Monday, September 14, 2009

Dance

Kate loves, loves, loves her dance class. Most of the pics are blurry because I take them through a glass window ... here is our trying everything on picture. She ended up wearing pink tights (instead of the nude tights) with this little purple dress because "it's pretty and matches!" I don't know about the matching portion but we had fun!!
Kate is the one in purple with her back to the camera ... a natural!!
She puts on "pretend" glue to keep her hands on her hips.
This sweet little class brought tears to my eyes ... these girls were so excited and tried so hard. I was really impressed by all that they can learn in 45 minutes!!
to tutus, to tap shoes, to ballet, to purple and to pink ... to all things Kate!!!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Aggieland

Caleb and Josh in the end zone after the game.
after the game fun
John David Crow (won the Heisman at A&M)
the Aggies never lose a halftime
before the game ... Kate bawled when she found out that she wasn't going to see the Aggies. She'll be there next time!!!!
We love football season and obsess over, adore, root for, cry for, pray for the Aggies! I know, I know ... we might be considered extreme fans! This past Saturday was the opening game! We have our traditions ... we wake up and march out the Aggie flag in our pajamas with Chris's Dad, we eat a huge meal before the game and everyone wears maroon from head to toe! Then, we leave for the game at least 2 hours early to watch the band march in, to get our face painted, to try and get on the Jumbotron (Caleb did last year), to watch the team warm up and sing the Spirit song with the Twelfth man (students) ... we reminisce our college days, our dates, we kiss on every touchdown (the kids already do this), we pile way too many people in our car and we pick up chips and queso for the after game celebration at the Glenney's house that lasts well into the night. We rarely have "visitors" outside our family group of 12 that goes together to the games. That makes for like-minded Aggie-loving fun!! After the game, some of us saw John David Crow (who won the Heisman trophy when he was at A&M) and took our pic with him. We also play on the field after the game and the boys love pretending to run the game winning touchdown into the end zone. Anyway, to one of my favorite places on earth and to my family who is just as brainwashed as I am about the Aggies ... Gig 'em!!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Catching Up

Homework Break at the Park after school
Caleb had a little sleepover. 10 year olds can eat!
4 dozen doughnuts were demolished!
What a precious crew!
Kate started preschool again and loves her new teacher!
She came home the first day singing "Today is Tuesday!" and "The Wheels on the Bus". And finally - there were no tears this year just smiles and hugs goodbye!!