FCA Mini-Conference

Isaac sees David and says, "Pepagolfcart."  I think he thinks that's his name.

They found it!

So proud.

 

Ty and Parker spent a lot of time doing this:

Don't worry.  It's good for him.

Slushie thief:

The Enforcer:

Ha!  The girls (okay, CATE) pestered Jermael to spray her. 

He did.

 Isaac found stuff to do too.

Jake and Caleb's huddles raced for the championship.

Somehow they lined up head to head in the relay...

Pepa & Gran-Gran had lots of "helpers."

It was a great weekend.

As always. 

 

schoolish

Preschool has resumed.

Ty doesn't protest.  Much.

"Take a funny one!" -Ty

 

Ripley Elementary does not allow people to come in and eat lunch with their children.  Security reasons (?) I guess.  So there are designated days when people come in DROVES to eat at the school.  Cate's class had grandparent day on a certain Tuesday.  We made sure she knew that she wouldn't have any grandparents there (one of the VERY few.) We did not tell her that JD was coming as her GRANDparent.  :)

He said that when he walked up she looked ready to cry.  Her friends had 3 and 4 grandparents waiting in line with them... But her face when she saw him... priceless.

 

One day during preschool time, Ty begged to watch JD's coaching video.

So- Building Your Team's Offensive Fundamentals was added to our daily curriculum.  Ha!

 

School picture day!

I am always anxious to see if their pictures will look anything like how they leave the house on picture day...

Halle's school picture progression-

And a kindergarten comparison-

(That pink pinafore is what I wore in my kindergarten picture)

 

Some random September stuff-

In Cate's backpack:

(Mint chocolate chip ice cream & Mommy)

 

My view from the treadmill:

Vaguely familiar...

 

At Warrior class:

The Warrior class crasher:

(or rather, church-nursery-screaming-fit-thrower)

 

So this ugly fabric might be my favorite right now-

The longer I stare at it the more I love it.  Not even kidding.

It's reminiscent of my grammy's green shag carpet* and upstairs wallpaper.  A weirdly awesome combo.  Add an (obviously!) recycled button from my grandma's button box, and I LOVE IT.

Luckily, so does Halle- it's for her.  Ha!

 

Isaac's birthdayDAY breakfast:

Just me and the boys and some scrambled eggs.  :)

One crazy two year old:

 

I know I just whined about changing seasons, but here is a perfect example of why I love moving on:

Cool weather.

Friday night football lights and sounds in the background.  (Literally.)

Roller skates and Bicycles.

Not much better than that.

*For the record, Grammy no longer has green shag carpet in her house.  :)

Some random August stuff-

Ty's raincoat from Nana came in the mail just in time for a rainy day!

In Cate's backpack:

In Halle's backpack:

"Happy Birthday, Gran-Gran!":

And...

My corner of the BMC bookstore!

 

 

Fire Museum of Memphis

We went during their renovation period.

It was free.

Ha!

But really.

It was fun!

We will definitely go back when the rest of the exhibits are open.

 My favorite part- they had a huge talking robotic horse head that scared. the boys. to death.

SO funny.

 

I'm terrible.

End-Of-Summer SWIMMING!

Isaac = Fearless

Mommy = Nervous

Ty became pretty brave, himself, this summer.  He jumps in without plugging his nose, and swims (a short distance) to where a grown up is waiting. 

Ty swimming under water:

The girls are fish.  F.I.S.H.

They swim confidently even in the deep end. 

The life guard (she's only there when students can use the pool) told me that she feels better when our kids come than when many of the college students are swimming.  Ha!

 

 I have a love/hate relationship with changing seasons.  I LOVE moving forward.  I LOVE each new stage with these kids.  They get funnier and more fun every day. 

But by the time summer returns and we get back around to swimming every day, everything will be different... Has anyone figured out how to slow things down?