December 2012

 

 

 

I caught Reese reading by the tree after school one day. How cute is she? Love her!!

 

Reese drew this picture of Jesus. I love it. It's now framed in our playroom.

 

This is a play-dough "sculpture" she made at my sister's. It's Santa on a sleigh with a reindeer. The red lines is the red nose glowing :) Creative right???

We took the kids to the new Houston Zoo Lights. It was great. Reese got to be on tv. Saige could have but opted out. She got to talk and everything. She wasn't even nervous. Hilarious. It was a fun night. The hot cocoa was Saige's favorite.

 

Saige's school went to their annual preschool field trip to the christmas tree farm. This is her sweet class.

Santa's Wonderland was another fun place we visited during Christmas. It was GREAT!! Lots of beautiful lights, very very cold night and great family time. Reese and Saige both rode a mechanical bull, ate fudge and hot chocolate, we walked around the little village. The girls got to sing with the band. It was a blast. I was so thankful we got this time as a family. It made my heart full.

Doesn't this picture just sum up my girls? I love it.

 Texas girls!

 

The girls helped me wrap gifts. This is maybe my least favorite thing ever and they made it a happier thing. I opted not to cover up this sweet writing with nicer labels. :) I looked at all the gifts and said "oh I don't like this" and Reese said "well you are going to have to do it every year so you better just get happy" Great advice :)

November 2012

Saige's Fall Field Trip

 

Saige's preschool went on their field trip to the Oil Ranch this year again. The kids had such a great time. They rode horses, played in hay, pet animals, milked a cow (or watched it being milked), rode a truck to feed cows (my personal favorite), and rode a train. All the kids got a pumpkin in the end. We got a special treat because Saige's best buddy Lilah was there with her school also. We snapped a quick picture of the girls as we were walking out.

 

 

 

Halloween Costume # 1 and fall baking

Saige wanted to be a tooth fairy for Halloween this year. Thankfully it was SO easy to make. I used Reese's old ballet dress and we added a few details. Here's a peek...

 

And we made mini pumpkin pies. YUMMMM!!! They were delish! We were protesting the 88 degree weather with some fall yummies.

 

 

What are Saige and I up to

On our days off of school Saige and I stay pretty busy. We do her activities on Mondays and that leaves Wednesday and Fridays to clean, run errands, etc. It has become pretty busy to say the least. I'm enjoying having a little one on one time with Saige but I'm not sure she feels the same way. She asks who is going to be with her a lot and gets bored playing by herself after a little while. She's not used to be being by herself this much.

We have played at the park, fed, the ducks, had yummy treats, I let her ride in the car cart at the store, take her to lunch, and we play with her friend a lot.

 

she's been my shopping buddy

 

We play outside a lot too.

 

 

I think she looks so big here.

 

She's practicing making her name

 

Time flies...

 

 

Kindergarten update

Reese has started to really enjoy school. We have had a few more bumps but everything is running smooth now. She is enjoying learning and has started to read a little. She tries to read words wherever she sees them. She is starting to write notes and stories. When I taught first grade seeing the light bulb come on was one of my favorite parts but seeing it in your OWN child is priceless.

this says "I love daddy, I hope you're feeling better. Love it!!

She also reads a lot now. Some is pretend reading and some is reading small books. Either way is great with me.

 

She had a career day at school (where they could dress up but bring NO props) and Reese wanted to be a librarian. We made a shirt since there isn't a costume to go with that. She was happy and told me everyone loved it. You could tell she was proud.

 

We have our first parent teacher conference this week. Can't wait to see her work and hear how she's doing.

Happy Birthday Reese

We celebrated Reese's SIXTH birthday last month. I always heard "time passes so fast. Enjoy every second." But those words have new meaning with my sweet girl off to school. I love this girl so much. She is super sweet, caring, animal loving, sugar addict.

We had several mini celebrations this year instead of a big party. We had my dad and Donna over one Saturday for pizza and cupcakes. They brought mini cupcakes so the kids wouldn't eat a big one and of course Reese had like ten mini ones. :) They bought her a zoo lego hit which was a huge hit.

On her actual birthday we took her to Houston's BRAND NEW American Girl store. She was in hog heaven looking at all the dolls. It was a big treat for Reese. She chose the McKenna doll who does gymnastics just like Reese. The doll even looked a tad like her. So cute.

For her friends party we let her have a Lion King slumber party. She was so excited! We had Claire and Lilah and her two cousins Kammy and Reagan over. The girls did silly string, a fashion show, Momo did their toes (in animal print no less). We played Wii dance, and ate cake, popcorn and pizza. They played an animal game and just played pretend like little girls do.

 

Then Nana, Papaw, Momo, Charlie, and Aunt KK came over to see the birthday girl. Aunt Kara gave Reese this silly face book. Kara chose the more boyish looking one because it looked more fun than the girly one. Well, some of the faces looked a tiny bit creepy and Halloweenish. Reese did not really like it. Her eyes got big and she quietly said "thank you" but you could tell she did NOT like it. We laughed so hard at her reaction. You had to be there I guess.

Happy happy birthday sweet girl.