T-Ball Practice

This is the first season we have considered putting Huston in a team sport. We had thought all along that he would be playing soccer, but thankfully it didn't happen that way. Huston is playing ball with two out of the three best buds he has from Concordia days. Andrew and Brock (Corbin wasn't able to play this fall) are on his team and they have a blast together. We had our first practice with the first game being two days after the first practice. I brought my camera to the practice, yet the video camera will be coming out with the first game. What a hoot watching these kids!! The team name is the Cardinals- a safe mascot. The boys all thought it would be fun to just keep running the bases as soon as they were released onto the field. The coach brought them over to huddle and "talk" about not picking grass and playing while they are in the outfield- HA!! Each player was able to "hit" the ball and run to each base. Huston doesn't understand that you have to end up at each base- take one at a time. Nope, not him, he wants to run the entire field after he hits- as if he has hit a homerun. After Brock or Andrew have hit the ball, he decides that he is going to run with them while they run to the necessary base. He is thinking that they are racing. Poor thing.... he doesn't get it. He is just having the time of his life out there. Good thing we didn't try this last year- it would have been a waste.

Chapel Day

Thursday, September 17, Huston's class was in "charge" of the main song in chapel today. The Bible story was Abraham. So, Huston was dressed in his Bible- time clothing and not too happy. We are getting better as the years go by. His first time on stage was a crying disaster. He only stayed on stage because I was up there with him. The following year he stayed on the stage, but cried the entire time. This year he was able to go on stage, BUT only if he was in his teacher's arms. Huston does not like being on stage nor the center of attention. We are not sure about Emery- she seems to like it... we will wait and see when the Christmas performances come around in the next couple of months!

Fort Worth or Bust!

September 11-14, 2009, my Mom, the kids and I drove to Fort Worth for Landon's 3rd birthday and be with Robb/Daphne. The drive up there was long because it poured down rain the entire drive- I am not complaining because we needed the rain with all this drought. When we got there the kids were so excited to see and play with Braden and Landon. The next morning was Landon's party at Pump-It-Up. The party was suppose to be held at a horse/petting zoo, but the party had to change to plan B due to the rain. The kids had a ball (one of their favorite places) and then they ate cake! Once the party was over, we drove to Dallas to be with Robb and Daphne and went out to eat- Italian! YUM! Emery had spaghetti and loved every second of it. The next morning we went to church with Elise and family. Then we headed back to Dallas to help Robb and Daphne move. They were planning on moving the next weekend and hadn't started packing. After being with them until the early evening, we headed back to Fort Worth for bedtime. Monday morning we headed back to San Antonio- driving back in the rain. We had a nice time visiting with family and the kids had a so much fun being with all their cousins!

Huston's first b-day party this school year!

Huston has already been invited to a b-day party from his friends at school b-day party. Maddy and Elise's 5th b-day party was the second week of school at an art studio for kids. Emery and Huston had a great time. They were able to lots of things that I won't allow at the house because it's too messy- like painting.

Random Poses

Emery enjoys watching a show on her Elmo couch. Whenever I put on a "girlie" movie I find that I have some peace and quiet- for a few moments. After I return from being able to get a couple things done, she is sitting in different poses. What a ham!

April and Casey Keller's B-day Party!

Our sweet and dear friends, April and Casey, had a combined b-day party one night. It was so much fun getting together with them and our close friends from church. Not having the kids around and having adult conversation was really nice. The table was set so beautifully and the cake was wonderful! The Leonards decided to pose for a funny shot! Too much fun!

Potty Time..... Still Going!

So, our adventure of potty training is still going. Whoever said that potty training takes about 3 days to one week is lying. We officially started in January of 2009. It probably took us through August of 2009. Emery is sort-of learning and we just haven't pushed it. I was just trying to get one all done. Now that Huston is potty trained it will be her turn. She does fine at home, I am just fearful of the public potties. It's different for girls than boys. Boys don't touch much- girls touch more. YUCK!

Our "guest" bathroom has turned into a kiddo pottyland. I feel like I clean that bathroom about 3 times a week (or more!). At least they are getting the hang of it!

Pre-School Playday!!

During the summer on each Monday morning, our church has a Pre-school Bible Hour. They have music, story time and then they have stations throughout the room. The stations vary each week but they always have a craft station, a food station, a game station and so forth. This particular day the church decided to bring out the Noah's Ark bounce house. It was a BIG hit!! The food station of the day was chocolate icing with graham crackers... Another BIG hit!! Can't wait for next summer!

White's Night Out

The White and Allen families have a monthly date night. Since the kids get along so well with one another we have their kids over for them to enjoy 4-5 hours to do what they want. Typically we each go to a movie and then dinner. Here we have the kids winding down with a movie after being fed and then given baths.

Toucan

We went to the Library for story hour and listened to books about Toucans. Afterwards we were able to make Toucan hats.

Build A Bear

For the kid's birthday present, our friends J. and Will gave the kids an animal of their choice to Build A Bear. Of course it came complete with our friends accompanying us to the location. So, we met at B A B and had such a fun time picking out our choice of animal and watching/helping them fill our bear! Emery loved cleaning her bear- she was there for most of her time. Since B A B is at a mall, we went to the food court to have some lunch. The food court in in the second level which means that we had to ride up the escalator. My kids had never been on one so it was a new experience for them. When we were going up for the first time, Emery wanted to be held and then Huston wanted me to hold him as well. I couldn't even hold his hand because I was holding Emery and two B A B boxes (those massive "homes" that the animals come in). My friend Roxanne held his hand while her two boys were enjoying the ride up. It was so funny to see H's little knees wobble. They were shaking so badly- poor thing. After he went up and down once he was an old pro! He wanted to go again. Emery had enough, so I stayed and watched.