Catch Up!

Playing picture catch up!  I've been super busy since school started.

This year I volunteered to be our son's 4th Grade class Room Rep.  My responsibilities are helping his teacher with special events, creating online sign ups for parent volunteer opportunities (Friday Folders, Teachers Helper of the Month, Holiday Party sign ups, etc), organizing events for Teacher Appreciation Week and other classroom events.  

On to the pics!

We recently had some tree trouble in the front yard.  A tree trimming crew was on our street and asked if we needed some trimming done.  I went outside to take a look around with them when we noticed a big crack in one of the tree limbs which caused the limb to sag and rest on our other tree.  Scary!  If the other tree hadn't caught it, it could have crushed someone!  So emergency branch removal was needed.

Big crack!

Once that section hit the ground, it split open!

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Labor Day saw us heading to Tulsa to visit family!  Grandparents, Aunt, Uncles and cousins!

Henry using Tigger as a pillow

The three Amigos!

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Just because its September, doesn't mean its too early to shop for Halloween costumes!

Little Man thought the donut with sprinkles was pretty funny!

I thought it was much cuter than the hotdog.

He decided on the Ninja

I think it was more about the swords and 

the light up dragon design than anything else!

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LM's school had their Boosterthon - Panther Prowl Fun Run Fundraiser! 

Thank you Aunt Kathi, Uncle Justin and Aunt Kim for your pledges!  The school had a goal of $10,000 and I think we  raised close to $20,000!  Yay!

LM in the middle...in black

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LM's friend had his 10th Birthday party at Obstacle Warrior Kids (formerly Lil' Ninjas).  Let me just say how much we LOVE  the American Ninja Warrior show.  This place has all the same obstacles...for kids!  They also had a grown ups only section that a few of the parents tried out.

LM on the Warp Wall!

Almost there!

And he is up!

Rope Climb

"Rock Wall"

Jumping Spider 

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And a picture of two snails hanging out by the pool with their pretty shells! :)

Hope everyone is having a great school year so far!  

Looking forward to cooler weather and the Holidays!

4th Grader!

 Today is the first day of school here in TX!  Woo Hoo!

Last night our neighbor and I enjoyed a glass of wine while the kids played in the yard....ahhh.  Enjoying the last night of summer vacation.

This morning, Little Man wanted his hair "fixed" to his specifications, supervised the packing of the lunch and was actually fine with getting his annual Back to School picture taken in front of the house.

Cutest boy ever!

Getting so tall!

PCE!

LM and his buddy O

Enjoying the common area in the new wing before class starts

LM and his locker

He was so excited about being in the new wing

New lockers and the water fountains have sensors that turn the water on for you! Oooooooh!

Summer Recap!

School starts on Monday, Aug. 22nd!  

Can I get a "Halleluja!"  or a "Woop Woop!"?

The Hubs and I are ready for school to start...Little Man has mixed feelings.  He has had a fun summer but is ready to see all his friends!  #onlychildlonliness.

We have a Back to School event tomorrow afternoon with a 4th Grade Boys Swim Party later that evening then more home DIY stuff this weekend so I wanted to sneak in a quick post before Monday.

Water park with "H"

Cool little dudes!

Baseball Camp with "P"

"Ballers!"

4th of July Parade with "R" and "A"

Quick visit in Tulsa to visit family

LM, C, J, J and C

Lunch at Truck Yard!

Pine Cove Camp with "R" and "L"

LM front and center

Home Depot Kids Build!

Skateboard Pencil Box

L, L, L, LM, P and H 

Dallas World Aquarium

R, A and LM

Dads and sons visit the water park

L, LM and P 

Trying out the surfing tank at AquaShop

LM and P

LM catching a wave! 

Foosball!

LM, P and L 

Lunch at Rock & Brews

LM, P and L with the ladies

Pete's Dragon movie

L, LM and L

New cut, style and lime green hairspray 

Main Street Magic Store

They offer Magic Summer Camps!

Will be doing this next summer!

Hope everyone has had a great summer!  

Looking forward to meeting Little Man's 4th Grade Teacher, seeing who his classmates are, sports season starting back up and the Fall Season!

We saved another one!

This morning I was up getting around and suddenly hear, 

"Mom / April there's something swimming in the pool!" from my son and hubs.  

I'm thinking, swimming?  Wouldn't that be a duck and if so what is the big deal?  

I asked, "a duck?"  They said "No, not sure what it is?"  

So then I think its a bunny struggling in the pool so Little Man and I go into panic rescue mode.

Me: "LM, grab the bucket while I fish it out!"

LM: "OK!"

Me: "Go, go, go!"

