Wow! Can you believe how time flies. I now have all 4 of my kids going to the same school. We decided to split up the twins and put them into different classes. I think this will work out better because that way they can gain their own identities. Plus we’ve learned that they were working together in preschool to get things done! Smart kids but thats not going to help them in the long run.
Madeline is now in 4th Grade and has her old 2nd Grade teacher. We just love her and we are so glad we get to have her as a teacher again. Next year Megan will have her again (She was Megan’s second grade teacher last year.) Now if we can only get to switch back to the 2nd grade when Mark and/or Maloree start second grade! 
You have to love this:
The reason I named my son Mark is because my child idol was Mark Messier (plus we needed another M name). He is one of the greatest hockey players of all time. He just retired this year. 
What is distinctive about Mark Messier is that he wears the number 11. My entire youth and adult hockey career I’ve made a huge effort to always be #11 regardless of the sport I play. In fact the photos you see of me and my brother’s playing I am wearing #11. Well Mark was assigned seat #11 at school. Now that is just plain cool if you ask me! If we were living in Canada I would have have EXPECTED the teacher to assign him #11. But there is no way this teacher would known the origin of the number and the name. My wife caught it because she knows this crazy number obession since we were in High School.
