cross Country meets that fall on a Saturday!

The insanity starts next weekend...

228. Outnumbered

The boys were outnumbered today; With Nicholas gone to Lake Mead with Greg, and Anthony gone to La Jolla for surfing, Allan and Rocky were the minority at the Devantiers' home!
So since it was only Christina and us, we decided to just stay home, rather than going to the beach like we usually do on Labor Day weekend. We took the dogs to the dog park in the morning and Christina got her hair cut. Allan and I took a short nap in the afternoon while Christina watched a movie!
I finished ready my book and started a new one and took some photos of the dogs in the backyard. It was a nice relaxing day... That's it! Not much more to tell!

227. Banana Chocolate Chips Bread

Banana Chocolate Chips Bread

1 1/4 cups sugar

1/2 cup margarine or butter, softened

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas (3 to 4 medium)

1/2 buttermilk or yogurt

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 1/2 cups all purpose or whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup chocolate chips

Heat oven to 350º. Grease bottoms only of 2 loaf pans.

Mix sugar and margarine in large bowl. Stir in the eggs until well blended.

Add bananas, yogurt and vanilla. Stir in remaining ingredients except chocolate chips just until moistened. Stir in chocolate chips and pour into pans.

Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Cool 5 minutes. Loosen sides of loaves from pans; remove from pans.

Cool completely before slicing.

Wrap tightly and store at room temperature up to 4 days, or refrigerate up to 10 days.

226. Souvenir

Before Allan left for England, Christina asked him to please bring her back something. So when Allan came home today, she wanted to know what he had gotten her. He brought her back this little house; The funny thing is that it was given to him, he didn't buy it. Even funnier, it's actually a bottle of boose!
She doesn't care... To her, it's a present from daddy and it comes from another country!
Of course we told her not to open the bottle; It would probably wreck it. And we forbade her to drink the alcohol!