School Pictures!

Here are all of our school pictures this year!  Please respect copyright.

Back to School!

Well, we had a fun summer!  In addition to our big vacation and visits from friends, there were swim lessons...

...splash pads...

...movie nights...

...game nights...

...couch time with Boom Boom...

...and froyo!

But, alas, it's time to go back to school!  This was an exciting year for me, as I ventured into the world of administration!

It was an extra exciting time for me, because I got to go back to the school I fell in love with years ago!  I love this school so much, over Spring Break this year I asked my mom to make me a quilt of all my old school shirts.  Two months later I was interviewing for the job there and I called her back, saying, "Uhhhhhh....  Have you cut up my shirts yet?  Because I might need them back...."  Sure enough, she had already cut them.  But the end result is a breathtaking addition to my new office!

Shortly after I came back, I ran into Dr. Patterson, our school's namesake.  I love this man!  He gave me such a warm welcome back!

I started my new job in July, and now it's time for the kids to go back to school, too!

The kids get to ride the bus for the very first time ever, now that Mom has a sizeable commute!

Chloe is now in 1st grade, and Chase is in 4th.  How is this possible?!?

Happy Halloween!

You all should know by now how I feel it is my obligation as a mother to make my kids' Halloween costumes every year, and this year was no different. I asked Chase what he wanted to be and he changed his mind a few times but landed on an "Angry Bird." I kept asking Chloe but she didn't really get it, and her answer kept changing. At one point Chase said, "Chloe, do you want to be an Angry Bird with me?" and she said, "Yeah!" I thought it sounded adorable so I just never asked her again and took that as her final answer. Chloe won 1st place for "Best Costume" in her class at daycare (Chase is in school now so they couldn't dress up).

We went trick-or-treating tonight and the kids had so much fun (and made out like bandits... it's going to be TORTURE having this much candy at my house)!!

When we got home we carved pumpkins.  Yes, I know it's late, but my head just isn't in the game 100% of the time these days with everything I have going on.  I had told the kids we would wait to carve pumpkins til last night so they wouldn't rot.  I always have them on Tuesday nights so I figured it would be perfect... until they were at their dad's this weekend and I realized I had made arrangements for him to take them last night because I had an appointment.  Oops.  I knew Chase would be upset if we didn't get to carve them so I gutted all three pumpkins myself last night so all we had to do today was carve the faces into them.  Chloe designed hers, and Chase designed his and mine.  Our masterpieces:

As for my costume this year....  This past weekend I went down to a Halloween party in San Antonio to be a part of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle team (with my friend Katie and two other friends):

But for trick-or-treating tonight I kind of paid homage to the late 80's/early 90's.  It was kind of by accident.  This week is "Spirit Week" at school and I thought today was "Flash to the Past," so I crimped my hair, went crazy with the blue eyeshadow, pulled out my infamous middle school NKOTB t-shirt, tight rolled my jeans and added some gaudy accessories:

Then I got to school and realized I had my days mixed up.  "Flash to the Past" day is tomorrow.  Oops.  Luckily today was crazy hair day so I de-accessorized a bit, unrolled my jeans and took the NKOTB shirt off (thankfully I had a long-sleeved one under it because it was cold today).  I had to deal with the fact I was wearing horribly ugly tennis shoes, but at least my hair was crazy... so I still had spirit!  Anyway, when we went trick-or-treating I figured I'd just go with it and put my t-shirt back on.

Happy Halloween!  If you want some more candy, please come to my house!!

P.S. There are more photos in our Photo Album if you're interested!

 

Chase's Pre-K Graduation

Friday was Chase's Pre-K graduation.  To tell you the truth, Brian and I thought the idea of a Pre-K graduation was a little ridiculous, but Chase was so proud that it made the event totally worth it!  Here he is with the rest of his "graduating class."  He is in the back row, all the way to your left:

He gave the audience quite a show when they called his name:

They also sang a song for the parents:

And then we got to eat cake!  It's a passion we both share:

I can't believe he's going to be in Kindergarten this fall!  My baby is growing up!

More photos are in our Photo Album if you're interested!