Hubs is standing at the back window watching all the crazy.

I'm thinking, "save the bunny, save the bunny, save the bunny!"

Then, we get out back and find this swimming in the pool!

Baby Possum!

Me: "Oh crap!"   

I make a sharp U-Turn and run to get the net, because you know I won't pick him up bare handed like a bunny!

The little guy was smart enough to get over to the pool vacuum hose and hang on for dear life.  Poor thing!  Possums are nocturnal so no telling how long he had been in the pool.

I fished him out with the net and placed him on a rock by the fence to dry off.  Looked like a drowned cat!  He swims like a cat too!  Once he got his bearings, he waddled off and crawled under the fence.  Hope he finds his family!

I seriously think I need to invent some kind of ramp that you leave in the pool for wildlife to use to climb out should they fall in.  

But you never know, they could totally have backyard parties while you're out of town and use it as a water slide!  I guess that would be a win/win! :D

Another plot in our bunny graveyard....

You may remember the baby bunny that I fished out of our pool and released back into our yard.  Baby Bun! 

Well, all the baby bunnies are called Baby Bun but this one is special.  We'll call him Survivor Baby Bun.  Or SB for short.

He really was close to death when I pulled him out of the pool.  But I rubbed him with a towel until he perked up and then let him go in our backyard later that day.

Survivor Bun!

Survivor Bun with his family!

We have been keeping an eye on SB.  Making sure we always see him in the backyard in the evenings.  That he's still doing o.k. and boy is he growing fast!  That little dude eats A Lot!

Sadly, we can't rescue all the bunnies that fall into the pool.  The one we found the other morning was smaller than SB and had most likely been in the pool overnight.  :(  I bet it was the bleeping armadillo that scared him out of his hiding spot and into the pool.  Grrr!

We'll save the ones we can and say a little prayer for the ones we can't.  

Little Man always wants the unfortunate ones to have a nice burial with cotton ball pillows and to be covered with flowers.  Love his sensitive soul!

Little Man saying a little prayer over the baby bunnys grave.

I'll close with one of my favorite cartoon clips.

This would be me as a cartoon character....

well, maybe a little cuter than this. Ha!

We Support The Blue

As everyone has seen on the news by now, there was a mass shooting of Dallas Police Officers following a peaceful protest Thursday night in downtown Dallas, TX.  

Today we drove down to the Dallas Police Department to pay our respects and show our support for the men and women who risk their lives everyday.  Little Man wanted to leave a note and really took in what was going on.  

LM finding a spot for his note.

2 police cruisers covered in flowers, notes, 

balloons, teddy bears, etc.

Candles lit for the victims.

Officer Patrick Zamarripa

Officer Michael Krol

Officer Brent Thompson

Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens

Sgt. Michael Smith

4th of July

4th of July was celebrated by watching the neighborhood parade, cooking out and swimming with friends and family!

LM - When is the parade going to start?!

Our friends R and A were a little more patient. :)

Throw us some candy!

Cookout time!

Pool time!

Fun with friends!

Oops!

Little Man's baseball team had their Championship Playoff Game in June. I obviously forgot to post about it so here it is!

The Yankees won 1st Place in their Division!  Yay!

Getting ready for the National Anthem

Post Game Trophy ceremony

LM with Coach

The Yankees!

LM in the middle

Dousing the Coach!

LM is #2

I'm fine! Sheesh!

As many of you know, animal drama seems to always find me!  Picking up dogs running loose and returning them to their owners, watching over baby owls (Owlets) until their mom can retrieve them from our yard, and resuscitating baby rabbits after nearly drowning in our pool.

This afternoon I was hanging out in our front room (aka-Hubs home office, formerly known as the formal dining room) with John, chatting it up when I looked out the window and saw this!  A squirrel wedged in our tree!  He was only 3 feet from the ground and it seemed weird that he wasn't moving.  

Of course I panic, run to the bedroom to look out the window right by him and he looked dead.  How did he get there?  How did he die?  Did he fall from higher up in the tree?  Is somthing going to come by and finish him off?!  I get crazy brain in a panic.

 Squirrel wedged in our tree

So I grab my camera and head out the front door to check him out up close.  And to retrieve and bag him for funeral services in our backyard.  I mean, if we're going to do it for the rabbits, we might as well have a family section for the squirrels.

As I get close to take a picture....his little head pops up!

Hey!

And then he gives me the stink eye for waking him up from his nap!  

Woman!  Get that camera out of my face!

Here I was all freaked out and he was NAPPING!  Not my fault you nap like the dead.  

Credit to the Hubs...he just sighed during all the crazy and waited for the update when it was all over.  Hes used to it.