11/29 - Kids and i got up and went to have Breakfast with Grammy, Gramps, Lorenda and Frank. Yummy eggs, Bacon, ham and kolaches. We got to visit for a little while.then had to go. Landon had a ton of energy and wanted to be super active jumping over things and bouncing things.
Then I took kids to Grandmas house. Greg and I went to funeral for good friends dad - Jerry Wright in Fort Worth. Amazing funny man that will be missed by all. Several sorority sisters were there to support Tracy.
Then we came back went by Party City and Papa Murphys to get ready for Kasey's friend birthday. She actually lost her friend party for behavior, but we let her earn back having a few friends over for pizza, a movie and going out for ice cream. The girls had a good time. They watched the movie for a little while then decided they just wanted to play upstairs. I hung out downstairs with Patch. Kasey wanted to open gifts and then we went to Pacuigo for some gelato. After that I let them play for about 5 minutes outside and then I took the girls home. They all seemed to have fun
11/28 - What a day! We got up and drove back from College Station. Then we had to get ready to have 13 people to our house for Thanksgiving Dinner and Kasey's family birthday. This means we had to clean, get seating ready, get stuff out and do some cooking. As usual Thanksgiving was great. We had special guests Lorenda and Frank who came up to visit. Always fun to see them. Lorenda was there 17 years ago when everything started with Greg and I.
Kasey got some pumpkin pie for her birthday dessert which she liked. Then she got to open presents. She tried to help reading some words on her birthday cards, and she got many American Doll clothes, dog and dog accessories. She was super excited. We also got her some stuff she had picked out at the school book fair and at Claires one day shopping.
We were all pretty tired
11/27 - Kasey woke up in the middle of the night getting sick. Of course she was fine by morning. She asked that we go to the chicken for lunch. Who are we to turn down that request. We got up, had some breakfast and got showers. We headed to Aggieland outfitters, to do some shopping. Got a few things for the kids and teachers. Then we headed to the Chicken. Greg dropped kids and I off. We ordered food and got a table while they took Doug's car to the parking lot.
With playing dominoes, pool, watching football we stayed there all day until time to go to the game. We brought many layers to our last game in those seats at Kyle Field. Greg and Doug have been in those seats for 20 years and I've been sitting there for 17 years.
Greg and I took a few pictures. Our relationship started 17 years ago this day. Greg, Doug, my mom and 3 fun cousins (Lorenda, Courtney and Ashley) came to College Station with us to go to bonfire and hang out. We spent time then at the Chicken, the Dry Bean, went to Bonfire, Greg had to take me potty behind a dumpster (which he still brings up often)...
Fun times. Then we went to the game. Not a good end to season or our last game in those seats.
11/26 - We decided to go down to College Station a little early so that we could go to Student Bonfire. We picked up Burger Street and took to Grandmas as we dropped Patch off. Landon was hungry. For breakfast he had pumpkin bread, a yogurt and a bagel. For lunch he had a double cheeseburger and ate it all.
We left a little after noon to get to College Station. We met Doug at Cory's house to drop our stuff off. Then we went to pick up Double Daves for pizza rolls for dinner. We had heard last year that there were lines on the highway getting to bonfire so we went early. We ate our pizza rolls, had some brownies and drinks. The boys started playing football. Kasey was walking around with her ladybug blanket being queen and trying to keep the guys from stepping in manure. Everyone had fun. Landon got to run around and loved playing football. He would run routes and try to catch the ball. He tried to catch 10 and eventually did. Bonfire was supposed to be lit about 8pm. About 7 we decided to walk up to it.
We were able to get right up along the fence to take some pictures and hang out. At 8 they came on saying that the line to get in was really long so they were waiting some to let more people join. They had a talk by Hunter Goodwin who is a good friend of one of the guys that Greg and Doug grew up with.
Then they did some ceremony - Walking around with the torches. Then they lit the bonfire. Since we were right up front, it got hot really quick. We moved back and watched it some. It was pretty cool - probably about 1/2 the height of the last one we had been to, but still amazing and fun.
The kids enjoyed it. With all the sparks coming off Landon said I want some of the pixie dust. Kasey was pretty scared but liked watching from further away.
It was late so we went back to leave. Traffic was horrible, I think we sat there for almost an hour moving very little. Both kids fell asleep.
11/25 - We started off the holiday week (meaning me being off work) by having family portraits. We had them at JC Penney. We drove separately so Greg took the kids, my makeup and headed home while I picked pictures. As I finished I discovered that my keys were in my makeup bag. Greg, the kids and patch brought them back up to me :)
11/22 - There was a thunderstorm overnight, and guess who ended up in our bed - Ms Kasey. This means none of us slept very well. At 6am Kasey says mommy you said we could get up early and do zumba or hip hop. Yes Kasey but not at 6am on SAturday. AFter several can we get up nows, we got up about 6:45 to do some zumba. We all got ready. Kasey and I were going to get our hair cut. Greg was taking Landon and a friend to Allen Eagle High School playoff game.
