October Wrap Up!

We had the Zombie Run and Carnival this month….

LM with his Zombie Buds!

Better view of his Zombie skin….bleh!

LM earning his Yellow Belt in Taekwondo!

We wanted to do a practice run with the costume the day before Halloween. :)

Star Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy

listening to his Most Awesome Mix Tape.

How cool is he?!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!  It's Candy Time!  

Going out on the golf cart with his buddy "O"!

Not sure what is going on with the "gangsta hands". Ha!

Game Time!

 LM takes the hand-off from "E"!

Keep going!!!!

And he does….after his flags are pulled. :D

Took 2 guys to stop him!  Yay!

Looking forward to Thanksgiving and seeing all the family!

Active!

Little Man learning to ride without training wheels.  Work in progress….  :D

Group of Moms from the neighborhood (I'm second from the right) participated in the DFW Jailbreak Run.  5K run with obstacles!

Our tanks read "If Found On Ground Please Drag Across Finish Line" and ya gotta love the crazy socks! :D

Some of us with our finishers medals!

Game Day for The PCE Panthers!

LM (black socks) matched up against a GIANT! 

His nickname on the back of his jersey was "Hulk"  Ha!

Later in the game, one of our running backs ran into this kid and it was like running into a brick wall!  He didn't budge and our guy went down.  WOW!

LM just ran into the end zone for a touchdown!!!!  I didn't get a pic of the run :(  but we were all so excited and proud!!!

Coach congratulating LM

Teammates congratulating him.  :)

This year has been wrapping up to be a great one!  

Can't wait for Halloween!

Are you ready for some football?!!!!

Little Man had his first Flag Football practice of the season Wednesday night!  So excited!  Almost all of the boys from last year are playing again, we have 4 new players and the Assistant Coach from last year is the new Head Coach.  LM really likes him and the Assistant Coaches are all dads of LMs friends.  The boys all seemed more mature this year with a lot more focus and less like monkeys hyped up on kool-aid. :D  

LM is up for his timed run

 LM with Coach Holmes

 Going for the flag

 Run!

 Game Face

 He got the flag!

Hanging out

Can't wait for the first game (2 weeks)!  Will keep you posted on how they do!

1st Day of 2nd Grade!!!

2nd Grade!  Where did the time go?!

LM in his "Swagger" t-shirt.

The kids filling out their "about me" pages

LM too busy to say bye to Mom & Dad…sniff sniff.  :D

Twice a week after school, LM goes to Taekwondo.  He was so excited to see his friends!  This is the pic they sent out to the parents.  

Summer was fun but its good to get back to our school routine….and Flag Football season is in a couple of weeks.  Can't wait!!!

Summer Wrap Up!

June:  Camp, Camp and more Camp!  :D

 Lots of swimming! (LM with the red swim mask)

July:

More Camp,

Flag Football Camp! (4th blue shirt from the right..kinda hiding)

Church Camp!

Little Man and M.I.B (Most Important Businessman-camp nickname)

Camp Crew!

Pet Emergency!

Henry, "The Reformed Lizard Slayer", go into some medication (thank goodness not much left) late one night and I kinda freaked!  Called http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com.  Turns out the most that would happen was "stuff" coming out each end of him but after a night quarantined to the laundry room….he was fine…and seemed to wonder what all the fuss was about.  I HIGHLY recommend calling them if you don't have access to a vet or pet emergency clinic for after hours or weekend emergencies.

The Evidence

August:

Roller Skating Party for the soon to be 2nd Graders!  (hope the video works!)  

LEGO Engineering Camp!

And a last minute "stay-cation" for the family.

Perot Museum of Natural Science in Dallas

T-Rex behind LM

Rooftop at the Museum

The frogs!

Digging for Dinosaur bones!

Doing the weather report!

LM programmed a robot attached to a desktop computer via USB cable them put it in the maze to run…it worked!

Lots of reading!  The Boxcar Children, Franny K Stein Series, The Magic Tree House and a little Sherlock Holmes.

LM loves a good mystery!

Little Man has been asking for a REAL bow and arrow set FOREVER.  I finally did some research and came across a Discover Archery class at the local Archery Club's indoor range.  And luck would have it that I found a GROUPON as well.  Score!  Had an hour of instruction and shooting for $10! LM was so excited!

Look at that form!

I'm sure we'll go back soon and this time I'll shoot with him. :)

Once a month the LEGO Store has a Club Build.  This month was LEGO CHIMA!  The kids get the store to themselves for one hour to build and share their creations with the group.  Pretty Cool!  They also receive a T-Shirt, a mini LEGO set and a coupon towards a in store purchase.

LM socializing.

Finishing his project

Sharing his project with the group.

LM also helped me babysit my nieces so their parents could go out for their Anniversary.  Happy Anniversary Ryan and Lindsey!!!  

Miss A putting a stethoscope on LM and 

Little Miss A is watching the Smurfs.

Went to one of our favorite places for our Last Night of Summer Vacation.  

 Twisted Root Burger Co.  Yum-O!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Summer Vacation!!!

May Wrap Up!

School Fund Raiser - Crawfish Boil 

Next Door Neighbor - John - in the Dunk Tank!

A cooler on a motorized scooter - How cool is that!!!

Crawfish!  Eeee!

Several kids ended up getting pinched! :D

1st Grade Field Trip - Dallas Aquarium

Little Man and a big Manatee

LM and his buds

L to R - Luke, Owen and LM

The mustache monkey wants a Cheeto!

Most of the group of 1st grade boys!

The Sloth getting a good look at Owen's Dad. 

Trip Home / Baby J's 2nd Birthday

Grandma McKenna with Jordan, James and LM

LM and bubbles bright and early at 6am at Grandmas!

Grandpa and Henry - 1 of 2 grandsons  :D

Grandpa and LM

Happy 2nd Birthday James!

Quick trip down to The Woodlands to celebrate Hubs Bro's 40th (Bro not pictured!  Argh!)

Me and The Hubs

May Update!

(Sound quality of the videos might not be that great)

1)  The Hubs and I just celebrated our 12 year anniversary! Woo Hoo!  It was a pretty low key affair…had our sitter come hang out with LM so we could go to an outdoor art fair and have a nice quiet dinner.  Ahhhh….  relaxing.  :)

2)  I had just picked Little Man up from school and were on our way to WalMart when we passed an apartment fire near our neighborhood.  LM wanted to do a "Breaking News Report" for his Dad.  (side note:  The apartments are about 2 miles from our house and WalMart is about 5 miles from our house.)

Action news with LM!

3)  LM has been in a R.E.A.C.H (Realizing Excellence in Academic Cognition Heuristically) class for a few months now.  His big project was to do a scrapbook about Russia and present it to the class.  Here is a short clip:

4)  Little Man has been taking Taekwondo two days a week since late February…he loves it!  Monday he took and passed the 2nd half of his test for his orange belt!  Yea!  We're so proud of him!  Here's a video of him being presented with his new belt.

Yea! LM!

Orange Belt!