Monday, February 15, 2016
Happy Birthday Grandmother
For Helen's birthday, we took her out to eat at Reunion Tower...the big ball restaurant downtown. We had such a wonderful time and the food was amazing! Nathan and Charlotte thought it was so cool to be so high up AND the the restaurant revolves! We let the two of them get up a few times and walk the circle around the restaurant and then come back. They thought they were all grown up to be able to do that. Happy Birthday grandmother! We love you so much!
Nathans Outer Space Program
2nd grade did an outer space musical at school. It was really cute! Nathan and a few of his friends met at the school to apply green face paint and hairspray! They loved it! We had to make their costumes which was kind of a pain though. The music teacher sent a picture of the costume and how to do it but also said you could be creative and change it up. I opted NOT to be creative and did it just like the picture! When we got to the school that night, the kids had to go to their teacher's room while the parents got seated. When the kids finally came on stage, nathans headband had only one eye! It was so funny! He said they were all playing on the classroom when one came off. I told him he looked more alien like so it was a good thing! In the 3rd and 4th pictures, he's in the top row, 3rd from the left.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Going Back to Teaching
It's been 8, almost 9 years since I taught at MST. I have loved having my time home with Nathan and Charlotte. Now that Charlotte is about to start Kindergarten, I am ready to go back to work. But it has been a lot of work to get ready for work!!!! My dream job would be one at Hicks, the school where Nathan and Charlotte go. So I first applied to be a substitute in Lewisville so that I could sub at Hicks. I started the process last year and started subbing last year. That process was very involved! Once I started subbing, it was fun but still hard to manage. Since Charlotte is only in school from 9-2, the hours aren't great for subbing. Everyone had to help me! Grandmother, Mama, Papa, and Daddy all had to help get Charlotte to and from school. Once I started subbing, I had lots of jobs! It was so much fun to be at Nathan's school with him. I even subbed in his class several times. At the beginning of this year, one of the fifth grade teachers asked me if I would be her long term sub once she went on maternity leave. Mr. Martin, the principal reccommended me to her so I had to say yes. Then I found out it was a fifth grade job! I have to admit, I was very nervous about the job, but I have since observed her twice, and am now really excited! Her kids are wonderful! I start on Friday so I'll write another post soon!
Friday, January 29, 2016
Pete the Cat
At Charlotte's school, they have Pete the Cat. He gets to go home with each of the kids each weekend. And then they are supposed to take pictures with him and write about what they did over the weekend. This is Charlotte's 2nd time to have him and it happened to be the weekend that we were going to Austin for Pearce's birthday party that we had Pete. He would have had a great time at Pearce's party except that I forgot to take him out of our bag the whole weekend! Leave it to Mommy! So Mrs. Amy let us keep him through the next week. We still had a great time with him.
Charlotte had a play date with her friend Addie and took Pete with her. They decorated cards and included Pete in their play date.
On Tuesday, Nathan had his first soccer practice so we took Pete with us. There was a fun playground right next to the field so Charlotte and Pete and newborn baby had a blast! As we were playing, we happened to see one of Charlotte's friends at the park! Madeline lives right next to it and was riding her bike with her parents and brother.
More Pictures
Nathan and Charlotte want a puppy very badly! I do too but it is going to take a while to get Daddy to agree. So in the meantime, we like to go to the pet store to look at the puppies and hold them. On this trip, Charlotte and Nathan both begged to hold the golden retriever. She was the sweetest dog!!!!! She reminded us so much like Cookie. Nathan and Charlotte could hold her like a little baby and she just let them and licked them.
On the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr.day, Nathan got out of school at 12:30. Another mom and I took a group of boys to a park so they could run off some energy. It was so fun to see all of them together! They played football, soccer, and on the playground equipment. I love all of Nathan's friends and am so proud of him for having such great friends. Charlotte had fun too. She was a good mommy to her newborn baby. She pretty much stayed by my side the whole time but got adventurous the last 45 minutes and went out on her own a little. Of course, she made sure she could still see me.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the kids were out of school so we planned a playdate with Alison and her kids, Lauren and Trevor. It was so nice on Friday but REALLY cold on Monday! We still had fun though. The kids hadn't seen each other in a while but got along just where they left off. They played while Alison and I got caught up and then we had a picnic. I just love Alison, Lauren and Trevor.
Cute Lily lives down the street. She is in Nathan's class and is so much fun. Charlotte loves her too. After school, Nathan does his homework and is then out the door to play football with the other kids on the street. Lily's brother, Reid, is one of them. He's in kindergarten but loves football just as much as Nathan. And he just likes to be able to hang out with the big boys. On this day, Barron came over to play and Lily wanted to play too, so I told them to do their homework first and then they could have fun.
Monday, January 11, 2016
Random Photos
Star Wars The Force Awakens...Imax 3D! It cost us a fortune to take the four of us but was so much fun! And we all loved the movie.
Nathan asked Wayne to show him how to whittle wood. What??? Where did that come from??? Wayne said sure and completely impressed Nathan. Nathan once again thinks Daddy can do anything! They made 3 spears which I'm sure will come in handy one day.
The bride and groom
When I decided to get all of my Christmas decorations put up, guess who was by biggest helper??? CHARLOTTE! She SERIOUSLY helped me. I took off the taller ornaments and she did the lower ones. She helped me pack everything up, organize it, and put out my everyday decorations. You know how sometimes it's more of a bother when kids try to help? Well, that is not the case with Charlotte. She wants to help and actually does a really good job! She even sets the table for me. The next picture shows how useful the men are. 😉
Nathan with his neighborhood friends who play football outside nonstop and compare football cards. We got Nathan a huge set of cards for Christmas along with a binder to put them in. After Jake saw Nathan's, he got one too! They are so cute together! And then Wayne got some "cool dad" points by showing the boys all of his cards which really are valuable. Daddy's the hero once again!
Here I am at my friend Angela's wedding shower that I helped throw. We used to teach together and now she's getting married! We went out to dinner and then did karaoke, our favorite girls night out activity!
After Angela's wedding, we all went out for an after party drink. These are the girls I used to teach with. Brought back so many memories!
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