barrett: 78 months old

Barrett had a blast at the first class birthday party of the year!  It was at one of those trampoline places, and he had so much fun going down the huge slides and through the obstacle courses, playing with his friends and eating too much cake.  But it's bedtime now, because we've got soccer pictures first thing in the morning!  Barrett is enjoying playing soccer, but I think it has to do with goofing off with friends more than it has to do with soccer.  Luckily, that's what kids' sports should be, and we're over halfway through the season already!

Likes: cuddling Ruby, Dippin Dots, soccer

Dislikes:  this cold weather that blew in yesterday

happy halloween!

The kids were ready to celebrate, even without being allowed to wear costumes to school!  Barrett made a spider hat in class, and Britton has been rocking knee socks lately.  The hubs and I jumped into the fun (we dress up at work, and the hubs puts up with couple costume ideas from me) - we're Max and Chief Jim Hopper from Stranger Things!

Barrett is Pokemon catcher Ash Ketchum and Britton is a dragon - she put together the costume herself!

We set out the candy and non-food treats, and were on our way to trick-or-treat around the neighborhood.

Happy Halloween!

123 months old

Sometimes I have a hard time believing I have a ten year old!  Britton will slip into preteen angst antics, and I want to roll my eyes out of my head, thinking to myself that I never could have been that ornery.  But then the little girl returns, who is impressed when I know random song lyrics and wants to snuggle instead of reading together, and I think of how appreciative I am she isn't a teen yet!  

Halloween was a hoot!  We set out at 6:00 pm, and nobody was home yet, so we went back and waited until the streets looked a bit less deserted.  It was ridiculously cold (for Texas) that night, so Barrett only hit up a few houses with us, then went back home, since he was sick last week.  Britton and I went back out, the dragon and her mom, and roamed around with some of her friends, and she brought home quite the haul!

Likes:  making animated videos on her iPad, reading new books from her classroom library

Dislikes:  my insistence that we finish the Lemony Snicket series - we've made it to book #10!