Thursday, October 4, 2012

Slacker Blogger

I feel like such a slacker with this blog lately! It is crazy how busy this time of year is. The kids are both doing great in their schools and are each signed up for 1 physical activity (dance & soccer).  Rylee has gotten a smiley sticker for good conduct each day so far and is reading and completing her daily homework with little to no help.  Parker has received compliments on his behavior also and is learning the sounds of the alphabet.  I am so proud of  their good behavior at school but wonder why it changes the second they get in my car ;)  I am sure I will leave some things out but here is what we have been up to in September.

We went to Comfort for Labor Day weekend.  This first picture is from Dad and Sherry's river lot.  It is beautiful!  We had fun floating and kayaking in the river but I think the kids still need a few years before they can really enjoy/appreciate it. 

Do I even need to comment on this??

The kids LOVE Poppy's tractor!



Parker has had 2 soccer games so far this season.  These photos were taken in the first 5 minutes of the first game so it LOOKS like he is enjoying it.  Looks can be deceiving though!  ha ha  He has pretty much cried the whole time through both games :(   I am talking middle of the field, hunched over, tears streaming.  ugh.  He does good at practice so I think he is just overwhelmed by it all.  I also think maybe he is a little on the young side to have been signed up however we will stick with it and try to find a way to help him have fun.  He has a double header this Saturday so we have been talking a lot about it and maybe a little bribing too! ha ha Whatever works at this point though right???

 




Such a funny little guy. He really is such an angel these days. He is my side kick as Adam would say. I feel so lucky to be blessed with such a sweet monkey!!!




The big news this month has been the visit Rylee received from the tooth fairy!  She has been asking over and over for the past 6 months when would she get a loose tooth.  Well once she did it only took about 2 weeks for it to look like this.


The next day Rylee and I were going downtown to see Beauty and the Beast at the Hobby Center.  She was going to be spending the night at Nonnie and Pop Pop's that night and I was all worried I would miss her losing her 1st tooth.  So that morning dad decided to try to pull it just one more time and.... out it popped!  Can you believe the tooth fairy pays $5 for a first tooth these days????  I think I got a quarter ;)


I LOVE this picture.  I will keep it forever!!!

Granna was our date at the "fancy" restaurant.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Beach, Birthday and School

I will keep my blog entry short since I posted SO many pics!  For Parker's 3rd birthday we went to Galveston with our bff's The Rentfro's and The Knott's.  We had such a good time.  The kids all played so great together.  It has been quite a while since we have all hung out together. They made sand castles, played in the waves and hunted crabs.  This is our 3rd year to go to Galveston together as families.  The first time we went together the younger 3 kids didn't even exist ;) 
Rylee & Addi near Surf Side beach.
In Uncle Joe's kayak!
My sweet boy loved the beach!


He had NO fear!!!

Rylee preferred playing in the sand over the waves ;)

JP and dad flying a kite.

So much fun with The Rentfro's and The Knott's. 
We had a spiderman birthday party (his new obsession).  He even blew out his candle on queue!


Birthday boy.  Can't believe he is THREE already.


Parker loved all of his spiderman gifts.

Not sure what this face is but it is pretty funny.
Rylee started 1st grade Monday.  She was so excited!  She even convinced me to let her ride the bus home.  What a brave girl she has become.  She said "1st grade is so awesome.  I can do so much more than when I was in Kindergarten".
Rylee's first day of 1st grade.

Parker really wanted to go to Madeley Ranch also.

She did great the 1st two days on the bus but the 2nd two I had to yell at the bus driver to not drive off because SOMEBODY wasn't paying attention to her stop! ;)
Ready for the day.  Her teacher's name is Ms. Gary. 
JP's 1st day of Pre-school.