Lately....

Here's what we've been doing lately....

The kids have been busy doing schoolwork


and homework.


Alex's teacher had a birthday & he made her this necklace. All by himself!

Addy lost another tooth. That makes 4 total.

The kids have been going to karate class every week. They're both doing great & learning lots of new skills.

We've been to lots of birthday parties lately...

a swimming party

a party at the playground 

one at painting with a twist

and one at an indoor playground.

Nick & I continue to do crossfit in the mornings. 

Alex often goes with us & enjoys working out too.

I spend a lot of my free time volunteering at both Addy & Alex's schools. So much so that I was VIPS (Volunteers in Public Schools) of the month for August! 

Addy had her overnight sleep study last week. The nurse was able to get all 6 required hours of monitoring, even though Addy was not asleep the whole time. We should have the results next week or the week after. We're hoping that the doctor is able to find what is waking Addy up in the middle of the night & that he does not require her to do another one. (It wasn't the most pleasant experience.)

We've been busy with several Girl Scout events. 

We had another meeting.

We went letterboxing at Camp Sienna.

And on a field trip to Brazos Bend State Park.

Since the weather's been cooler, the kids have been able to play outside a little more. 

Alex has been riding around in his car

and we've been going to the playground

where Addy makes awesome shadow puppets.

Oh & Addy is teaching herself to play the piano. So far she can play Mary Had a Little Lamb & Old McDonald Had a Farm. It's pretty impressive!

We've also been getting ready for Halloween by going to zoo boo, booing our friends, going to the pumpkin patch & a Halloween party & more... Look for a post on all that fun stuff soon.

The Big Show

June 6th was Addy's last day of dance for the semester.

Instead of having a big recital, The Little Gym has what they call  "The Big Show." Each class puts on an end of the year performance but it is there in The Little Gym at their regular class time. Which is perfect for Addy. (I specifically asked about recitals when I called around looking for a dance class for her. I didn't want to put her in a super serious class with an over the top recital & have it be too overwhelming for her.)

Addy had to 'warm up' a little before leaving for class.

Upon arriving, Addy & the other girls went into the dance room to warm up while myself, Alex (Nick missed it because he was out of town for work) and the other parents went into the gym to await the show.

Then it was time for "The Big Show" to start. 

First the girls performed their tap routine.

Twice!

And then their ballet routine.

Then they showed off their skills in several gymnastics areas. 

First on the uneven bars.

Then backflips

and then the balance beam.

When they were done with everything, they had a little time left over for free play in the gym. 

Addy got back on the balance beam & was able to walk the whole thing without a spotter.

Alex got a turn too.

Then it was time for the award ceremony. Each girl got an award 

and a medal.

And so did the class mascot!

Here is Addy's whole dance class!

And her is Addy with her amazing teacher Ms. Brittany.

I am so proud of Addy! She did amazing! She loves taking dance & is looking forward to the fall when class starts again. 

Lately...

Here's what we've been doing lately....

(And by lately, I mean like the last month or two.)

Eating ice cream
(Addy has decided that she likes ice cream. So now I get it for her just about everytime she asks for it because I'm super excited that she's added one more thing to her very limited diet!)

Playing Candy Crush (First I got Nick hooked & now Alex!)

Riding our bikes & being superheros

Eating donuts

And reading a 3D book. (Thanks MawMaw for the new book.)

Playing baseball in the backyard

And on the field.

Collecting bugs

And playing in the flowers.

Playing hide and seek

(Can you find Addy?)

and playing soccer.

Going to The Little Gym for Addy's dance class.

(And Alex has even been joining in the gymnastics part at the end. I'm so proud of him & I think I'm even going to sign him up for a class in the summer.)

We went to Peyton's birthday party 

Where I got to spend some time with my BFF!

We've done a little shopping 

And my son took off all his clothes & drew tiger stripes all over himself. Roar!

We painted our room. It was brown mustard yellowish color & now it's a milk chocolate color.

And bought a new mattresses. Alex helped me pick it out, the Serta icomfort Savant memory foam mattress. 

I was doing crossfit 5 days a week until I strained my lower back muscle.

But now I'm doing this instead. (But at least I get to do it in my new comfy bed!)

And we celebrated Mother's Day by going to lunch at Don Julio's. And Nick got me a Kindle Fire HD since the kids have taken over both iPads & I can't ever read my books on them.

And the kids made me these super sweet cards!

And of course, we've been loving on each other. (I just love these pictures! They're proof that as much as these 2 fight, they really do love each other!)

We also went on Addy's field trip to the Bayou Wildlife Park, went to Camp Misty Meadows for a Girl Scout Horse program & Addy had tug of war & field day at school. I hope to do a separate blog post on each of those soon.