11/28 - Kasey's birthday - turning 7 years old. We had to finish cleaning up and getting a few things ready. The kids wanted to help make Green Bean Casserole. Kasey wanted to wear her birthday candle headband. We had 13-15 people over for 2nd Thanksgiving and Kasey's birthday celebration. The food was good as usual. Kasey was really excited and had fun opening presents. Kasey is really into monkeys. She got a larger stuffed monkey from Grammy that she calls Monkey Do. She also has a smaller one named banana and a little finger puppet monkey called Cutie. It was fun to watch her play with those as well as monkey Nested Russian dolls. We all had a good but tiring day
11/27 - We got up to head home so we could clean the house and cook for 2nd Thanksgiving and Kasey's family BDay party on Saturday. Kasey wanted to help make her pumpkin pie. She made most of the inside with a little help, and Greg made the crust. The kids helped make peaches (with red hots).
We went to dinner at Mi Cocina for something a little different. We told them it was Kasey's birthday so they sang to her and she got a free Flan out of it. Yum!
11/26 - We had brought some pumpkin bread and Greg had some juice and bananas for us to eat for breakfast. We were pretty lazy and all had to take showers so it was later than expected when we headed to aunt Mary's. We had a great day visiting with family, taking some pictures, eating great food, kids playing together. And this year we all got to hold baby Skylar. We haven't had a baby around since Kasey and Ayla which was almost 7 years ago. So fun to see a little one. We all took turns holding her and feeding and changing her. I think it was about an hour all day that she wasn't in someones arms. Always good to be loved that much.
Kasey and Ayla had a blast playing. Ayla brought Kasey fun BDay presents of Best Cousins necklace and a game where you splash either a wet sponge or whip cream in someones face. They talked several adults into playing and there was a lot of laughing. Some of the boys were watching football and playing electronics. All of us ate well and we all had smiles on our faces. Such a blessing!
11/25 - I had worked the first two days of the week. Landon was in a soccer camp for a few hours each morning from 10-12. We were mostly packed, went to get Landon, headed to lunch together. Then headed home to pack and head down south for Thanksgiving. My aunt had had surgery so we were just going to drive down and chill out on our own, but she was doing well so we got to spend the evening with family and eat some yummy Mexican food. We had a room at hotel nearby and headed back to get kids to bed. Greg and I had closed door room which is nice so we don't have to sit in the dark and quiet with our electronics for a while. The kids didn't really want to sleep in the same bed. Landon told Kasey to get out so she was on the floor and on pillows etc. Needless to say they didn't sleep as much as usual.
11/22 - I had bought tickets for the 4 of us to go see Sound of Music at fair park. Landon and Greg weren't thrilled but Kasey and I were excited. In the end I think we all enjoyed it and we go to get some culture in and do something a little different.
11/21 - Landon had slumber party so we took him over and then got to take Kasey out to dinner. After dinner got Kasey to bed and I headed to Savour with a few of the ladies for a few drinks and appetizers. It's always fun to catch up. We even got to see Lyn who was in town for the weekend. That week there was a program at school about discussing the Birds and the Bees with your kids. Of course that was part of the discussion :).
11/20 - It was a nice warm day before it got cold. Greg and I got to meet for lunch and eat outside at Razoos. Then for dinner several families ate together outside at Mi Cocina. Good times. Then Landon asked to have 2 friends spend the night. They were a little rowdy, but had a good time.
11/19 - Landon had a cub scout party at Jumpstreet for den selling the most popcorn. After that I drove Kasey to Landon's soccer end of season party at Braums. On the way a song came on that reminded me of my wedding. Kasey said that it will be so much fun when we go shopping for her wedding dress. I told her that I couldn't wait, then said yes I can wait but it will be fun.
Then she asked if Greg dressed up for our wedding. I told her that he wore a Tuxedo. She let me know that Daddy just likes to wear casual clothes now :)
11/14 - We had a really fun girls day. Kasey woke up earlier than I wanted. She let the dog out and I finally got up. Kasey danced on Xbox while I took the dog for a walk. After that we headed to Starbucks for hot chocolate/tea and small breakfast. Then we headed to the Yankees game to cheer them on. Unfortunately they lost the game. Then Kasey and I went to Toys r Us to build a wish list for her bday and christmas. Then we ran home so I could change. Kasey wanted me to drop her at the park while I changed clothes. She was on the swing and I picked her up to head to lunch. We had a fun lunch with Grammy and Grandma at Chocolate Angel.
