Fall 2012

Our days of fall were filled with school, church activities and family and friends.  We made our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch and had a great Thanksgiving with family.  As usual, it goes by quickly, but is sure is fun to get some cooler weather, wear sweaters and eat pumpkin flavored foods!

All the kids had the annual Thanksgiving Feast at school and dressed up as Indians.  Kate was Princess Flower and Jack was Chief Jumping Viper.  They sang their songs and we ate Chick-Fil-A for lunch.  This is always such a fun day.  Kate wasn't too thrilled about singing, but everyone else did great.

Thanksgiving was much anticipated as only a few short days after, Brooks would be born.  So, we let Kimberly relax and made some great food.  My mom did some great folders with tons of activities and coloring.  These kids would color for hours, if they could, and they did.

We are truly thankful!  We have been blessed in SO many ways.

School Days

Time to catch up on my blogging...sort of.  I am thinking about condensing the past few months into a few posts.  So let's head back to September and the start of school for Kate and Jack.  Jack LOVES kindergarten.  He is such a great student always doing so well and his teacher loves him.  We had our first teach conference a few weeks ago and she said he is smart, kind, sweet and a good listener.  The thing she said that was the best was that he loves Jesus.  I love that boy and he surely does love Jesus.  He got to bring Penelope puppy home for a weekend, had a field trip to an educational forest and is learning so much everyday.  I know everyone thinks their kids are smart, but Jack is very smart and knows a lot, especially about animals.

Jack's 1st day of Kindergarten and his 5th birthday!

Our Kate is doing great in 3A.  She loves her little friends and is doing things like drawing circles, recognizes colors and can sing ABCs quite well.   Kate also started K3 on her 3rd birthday!  

Kate is Three!

This is definitely been my longest blog hiatus to date, but school is in session and mommyhood duty calls.  But, I don't want to neglect memories, so let's jump back to August for Kate's birthday...

Kate had a Tinkerbell tea party with fabulous friends and fairies!  It was an all girl party and I will probably not throw two birthdays in two weekends again, but we had fun.  We had apple juice "tea" and crackers, apples and cheese.  Then finished off with Kate's birthday cupcakes.  My mom saved the day with fun games to play.  I was burnt out from the previous week's party.  Kate has been such a blessing in our lives and brings us so much joy.

Kate on all her "birthdays"...

Jack is Five

Jack loves animals.  I mean LOVES animals.  For his 5th birthday, we had a fun safari.  Our adventurers arrived and put on the binoculars, safari vests and hats.  We decorated our vests and embarked on a safari to find some animals in the "jungle".  The kids seemed to really enjoy and it was so special to celebrate Jack's 5th birthday!  Our Jack is such an amazing boy.  He has turned into a sweet, cute, loving, discovery-filled boy.  We are so proud of him and that God chose us to be his parents.

Our sweet Jack on all his "birthdays"...

He sure has grown up.  Up next is Jack's first day of Kindergarten, Kate's birthday and Kate's first day of three year old preschool!  I am sure loving life.

Summer Who?

Here we are, 2 weeks into August and I haven't blogged in six weeks!  That is half our summer and school starts in one short week!  I am self-admitted blog-stalker and I have noticed there is less blogging in the blogosphere from parents with kids.  Our summer hasn't been "busy" per se packed with all kinds of travel and such, but busy living.  I am working two full days and watching my nieces and nephew one day, so that leaves two days for errands, chores, appointments and if any, playdates.  We been around just doing life and watching our babies grow into little kids - almost 5 and 3.  Our days were filled with cousin fun, play-doh (some homemade too), Chick-Fil-A dates, haircuts, first dentist visits and some rainy days.  Here are some highlights of the rest of our summer:

I am grateful that even though some days were tough, I was glad to be able to spend some time with my kids doing summer stuff.  These days are limited and spending time with family and friends is what is precious.  School starts next week for our big kindergartner and his favorite 3-year old sister.  I am excited about they will learn this year and how they will grow.  So, we will enjoy this last week we have together and get ready to start and new school year and new adventures!