End of the Year Soccer Party

Wow! What a great first season of soccer it was for Parker. Not only did he improve considerably over the season but he loved every minute of it. The season ended November 16th with an 8:30am game, an 11am party and finally a 1pm game. Needless to say, we were all exhausted after it was all over.

 

Dane, Braxton, Coach Matt, Noah, Parker C, Parker D (hiding) and Conner

So proud of his metal!

Half time during the 1p game. They were all not with it!!

Veterns Day Parade

I love living in a semi small town that still throws a parade for just about everything. Saturday we attended the Veteran's Day parade with my parents. It was fun to watch the boys get so excited about fire trucks, flags and waving at the people!!

God Bless America and Thank You to all the men and women who have served!!

Witches, Ghosts, Goblins and more...

What a fun and scary Halloween it was this year. Parker is overly obsessed with all the scariness involved. We have quite a few neighbors that decorate with big inflatable pumpkins, witches, rocky (vampire) and ghosts. We would drive by all of them daily to see if they were up. He saw a preview on Sprout about a witch show which he promptly asked if we would record it for him. It was Room on The Broom and they loved it. Austin on the other hand was very cautious about anything that had a mask and even then inflatables at first. Once we got past the initial crying and explained it was pretend, he was ok.

With Austin's hesitation about all the scariness, I was anticipating a screaming, crying child the night of Halloween while trick-or-treating. We started out before it got dark so he was able to see things and understand it wasn't real. He was only hesitant on a couple houses but did awesome. About half way through, he was walking up to the houses on his own saying, "Trick-or-Treat", "Thank You" and "Happy Halloween". He didn't want to stop but with it getting dark we opted to head back to Mimi and Papi's to hand out candy. Parker on the other hand was a little stinker while Trick-or-Treating. He wouldn't walk up to the houses, didn't want to wear his costume and cut it short after insisting he just go back to Mimi and Papi's because he was done. All the anticipation must not have lived up to his expectations!!

Since we don't celebrate Halloween at school, the day after Halloween was declare pajama day. It was well welcomed since everyone was tired and I was up all night with Austin crying. Austin was just scared from seeing all the frightful things that night and needed his momma!

What's new with the 2 crazies...

Austin:

He has always loved music but now he is constantly singing. It doesn't have to even be a real song but something he makes up and sings.

His vocabulary is huge. He says just about anything and everything and clearly communicates with his words.

Tries to keep up with Parker. Even got to practice with him and his team at a recent soccer practice!

Does 24 piece jig saw puzzles

Still eats like a champ!

Wears 3t-4t clothes.

Wears size 7 1/2 -8 shoe

He is still doing good on his potty but still has an occasional accident.

Had the Croup a few weeks ago so he was out of school for a week and we were giving him breathing treatments every 4-6 hours. So glad he is over it!!

Handsomeness!!

Parker:

Smart little boy!! Learned how to spell his name out loud last week and this week he wrote his name for the first time! (proud mommy moment!) ...and learned to spell Austin today.

Still loves puzzles. I think he is outgrowing the 48 piece puzzles already!

Wears 4t-5t

Wears size 9 1/2 shoe

Loves to play soccer, build with blocks, play cars, pretend play (dress up and kitchen)

Picky eater just like his daddy

Remembers everything. He can tell me how to get to and from school, church, soccer or Mimi and Papi's. He remembers the landmarks and knows his right from his left.

Can dress himself unless there are a lot of buttons and he usually needs a little help

 

After many rough nights (week) with Austin after having croup, we decided to put them in the same room. We are going on a week now of room sharing and its seems to have done the trick and solved the problem for the most part. Austin woke up the first night but after being reminded that Parker was there he was back asleep with no problem. Austin is still in his crib. We aren't ready to cross that bridge yet! Now that they are in the same room, we have made the other room a play room. I love it because they seem so much more interested in their toys and at the end of the day I don't have to pick it up or worry about stepping on a stray block in the night. If it was this easy, I would have done it weeks ago!!

Happy 6th Anniversary

What a great Anniversary Surprise Todd had for me this year for our 6th Anniversary!! We had plans to eat dinner a Silver Fox in Fort Worth while the kids stayed at my sisters. I thought it was great that he made the effort to make the plans and reservations to go to eat but no that was not it. He had 18 red roses on our table at the restaurant and our toasting glasses from our wedding waiting also. It was well thought out on his part and very sweet. The dinner was perfect! How gratefully blessed and I am to have such a wonderful husband and father to my children. I am looking forward to many more happy years together!

Fort Worth Alliance Air Show

To finish off our Anniversary weekend, we chose to have a family day also. The Air Show just so happened was the same weekend of our Anniversary. We all had a blast. We picnicked in the parking lot and then went in for 3 hours of fun! Watching the planes and jets were amazing and scary all at the same time. There was also plenty of planes, jets and fire trucks for us to look at and touch also. We ended it with plenty of bounce houses and slides to wear the boys out....

 

....but the fun wasn't over there! We were off to a Halloween Birthday Party next. We quickly dressed the boys upon arrival and partied away...playing and painting pumpkins. It was Noah's 5th birthday and definitely a huge hit!

Fall Festivities

A Couple weeks ago, I took the boys to a local pumpkin patch. They also had a bounce house and we were the only ones there! Between jumps, the boys picked out several pumpkins we got to bring home and they also got a little pumpkin of their own!

Friday we had a low key Family night. We had breakfast for dinner and then carved a pumpkin as a family. The boys were so excited about this. They helped cut the face but it was a bit scary to give a 2 and 3 year old a knife so I took the reins and finished! They were all about the cutting, playing in the seeds with a spoon and finally putting the "fire" in the pumpkin.

The following day we went to Boo at The Zoo with Kelly, Brooks and Bryce. It was expectantly crowded but fun. All three boys were dressed in their costumes and ready to Trick-or-Treat! We did more of the Boo at The Zoo activities than we did look at animals. It was a fun treat for the boys and they got plenty of candy!!

We also attended the Old Fashioned Spaghetti Dinner at CCA that night. It is a fundraiser to raise money for our school. It was a lot of work but a lot of fun and a huge success. We bid on a 'Twas The Night Before Christmas basket and won...it is full of fun stuff we can do together this Christmas (cookie mixes, hot chocolate, Christmas book, throw, Christmas movie, pop corn, candy, Cookies For Santa platter...). We can't wait to enjoy it all!!