I love the FALL!!!! It's my favorite season of all. I am just beginning to put up my harvest/fall decorations. Time seems to be passing so quickly. My last blog was the beginning of summer.
So much has happened since then. So let me see if I can catch you up really quick.
Last weekend we celebrated Alyssa's 8th birthday. She had a night owl slumber party. I put my crafty hat on and made owl pillows and t-shirts for the girls. It was so much fun. They did a craft project, watched a movie, had a style show and danced the night away. Alyssa really seemed to have enjoyed herself.
In August we celebrated Elijah's birthday by going to his favorite steak restaurant. I was really tired the week of his birthday and wanted to buy him a cake, but my sweet Daniel said "it will be more special if we make Dad a cake". After we finished the cake he looked at me and said, "See mom, this cake is special and cheap because we had all the ingredients here". I think he inherited Wesley Daniel's frugal gene. haha
The kids transitioned to 1st and 2nd grade well. Our school had its annual back to school parade and meet the teacher Thursday before school started. Their first day of school was good. I worked so Elijah took them to school, took pictures and text them to me so that I wouldn't feel left out.
Things so far are going fairly well with both kids. Alyssa is having some issues with math. They had a timed 2 minute pretest with 32 problems on Monday. She only answered 16 out of the 32. So we have been doing lots of 2 minute math drills. Today she completed 30 out of 32. I am pretty confident she'll do well on her real test Friday. I want to say thanks to Granny Maxine for the math workbook. It is really coming in handy.
Daniel is still in speech this year. If he takes his time he articulates his s,v,z and f words well. But if he is passionate or excited about something he seems to forget all of the things Ms West has taught him. It's just the beginning of the year I am sure both kids will do just fine this year as long as Elijah and I do our part.
Wednesday is still our busy day this year. I pick the kids up from school, feed them a snack, head to jazz class, come home and do homework and then head to AWANA. Daniel told me that he likes AWANA but he only wants to go every other week because "I basically have no t.v. time on Wednesday and besides I already know about God, I pray daily and have Him in my heart". That boy, I don't know what I am going to do with him.
Elijah has a new past time. He likes to compete in mud runs. He wants me to do one with him. He claims that it will be fun. Needless to say, I will NOT be signing up for a mud run anytime soon. A 5k obstacle course in the mud just doesn't seem fun to me.
This summer we took a trip to San Antonio with my family. Here are a few photo highlights from our trip.
I FINALLY had lunch with the kids at school yesterday. They were so excited to see me. It's the little things that mean a lot to them. I got quite a few brownie points because I brought them homemade chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven.
Oh well, I guess I have caught you guys up on everything. Love y'all xoxoxoxo
