Future Career Day at Hicks

My little mini me and her best friend chose to dress like teachers on Career Day. We all dressed alike!

Cotillion Fall Ball

This was Nathan's first "Dinner" class. Me and some of the other moms volunteered so we could see the boys in action. It was so cute because they got to enjoy a nice 4 course dinner, but they had to eat it while being instructed on HOW to eat it. How to add sugar and lemon to your iced tea, how to eat soup and where to lay the spoon, how to butter your bread, how to cut your meat and eat it, where to lay the fork between bites, what to do if a lady gets up to go to the restroom (all boys have to stand for her). So funny! I love how it's all about the boys or gentleman taking care of the girls or ladies and how their needs come last!

Jake and Skylar

Jake and Skylar will always be their friends even though they are not together all the time. The girls especially still want to constantly talk to each other on the phone. Playdates are harder to plan but we do our best. On this day, I took them to the Star to play, have lunch, and eat ice cream. They also came over to spend the night one night. 

Happy Halloween

Halloween is a favorite time for the Parnell kids. Mommy was a little stressed this October because I was still getting used to teaching Kindergarten plus we were in the middle of beginning our home re-decorating process. I thought about just not doing the Halloween decorations, but I should realize by now, that skipping is not an option! Every year I suggest skipping and every year they look at me like I'm crazy. So this year, I just got everything out and told them to do what they wanted. They did a great job!!! One fun activity we did was go to Drew's house to carve pumpkins. The boys and Charlotte had fun hanging out together and designing their pumpkins. After we finished the pumpkins, we went to Studio Movie Grill to see Maleficent. Everything was going great at the movies. We had our food/drinks, just enjoying it. And then the fire alarm went off and the intercom said for us to evacuate immediately. It was a little freaky because at that time, there had been several movie theater shootings. So we got the heck out of there and went home. We didn't even stick around to see what the deal was. It turns out there was a small grease fire in the kitchen that they put out but the alarms still went off. For Halloween, Charlotte was a Zombie Cheerleader and boy did she get into character. It was so fun to do her makeup! Nathan was very picky about his costume. He didn't want to look too kid like. He wanted a cool/scary mask to wear with his black jumpsuit. This was the first year that we split up. Nathan went to Jack's neighborhood with Drew, Aidan, and Gavin and trick or treated there. Then Gavin's dad took them to Chipotle for half price burritos if wearing a costume. Charlotte stayed here and we met up with Jesalynn and Sara. The girls were so cute together. Everyone was so happy to be with their friends.