Jacob's 6th Birthday

We took Jacob to Medieval Times for his birthday. We had tons of fun!

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Jacob

Jacob was invited to join the gifted & talented program at his school. He is so excited about this and can't wait to do some more "challenging" work (as he said to me). I am so proud and excited for my little guy!!

Officially a Soccer Mom

Yep that's right... I am! Both kiddos decided they wanted to play soccer this year so on Saturday, we signed up! We haven't found out our teams yet, but they are so excited to get started. Guess I'm off to buy shin guards!

Jordan's 4th Birthday

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Halloween 2008

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Gig Em!

Well we finally took the plunge and headed to College Station with the kiddos. They got to experience Aggie Land live and up close. They had a blast! They had a great time pre-game and Jordan even got to give Fuller and some of the other boys a high five at half-time!

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Six Flags over Texas

I received some free tickets through school so we thought we'd try it out. I mean hey, free tickets... if they hate it, all we paid for is parking! Anyway, we got there and they were so excited. We started off on the Wyle E Coyote roller coaster to see how they would do. They LOVED it! We then hit the log ride, La Vibora, Judge Roy Scream, Roaring Rapids, and ended the day with Splashdown! I was so impressed with the rides that they rode! Jacob wanted to ride The Texas Giant but missed it by a couple of inches. I don't have any pics to share because I was riding the rides with the kiddos. I tried to get them to take pics with the characters, but they were too scared! Funny... they were scared of the people in costumes but not the roller coasters! We're definately going back next year!!

Birdhouse Fun

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Happy 4th of July!!

Our neighborhood had their Independence Day Celebration this past Saturday. Jacob & Jordan both decorated their bikes and rode in the parade. The theme this year was "An Old Fashion American Picnic". We made it through the parade before a big storm blew in and cancelled out all the fun bounce houses and slides. We figured the fireworks would be rescheduled but around 9:20 they started going off. The kids and I got up and went to watch from our backyard... in the rain! They enjoyed the fireworks and I enjoyed watching their eyes light up as each one went off. Oh to be a child again!!



Independence Day 2008

Jacob's Preschool Graduation

Well it's official... Jacob is no longer a pre-schooler... he's a future kindergartner! His class ended the year with a little graduation ceremony. They sang 3 songs, did little dances with the songs, received awards (Jacob got the "Hard Worker" award), and watched a slide show of their year. It was very cute!! *sniff*

The Big T-Baller

Jacob just completed his 1st season of t-ball. He played on the Astros. He was quite the little slugger and by the end, was fielding the balls pretty well too! He loved to play pitcher because he said "that's where all the action is!" Now it's on to flag football!

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Jordan's Spring Recital

Jordan had her 3rd dance recital recently. She performed a tap dance to "Animal Crackers in My Soup" and a monkey/ballet dance to "I Want to Be Like You" from Jungle Book. They were so cute!!

Catch Up Time!

It's amazing how time flies after Spring Break! I've been so caught up in trying to make it through the end of school that I've forgotten about my blog! Now that it is summer... I hope to be better!

Snow Fun!

The snow was unexpected but boy did we have fun!

Providence Christmas

Our neighborhood has a tree-lighting ceremony every year. We missed the lighting this year because Jacob was singing Christmas carols with his class. But we did make it back in time to meet one of Santa's reindeer and Santa himself! (We would have gone on one of the horse-drawn carriage rides, but it was an hour wait!) Oh and Jacob wanted me to let everyone know that he took the picture of Vixen!

Jordan's Christmas Recital

Now that I can finally post pictures again, I'm back! Jordan had her 2nd dance recital in December. Her class was dressed up as Christmas mice. They were soooo cute! The dance was adorable as always and this year her teacher did a dance. It was to Christmas canon and it was beautiful. They ended the recital with a surprise visit from Santa. Jordan could not keep her eyes off of him. She wouldn't sit in his lap, but she did not want to leave where he was sitting! I can't wait for her next recital! She gets to move up classes. She will now be in Pre-Ballet/Tap. She is going to LOVE wearing those tap shoes!!

Family Pictures

We finally got around to taking family pictures. The last time was 2005 so I figured it was time. Instead of doing in studio, we opted for a location shoot. We went to Legacy Park over by Stonebriar Mall. It was a beautiful area for pictures. The kids were all excited, I thought we'd be getting some great family pics! Boy... was I kidding myself! I mean, we did get some decent ones of us, lots of great ones of the kids, but I was hoping for that one great one to give to everyone. Out of the 734 pictures that were taken, I think 650 of them had either Jacob's or Jordan's tongues hanging out of their mouth! Little stinkers! I finally had to convince myself that they are 2 & 4 and that hey, that's my family! I have goofball kids and I wouldn't trade them for anything!!

Halloween

This year the kiddos decided to be Cinderella, aka "Tindalella", and Superman. They had a blast trick or treating around the neighborhood! Jacob is already making plans for next year!

School Days

It's been a while since I've posted. Things have been busy since school has started back. Jacob LOVES school and is happiest when he is there! He loves his friends, his teachers, especially learning new things! He's definately my academic kiddo! Jordan loves her friends, her teachers and is definately at school to socialize! She can never tell you what she learned but she can tell you who she played with and what they did! Jacob, on the otherhand, will go into detail about what he's learned. They are so different when it comes to school, but I love listening to both of them!