Argyle and Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch

The bunny that could not get away!

We went to this extremely over the top 5th birthday party that had about 75 people there and anything and everything you could think off for this Halloween themed birthday party. I mean there was a hotdog machine, cotton candy machine, popcorn machine, nacho machine, petting zoo, mimiture horse ride and the list goes on. It was super fun for folks of all ages.

Anyway,s Paige sat down in this chair and held this poor bunny for a while. They had put all the other animals away and Paige was still sitting with the bunny in her lap. Paige was very kind to give the bunny back when it was time for his caging. She was just super cute with the death grip on the bunny.

State Fair of Texas

Fall T-Ball

Matthew and his teacher Ms. Price and Riley from his 1st grade class

Matthew is one of the really good players on his team this season which is a huge confidence booster for him. He received the first game ball of the season and he still talks about that to this day. He finally knows how to run!!! Last season he would just take his time around the bases but he RUNS this season. His normal spot to play is short stop and he is gettin plenty of play time! The outfielders know it is their job to get the ball to Matthew. He is understanding the concept of when you can touch the base or when you have to tag the player. He is able to catch and throw the ball amazingly and his new glove has helped out a bunch. His batting is getting to the out field. All in all this season he has grown leaps and bounds. The team all together has been frustrating to me because there are about 5 4 year olds on the team and dirt is more important than the game. Once I changed my attitude about the process and saw how much he has soared this season made me actually love the game. One more season of T-ball and then we are off to coaches pitch!

Canoe Trip

The Good Old Welch Canoe finally got back into the water after many years of being abandoned. Clay was so excited to take this baby out since he had the truck down from midland. We got an early start and the kiddos were cold the whole time (note to self jackets next time). With little ones we lated maybe a good 30 minutes, but it was a blast and everyone was fine and dandy until we reached the deck and little Miss Paige was tuging to get her life jacket off and tripped and fell head first into the metal ramp lip that pokes out. Clay is really take this hard because I was still in the canoe and he was watching them and feels some what responsible. Kids fall and hurt themselves not a lot that a partent can do. Hopefully it will heal in time for pictures in a couple of weeks.

Paige's First Day of Mother's Day Out

This girl is something else. Clay and I both took her to school. As soon as she saw the building she started saying "Atticus there! Atticus there!" She was excited to see her buddy. We walked her in and she ran straight into her class opened the play house door, closed the play house door and began to play. We didn't even get a good bye.

Then her third dance class started and she cried through the whole thing. On Thursday we dropped her off at MDO and they almost called me to come get her because she cried for an hour. In nursery she cried herself to sleep. Clay and I were totally confused as to why a switch just flipped and she was this hysterical child when left with out her parents. Clay was gone for 5 weeks and this was his first week home, so we sorta thought it was that. But then there was sleep issues. During the summer she would go to bed around 6:30pm and not even wake up till 9:00am. The week that school started she was going to bed at 8:00 or 9:00 and waking up at 6:30 or so. So we added a nap back into her afternoon and finally got her going down at 7:30 and I have to wake her up to take Matthew to school. Now that she has enough sleep she has been happy go lucky girl again.

Matthew's 1st Day of 1st Grade

This year Clay was here for all the excitment of the first day of school. He walked Matthew to school, waited with him in the cafetria and walked him to his class. Matthew was so excited to start school again that he could hardly sleep the night before the big day. His teachers name is Ms. Price and I heard that she is pretty awesome. Matthew's best friend Katilynn who lives right across the street is in his class this year.

Every morning when we drop him off as he is getting out of the car he has a big Paige not to do list. " Make sure she doesn't touch my legos, or play with the Wii and make sure she doesn't go into my room. Love ya Mom!"