Saturday, December 29, 2012

Halloween 2012


Jack had a super fun Halloween this year!  We practiced saying "Trick-or-Treat" all month and he was a pro come Halloween night.  As usual, I had fun decorating the house and making it festive and fun.  Since summer Jack has been telling me that he wanted to be a ball for Halloween and Surya was to be a hoop, or vice versa. That turned out to be too big of a task for me to complete, so we all settled on his being an astronaut to celebrate the spirit of the Endeavour coming to California to reside and Baugartner's free fall to earth from the stratosphere (I know, I am such a teacher mom).  We spent Halloween trick-or-treating with his cousins in our neighborhood.  Jack ended up scoring extra candy since he was so cute in his costume, said "treat-or'treat" and then thanked people after.  He kept saying proudly that his candy bag was too heavy, but refused to let anyone hold it in fear we would eat it.  About an hour in, he wanted to eat a piece of candy, but we kept telling him that there were more houses to get candy from.  That satisfied him for a little while, but when he insisted, I told him we would have a few pieces when we got home.  He stopped and said, "Mama, all done trick-or-treating.  Go home."  Little stinker!

 Jack having fun with the "trick" from my 7th graders!



Fun decorating the house


Pumpkin seeds!

My little astronaut
My loves



The trick-or-treatin' crew

Jack his Kitty (aka Kaitlyn)
Top from left: Kaitlyn, Sarah, Lilly; Bottom: Jack, Maddie





 


Saturday, August 4, 2012

4th of July

I am posting all of these so late because my time has been spent between Jack and getting ready for yet another challenging, but exciting position this year.  I am teaching 7th grade Language Arts and Literature and 6th grade Literature for the 2012-13 school year and I have to transfer all my ideas and mindset from elementary to middle school.  It has been a fun and huge undertaking!  Anyway...here are some pictures and videos from the 4th.  We spent the day with family and friends at my sister's house (did I mention how awesome it is to have them in the same neighborhood?!).  Jack has become quite the "swimmer" and dare devil!  He LOVES the water.

My sister's tablescape

 Just some All-American kids enjoying some corn-on-the-cob.



Woo-Hoo!!  Water Slide Time!

 

Jack gets some air here...

This kid went down the water slide all day!!

Jack with his Papa

Hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July!



Thursday, July 12, 2012

Summer 2012...Part 1

I can't believe I haven't posted anything since Easter!  In my defense, I bought Surya a new camera for his birthday and I haven't taken the time to learn how to upload the photos to the computer.  But here we are now and summer is completely underway!  We have had so much fun around here with crafts, pool, park and beach days that I can't even think about going back to work anytime soon!  Here are some pictures of the things we have been up to:

Lazy mornings surfing the internet




Snuggling with Dixie


Having Fun at Pump It Up








Lounging, Being Silly and Having Fun With Cousins and Bestie Anayah






 Helping Daddy Work in the Yard
He prefers to do everything naked.



Putting his My Gym skills to good use!








Crafts Courtesy of Pinterest
 We made "Dinosaur Eggs" out of flour and coffee grounds and then had an egg hunt!






 Jack's First Finger Painting "Masterpiece"
And the clean-up afterwards!



Can't forget our Dixie Girl!!


 Next post...4th of July and swimming adventures.  Phew!  We've been busy!!