Kasey and I got tea and hot chocolate on the way to getting our haircut. After that we met Grammy at the salon for manicure and pedicures which was fun.
After that Kasey and I argued about where to eat lunch. We settled on going to Collin Creek mall to the food court. We got Chick fil a. After lunch Kasey really wanted to go see Santa so we did. She was very excited and told him she wanted an American Doll.
Then we went to do some shopping for family gifts which was also fun. Got Kasey some last minute birthday gifts.
We had a fun day. Kasey even thought so :) We came home and rested some before the boys came home.
11/21 - Landon is staying at friends house for birthday party so Greg and I went to dinner with Kasey and Mi Cocina. Then we had dessert and Pacuigo. I've started reading a book to Kasey called Angel Tree. I haven't read it before but I think it will be a good book.
11/20 - I had been in Denver since Monday. It was cold but good trip. I got back Thursday afternoon. Mom and Dad picked me up and brought me home. I got to go with Greg to pick up the kids. The Daisy Troop went to ACO to deliver our holiday food and get a quick tour of the food pantry. Then I took one of Kasey's friends home, and then took her to dance. Kasey threw one of her fits saying her stomach hurt. The teacher had to drag her into class crying, but she stayed and did pretty good. Not sure if she gets nervous with me there or just thinks I'll let her get away with it. Silly girl. We came home and went to early dinner with the boys at Spazo. Then came home Kasey got in the shower, and Landon and Greg went to cub scout pack meeting.
11/16 - We had our 2nd daisy scout meeting. The girls brought holiday food for ACO. We had a couple girls drop and a couple new friends join. The girls are fun and seem to enjoy it. The moms had a cookie meeting, and I worked with the girls to plan their holiday party. They chose a Frozen theme, had lots of ideas for food, and wanted to do a winter art activity. It should be fun.
11/15 - We got up and headed to College Station with our several layers of clothes. We went to get the key, drop our stuff off and went to Wings and More for lunch. We got luck and found 3 chairs at the bar so we just sat there to eat. Some friends from the neighborhood were also there. After that we headed to North Gate. We went to Duddleys. Our neighborhood friends came by a little later. Greg helped their two kids (same age as ours) play pool. We joked with their son that if he became friends with Kasey he could come over and play pool at our house. We went to put on new clothes and headed to the game. It wasn't to cold, but rained almost the entire game. Aggies unfortunately lost :(
11/14 - I ended up working from home for the day. I got to have lunch with Landon which was a surprise to him. Greg packed us both a Twix so we both got a surprise. Then we went to the book fair so Landon could let me know what he wanted. That afternoon we took the kids to the grandparents for the weekend. We then went out with friends to Mi Cocina to celebrate Juan's birthday. After dinner we went to have some wine at Cru. It was fun! Doug stayed at our house because we were headed to college station the next morning.
11/11 - Kasey and I had a quick girl scout meeting with new Daisy Mia - she's from Kasey's class. We met at Market Street and had a hot chocolate. Kasey and I stayed for a few minutes talking about her birthday
We went home and then got ready for Landon's baseball tournament game. it started at 7:30pm so we had a sitter for Kasey. Boys started off good in the field, then had some bad plays and got down 8 to 1. They came back in the 4th inning to 8 to 6. They weren't able to score after that so lost, but they played hard.
11/9 - Since Patch was locked up most of Saturday we let her sleep in our room vs in her crate. Of course this means we didn't sleep great. I woke up at 3:30 with patch right next to me her head on the pillow. It was hot, I guess that she puts out heat like Greg does.
We finally got up about 8, had a breakfast sandwich. I did laundry while Greg went to get kiddos. Greg had to run to work. Kasey and I went through artwork pile to document when she did them. Then we got ready and headed to scout meeting. After that 10 families all headed to Allen Americans hockey game. The boys got to do color guard for the National Anthem which was pretty cool. They got to go onto the ice. Landon held the Texas flag.
Then we all sat together to watch the game. Kids had fun dancing, eating and being kids. They got to give high 5s to the team as they went off the ice.
11/8 - We had another busy day as usual. Baseball tournament game got rained out so they rescheduled for Saturday at 8am. That's really early for a Saturday. Greg and Landon left to get there to warm up and Kasey and I took a little longer to get ready. The boys started out pretty rough after three innings, they were down 7 to 2. In 4th Inning Landon was pitching. He did pretty well and they went into bottom of the 4th 7 to 2. The boys bats were pretty hot. They came back and scored 5 runs. Since that's the run rule, we went into overtime. In overtime they start with 2 guys on base and 1 out. Top of the inner Yankees held them to 3 runs. In bottom of the inning, Landon started out on base and got a run. They guys got 4 runs to win the game. They were so excited. Landon got 2 hits, an out at 2nd, and did pretty good pitching in the 4th inning. It was a nail biter. I couldn't sit down.
