Happy 2012!!

Ringing in the New Year with three of my favorite noise-makers!!

Here we go again!

Ok, so it has been 8 1/2 years, but that's still too soon to have a broken arm again! Especially the same arm! Luckily, it was his left that he broke falling off the slide when he was three, and again last night at the roller rink. It was Scout Fun Night (not very appropriately named). Poor Jared! And, since having to go to the ER, having it set, and not getting home until 1:30 am wasn't enough fun- I think he popped it out of place again this afternoon playing "Madden" on the Wii without permission. Oh joy!! To the Dr. we go again in the morning...

















Age 3- broke the ulna
Age 11- broke the radius

Both between the wrist and elbow.

Crazy hair day!

Thanks for the idea, Pinterest!! I modified a bit, but I think it was a success and actually held up all day! (It was homecoming- spirit day and crazy hair day)




























































Lauren and her friend Molly:





And of course Lindsey had to get in on the act, too:

When You're Eight....Skate!

Happy Birthday to Lauren!!




































Lauren loves reading, listening to music, riding her bike (she used to be terrified, but now begs to go out everyday!), playing Barbies and American Girl, crafts, and school. Her favorite color is red.



















She got a sewing machine from Steve and Me:

My Potty Animal!

I was planning to get around to the whole potty training thing...I promise! I just wanted to wait until school started and we got into the swing of things a little bit. I guess Lindsey had other plans. After we got back from vacation, Pa subtly suggested (ha!) that it was time, so I did get out the "little potty" for her...and the first time she sat on it, she was good to go! Literally!

I still had her in diapers and wasn't really pushing it when we went to a friend's birthday party at the bowling alley. Steve and I were both visiting with people and saying our goodbyes when I looked around and noticed Lindsey was nowhere in sight! My friend said she saw her go into the bathroom, so I went in and found her like this:




She had taken off her own diaper and the back of her shirt was a little wet (I guess she went for a dip). She even had the toilet paper ready to go! Watch and learn...this girl sees someone do something and she's determined to do it, too. One day I was mowing the yard and came in to check on the kids. Lindsey told me she had poo-pooed in the potty, and sure enough...she did. All by herself. Didn't even bother to tell anyone or ask for help. This girl has it down!! That was easy!

Meet the Teacher and First Day of School 2011

Second and Sixth Graders!
Wow!

Meet the teacher night 8/22/11:

First Day / Last Day of First and Fifth Grade

August 23, 2010

to

June 3, 2011

Now I know my...

Together We Can!

Jared was recognized at the school board meeting tonight for his achievement in the 2011 PTA Reflections contest. We are very proud of him!!

Reflections is a program sponsored by PTA which challenges students to create art inspired by a specific theme. There are six categories- dance choreography, film production, literature, musical composition, photography, and visual arts. This year's theme was "Together We Can".

Jared received an Award of Excellence at the state level for his literature submission which was called Going to Mars. It was a story about how he and a friend helped each other to achieve their goal of becoming astronauts and traveling on a mission to Mars.













From the Texas PTA Website:
Texas students created nearly 70,000 entries for our 2010-2011 Reflections program, Together We Can. Of the 1900 pieces that advanced to Texas PTA, we are proud to have awarded more than 900 students for their outstanding work! Students were recognized with Honorable Mention, Award of Merit, Award of Excellence or Overall Award of Excellence. (Only 24 are chosen to receive the Overall Award of Excellence and go on to the National competition. Jared's entry did not make it to this level, but he got the Award of Excellence at the state level.)

Gymnastics Show-Off Day

Today was the day Lauren got to show off what she's been learning this year in gymnastics. She did great!!! I was very impressed!



































































Dive roll




Back walkover




Uneven bars

Two Years Old!!

Lindsey getting ready for the big day:






Minnie Mouse Birthday party (Saturday, April 9th):




Happy birthday to my sweet baby girl!! (She's not really a baby anymore- *sigh*) On Monday she ran into her room, and when I got there to see what she was doing, I found her IN her crib. She had climbed in!! As long as she doesn't climb OUT...we're ok for a little longer. I am not ready to be cribless!! Boo hoo!

She is so smart!! We took the family to IHOP last week for dinner, and in the car on the way home Jared was telling Lindsey that he had an omelette and asked her what she had. She answered, "Umm...I have extra plate." Yes she did! It's the old, "I'll have this, they'll have this, and can you just bring her an extra plate?" She doesn't miss a trick! She loves singing songs lately. She can sing her abc's, and count to ten!

Videos

Jared's 5th grade music program:
(He's the first speaker on the right)




Jared crossing over to Boy Scouts:




Lindsey entertaining herself with a game of pat-a-cake:




I think she might be ready to potty train:
"I poopin'...I stinky...I want diaper..."

Onward and Upward!

This weekend was the end of season basketball tournament for Jared's team. They had an awesome season, losing only one game this year! I was very impressed with these boys- we had some great ball handlers, three point shooters, and rebounders! They worked very well together, passed the ball around, and I think they learned a lot. Jared was a very good rebounder and hustler on defense- and he scored 12 points this season. Now it's on to baseball...


















Jared's team with the championship trophy:


















A clip from the game:




Another milestone this weekend, was that Jared crossed over into Boy Scouts. We attended the "Blue and Gold Banquet" Saturday night where he was officially welcomed into the troop. Steve also received a plaque recognizing his years as Den Leader. I'm very proud of both of them for 5 years of hard work!! The theme was "Scouts in Shining Armor"- and we made a dessert to go along with the theme...

Snow Day 2011

What a crazy weather week! Last weekend, we were in shorts and this weekend we are playing in the snow! Good old Texas weather! Monday night the front came through, and they canceled school Tuesday morning- although the roads were fine. (I heard later that a few campuses had power outages.) It was windy and bitterly cold, though! Tuesday night the power went out around 8:30 p.m. and then came back on around 11:45 p.m. The next morning, the kids were getting ready for school, and our power went out again around 7 a.m. The kids still went to school, and the power came back on about 10 a.m. Thursday was a normal day, and then Thursday night as I was coming out of my bible study- SNOW! School was canceled again Friday, and we played outside. It hasn't gotten above freezing since Tuesday- but is supposed to warm up today (Saturday). It's been fun, but I'm ready for some warmer weather!!

Lindsey loved the snow (her 2nd, but I'm sure she does not remember). She was all into building the snowman!! Not too bad at it, either!