Boone & Charlie's Birthday Party

Last Saturday, the kids & I went to my neice & nephew's joint birthday party. Here are a few pictures from the party. 

Charlie about to blow out her candle.

 

Boone opening his presents.

 

Charlie was not quite as interested in opening her presents.

 

But she did love the baby doll that she got.

 

Pizza time!

 

I think Addy got a little on her face, lol.

 

Alex running around & playing.

 

 Chloe & PopPop

 

PopPop, PawPaw & June

 

Hannah

 

Riding in the cozy coupe

 

On your marks, get set... RACE!

 

Addy wanted to ride too. I think the car was a little too small for both of them, don't you!

 

The birthday boy

 

DJ Chloe Rock

 

Boone showing off his muscles

 

2 sweet girls

 

The kids were excited to get a balloon at the end of the party.

 

Insta Friday

It's Friday & once again I'm posting this on time! What what!!

If you remember last week, the kids were sick. By Saturday they were feeling better & wanting to get out of the house. So we walked to the playground at Addy's school for a little play time.
And of course Teddy & Mr. Dinousar had to go too.

  

On Sunday we took a family shopping trip to get Addy some dance shoes & Alex a T ball glove. Addy wanted the windows rolled down & loved having the wind blow in her face.

 

Day 9: something we usually do on the weekend... eat pizza

 

Addy played lots of dress up this week. She was a cowgirl.

 

She was a mommy,

 

 a pirate,

 

 and a princess.

 

Addy was looking for Bailey & Alex spotted him in the bushes. He pointed to Bay & said "Look mommy, I found Bailey. And you're right, I do have really great eyesight!" Lol. (What makes this so funny is I didn't tell him he had really great eyesight.)

 

Day 10: black & white... A sweet Bailey kitty hiding in the bushes. (I wonder who he's hiding from, lol!)

 

Monday night I brought Addy to the Girl Scouts membership rally. They let all the Daisy aged girls (Kinder & 1st graders) make a smore swap. (Swaps are little homemade trinkets that girl scouts trade with each other.) I got her registered & even volunteered to be the leader of a new troop!

 

Day 12: together...Nick was out out town Monday night so I let my babies snuggle up in my bed together.

 

Tuesday was the first birthday bakers of the school year. I made white chocolate oreo balls & chocolate chip cookie dough truffles for the teachers. They may not look that great but they tasted delicious! Click here if you want the recipe for the cookie dough truffles. (Because I know you all know how to make oreo balls already.)

 

On Wednesday, Alex had playdate with his friends.

 

And that night he had his first T ball practice. He loved it! Be on the look out for a separate post on T ball.

 

On Thursday, Alex had his second sports skills class at The Little Gym. They were still focusing on soccer & learned about being the goalie. He did much better this time & maybe in another week or 2 he'll actually participate without me being in the room.

 

Thursday night Addy had her first dance class. She loved loved loved it! Again, a separate post on this will soon follow.

 

There were a couple worksheets in Addy's folder on Friday after school. As I was checking out her work, I noticed the names on 2 of her papers... Me & Mom... Alex & Daddy. I think it's pretty sweet that she includes the whole family in her school work.

 

It was a really busy week & with everything I signed the kids up for, I know we are going to have many more just like this one! Hopefully I'll survive the fall, lol!

 



Sports Skills

Last Thrusday, I took Alex to a sports skills class at The Little Gym. The class focuses on several different sports...soccer, football, basketball, baseball & golf i think... each one for a couple of weeks in a row. And it also incorporates some gymnastic activities in the last 30 minutes of the class.

Alex was super excited to go. We got to The Little Gym & he high fived the instructor & took his socks & shoes off. We were waiting for the class before his to finish up & he kept asking "Can I go in now? Can I go in now?" And then when it was time, he went in with the instructor & was ready to play.

And then another little boy showed up. And another. And another.

I was sitting in the observation/waiting room & to me, he looked like he was still doing great. But then the teacher told the boys to all go sit by the wall so she could show them a few soccer kicks. The 3 other boys ran over to the wall but Alex didn't move. He just sat there.

The teacher started talking to him & then he stood up. I wasn't exactly sure what was going on. I thought maybe she was going to have him kick the ball. Until I saw the look on his face. He was holding back the tears.

I opened the door to check on him & the instructor walked him over to me. She said he was so upset that he was literally shaking & as soon as he was in my arms, he broke down & cried.

He said he didn't want to go back in to the class. So I carried him into the room & he sat in my lap against the wall.

As the other boys were kicking soccer balls, one of them rolled over near us. So I grabbed it & let Alex play with it. I got him to kick it & dribble it, but he would only do it right in front of me. He wouldn't get back on the mat.
 

 

The class does 30 minutes of group activities on the big mat & then 30 minutes of 'stations.' The boys went to the first station & Alex was very interested in watching what they were doing, but still didn't want to participate just yet.

 

When they went to the second station, we had to move closer to the boys to be able to see what they were doing. Nicki, the instructor, asked Alex if he wanted to kick his soccer ball to her. He told her "No" but that he would kick it to me.

 

And so at this point, Alex began to participate.

 

He worked on kicking the ball to me & stopping the ball with his foot when I kicked it to him.

 

 

 He crawled on the obstacle course.

 

He did some sommersaults (with assistance.)