Then we went to Rudys for Yankees end of season party. We had some breakfast tacos, the kids had cupcakes. Coaches got cool gifts Lyn made with Yankee symbol and picture of the team on it.
We left there to get ready for Landon's soccer. Bengals were playing the top team in the league. The boys played really hard. They scored on a corner kick that was awesome. They tied 2 to 2. One of the other teams goal was a penalty kick in the box on a bad call. Everyone was really excited
After the game the team went to Braums to celebrate. Everyone had ice cream. The coaches were recognized and we ended the season with our heads up.
A&M was playing Auburn at 2:30, the way they were playing we assumed it would be a blow out. The boys went to get basketball uniforms squared away, and Kasey and I went clothes shopping. We had fun finding clothes, and we tried some on as well. When we got home I checked A&M score and they were ahead 14 to 0. At that point I didn't want to jinx it so I didn't start watching. We did other stuff still checking. Greg took kids to Grandmas house. It got to the point that Greg had to turn on the game. We saw the very end of the game - A&M beat #3 Auburn which was pretty unexpected.
That night we went to Bobs with Doug, JJ and Wayne to celebrate Doug's birthday. We had fun talking, enjoying great wine and food. We even got some dessert! Fun night. I wanted to go out for a drink, but I was the only one. We went home.
11/7 - Kasey got Knight of the Week for the first time. She was very excited and we were proud of her. Rounded out a good week for all.
11/6 - Landon came home and told Greg he didn't have written math homework. Later he told me the story that they are starting to have timed multiplication table tests. 3 minutes to do I think 1 through 10 times tables - not a lot of time to think. This was the 2nd one they had taken. Landon got all of them correct and finished everything in time so he didn't have written homework. He was the only one in the class to get them all correct. He was proud and so were we.
11/4 - Today was 3rd grade mayoral elections. All of the kids had to write a speech with something they think should change, something they want to improve and something they like about their school. Most of the parents were there and each kid got up and did they speech by memory to the class and parents. They all did really good. It's tough presenting in front of people. I had fun working with Landon on his speech, we wrote it together. He had some good ideas about the speech and ways to make presenting more dynamic. His "platform" was that he wanted to have PE every day, play on the playgound every day, and he really liked the computer lab. At the end he said - I'm Landon and I'm here to Pump You Up (Like Hans and Franz from Saturday Night Live - they have a new commercial so it got a laugh). We were proud, Landon got all the way through his speech, used hand gestures, and presented his points well. The kids voted on who the class mayor would be. They narrowed it to 7 kits, then narrowed it to 2 and then elected a winner. Landon won class Mayor - he was so excited and surprised. Fun experience. As Class Mayor they are going on a field trip in December to the Mayors office. As class mayor he gets to shake the Allen, TX Mayors hand and ask him a question. I hope I get to chaperone and be there.
11/3 - Landon had a late soccer game that was a make up game. It was at 7:30pm. We had a sitter come stay with Kasey and get her to bed so everyone could go to the game. Grammy, Gramps and Pops came to the game. We thought it would be cool, but ended up being pretty nice. They boys ended up winning 3 to 0. They were so excited about winning and had fun playing. Landon had an assist.
11/2 - Guess who came down right at 7am. Both kiddos had been up a little while and came down at 7. We hung out for little while, had some wrestling, and then we had breakfast and hot chocolate.
We went to friends birthday in the afternoon. Kids ran around outside and we talked with adults inside. Fun!
Greg had coaches meeting and went to FC Dallas playoff game. Kids and i went to BJs for dinner together. they were tired so it was a little long and had some complaints from both.
Landon has been working on his speech to try and become class mayor. Kasey stood up at the end of dinner to give her own version. Wish I had recorded it. She started like he does saying her name, that she wants to introduce herself (play, pretend). She talked about what she wanted to change. It was perfect!
got the kids in bed a little early which they needed
11/1 - We started off November with a rough sports day. We started with pictures for the soccer team. Landon played for first 15 minutes or so until we left for baseball. Soccer team was playing a good team. They played hard, and ended up losing 3 to 2. At baseball the team ended up winning big, but Landon had a tough game. He pitched an inning and had a rough time, and struck out twice. All the grandparents and I left baseball early to see Kasey play soccer. Grandma took her to the game, she had to go potty. Then her tummy hurt and she decided she couldn't play soccer. We all sat there while she didn't play trying to convince her to play. Nothing worked unfortunately.
Kasey and I met Greg and Landon at Elke's. Landon and Greg were sitting with Landon's classmate Katie. So Kasey could sit with her family with her sister Lizzy who she used to play softball with. She wasn't sure but sat there. Since her tummy hurt we just let her have soup - she also had few carrots and a little fruit because of course as soon as we left the soccer field her tummy magically felt better :-/
We came home watched the end of the A&M game - they won, but should have won by more. We got Zorbas for dinner, ate at home and the kids watched at least part of Rise of the Guardians before bed time. It was night for time change. We told the kids they weren't allowed to come downstairs before 7am