After lunch we headed home to let Patch out. Then is was salon time. We haven't been in a while, but Kasey was really excited. She gets a virgin strawberry daiquiri and i usually get a glass of wine. Kasey got pink polish on one hand and foot and purple on the other hand and foot. she told the lady what she wanted and even corrected her nicely when she started to do it wrong.
Then we came home to hang out with Patch. We cleaned, played piano, and then started watching a Hallmark movie and finishing our Chinese food. We finished up with some popcorn with Kasey, Patch and I before bed time.
Kasey slept in our room and Patch went to bed at the same time. Of course like an hour later Patch barked right next to sleeping Kasey which scared her so I had to drag Patch out of the room
11/13 - I worked from home today so I got to have lunch with the kids. I took Panera to them and we also got to visit the book fair with them. They each got something for now and I got a few things for Christmas. Kasey got a Disney comic book that she loves. Landon got a book that's part of a series about a dog's story.
We had to run something to a neighbor. Kasey wanted to go on her own down the street. She went down on her own, and came back with big smiles. She's growing up.
11/12 - Tonight the Yankees played in the championship baseball game for their league. They ended up losing, but played a tough game. Landon got a good hit and played catcher pretty well most of the game. Still pretty good to get 2nd place tournament trophy
Kasey during the game had some of the other sisters and was teaching them. She was pointing to a sign like a white board and all. Pretty funny.
11/10 - Landon and the Bengals got into the soccer playoffs for the first time. We were ranked 5th and were playing the 4th ranked team. The team we were playing is team of my co-worker. He bet me lunch. I'm not sure Greg thought we'd win, but the boys played really hard. They scored first, went into half time tied 1 to 1 and then finished regulation tied 2 to 2. The other team scored a goal in overtime which ended up being the end. Our boys played really well though. We are all really proud of them.
I found out today that I got a promotion. I have been in new group for about 3 months working with multiple groups on training and TI field communications. Now I will be managing training for all of TI. I'm really excited :)
11/8 - We got up to head back home. Had breakfast in the hotel even though Landon really wanted donuts. We headed back to get Patch and Kasey. Landon and I went to get some things from the store so he could make a nutritious snack for his 3 mile cub scout hike. While the boys were hiking Kasey and I watched a Hallmark movie which is always fun. Then we played a game. Landon came home and Greg headed to the FC Dallas game with the boys. They won in penalty kicks. Kids wanted to eat at home but I wanted Pei Wei. I ordered it and went by myself to pick it up. Showed kids how to call me, told them not to answer the door, etc. They called me about 10 times. And of course they called me about 10 times, mostly laughing. Kasey then called Greg to tell him what I had done. At any rate we all survived.
11/7 - We got up, Greg took Patch for a walk while I started getting ready. We basically packed up and headed out. We took Patch to Janice's, Grammy came to pick up Kasey and we headed to College Station. Kasey didn't really want to go to the game so she got to hang with Grammy and Gramps. They went shopping at craft fair and had a good time. We headed to College station and it rained almost the entire way down. We got to eat at Wings n More. We checked into the hotel and headed to Northgate. We went to Duddley's so Landon brought his own dominoes to play with. He had fun spelling names and building things. We went to look in bookstore but didn't really find anything.
We headed to the game which ended up being a mess. It was chilly, sort of raining, and the Aggies didn't play very well and lost. We got to be part of the largest card stunt in the world. We were maroon, but it was pretty cool (http://247sports.com/Bolt/AM-
11/6 - I was at work and Greg and I decided to go to lunch together. We thought they might reschedule baseball playoff games that were cancelled for rain today. At lunch about 11:45 we started getting texts that they wanted to play tonight. After trying to get 4 teams to ok that they could play 7 hours later it was decided we had baseball game at 6pm. Landon played catcher all game. He did a pretty good job. He got an out at home and kept a few people from steeling home. Yankees won 13 to 9 so they will play in the league championship game next week. As soon as the game was over, we rushed to soccer game -regular season game. Bengals were losing 3 to 0 when we got there.
Game ended up being 5 to 2. Boys play hard. We think we will be 5th in the league and get to play in playoffs next week :)