 

He hung from the bar.

 

He walked on the balance beam.

 

And he hung on the uneven bars. (The instructor had to raise the bar for him since he's so tall.)

 

He ended up participating for about the last 20 minutes of the class. And during that time, he had a lot of fun. Even though he was "too nervous" (his words) this time, I definitely plan on bringing him back. I think it'll be good for him to be around other little boys his age & to have a little bit of time away from mommy & to find out which sport he likes the best. I think it'll probably take a couple of classes (hopefully not all 40) before he is completely okay with going, but he's already saying he wants to go back. We didn't go this week since he was sick, but you better bet he'll be there next week!

 

 

Insta Friday

It's Friday again & this week I'm actually posting this on time! What!!! (I'm sure it's only because I have 2 sick kids that are both napping right now. So don't expect it to happen again, lol.)

 

Here is what has been going on in our home this week...

 

The kids played a lot of dress up...

Addy was a nurse. She's wearing a nurse hat & has a basket of rags, soap & band aids. Everything a nurse would need!

 

She also pretended to be a puppy. She put on puppy paw mittens, winter boots for furry legs & then made herself bowls of food & water.

 

And I'm not sure what this outfit is supposed to be, but it's definitely awesome!!!

 

Alex & I took a trip to Hobby Lobby to get a few supplies to make this.

 

And while we were there, we browsed the Christmas aisles. Aren't these stockings adorable!

 

Alex & I were playing hide-n-seek. It was his turn to hide. He found a great spot inside my shirt, lol!

 

The school nurse called me Thursday & said that Addy was running a low grade fever and complaining that her throat hurt.

 

She's still feeling bad today.

 

Alex was sick Wednesday & Thursday & then woke up today covered in hives. Literally from head to toe.

 

I finally got him to take some Benadryl. (We made a compromise. He wanted to mop the kitchen & I told him he could after he took his medicine.That's a win win for me!) It knocked him out & hopefully when he wakes up he'll look better.

 

As you can see, with 2 sick kids it's been a pretty low key week. I'm sure next week when they are feeling better we'll be back to our on the GO GO GO selves!

Insta-Friday (Ok, it's really Insta-Sunday)

I'm a day (ok 2) late on this post, but I guess it's better late than never, right!

Addy picked out her clothes on Sunday. I love her sense of style!

 

Alex has been sad that Addy is back in school. On Tuesday he cried when we dropped her off. And when we got home, he refused to get out of the car. So I rolled down the windows & let him play for a few minutes. He leaned out the window & told me "Hand over your keys Mommy, I'm going to get Addy!"

 

Someone got another haircut. And he did great this time. No crying. No refusing. Just sat in the chair & let the lady cut his hair.

 

After his haircut, we went & ate lunch at Don Julios, the new Mexican restaurant in Sienna. It was our first time to try it & it was good. Which is great news because there are not a lot of good Mexican restaurants that are close to us & you guys know I love Mexican food!!!

 

Addy was laying on the couch watching TV. Alex told her he wanted to "jump in." So Addy scooted over & Alex laid down beside her. It was so cute to see them laying together.

 

On Thursday I took Alex to the Little Gym to try out their Sports Skills class. It did NOT go great, but I'll do a separate post on that & let you know all about it.

 

 After Sports Skills, we met a friend at Pei Wei for lunch. It was Alex's first time to ever use chopsticks & he was able to pick up rice & get it in his mouth! How 'bout that form though, lol!

 

Thursday evening, Addy got some ranch dressing on her shirt. So she took it off & went & put it in the washer. And then she started the washer! I was shocked she knew how to do it! Are all kids this appliance savvy or is it just mine?

 

Addy wanted some popcorn, so Alex said he would make it for her. He got out the step stool & put the bag in the microwave. I showed him the popcorn button & he pushed it. I had to help him when it was done though, because the bag was too hot for him. What a sweet brother to make his sister a snack.

 

Check out that cool Jake & the Neverland Pirates tattoo.

 

Nick bought a bowflex & Alex loves it. He says he needs to excercise so that he can be strong & healthy. It's pretty cute to watch him, but also good to know that Nick & I are being good examples to our children.

 

On Friday, Nick went to lunch with me & Alex. Alex wanted to go back to Don Julios because they have a soft serve ice cream machine! (OK, who am I kidding, I wanted to go back too because they have yummy chicken fajitas!)

 

Friday night, we headed to Beaumont for the weekend.

Nick & I went on our monthly date. (We just squeaked it in on August 31st!) We ate dinner at Outback & debated over which movie to see. Since we couldn't come to an agreement, we decided to just go to Toys R Us & get birthday presents for Boone & Charlie. (I know, a little last minute.) And guess what, we still had a lot of fun on our date, because it's not what we do, it's that we're doing it together!

 

And you know I can't take a trip to the Golden Triangle & not eat at Carmela's! So on Saturday, Nick & I went there for lunch. An early lunch. Like we pulled in the parking lot at 10:50 & I made us wait til 11 to go in because I was embarrassed that we were there so early, lol.

 

Saturday afternoon, the kids & I went to Boone & Charlie's birthday party. Be on the look out for a separate post on this too.

 

And Saturday night, Nick, his brother & I went to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch Alabama's season opener. It was a great game & Bama won by a lot! Roll Tide!