Mid-October Catch Up

Tonight the boys (Ian, Alex and Darren) and I were playing hangman. Darren was trying to explain the idea of guessing your vowels first and then your consonants. So after we got the "A" Ian was saying "Now I need to remember my continents" and Alex piped up "Asia, Europe..." I was cracking up and then explained the difference between continents and consonants.

Ian: Last night after Ian was sent to bed early for his constant sassing he screamed at me "I thought you were meant to be a real mom, not a fake mom. I don't love you!" Ahh... glad we are back to these fabulous yelling matches. Luckily I am mature enough NOT to be sucked into it.

His soccer team won at a whopping 3 to 1. They have this fabulous rule that if you are behind by two points then you can add an extra player to the losing team. If only the aggies could throw in an extra player when they are behind by a certain amount.

To reminisce to last years football season a pictorial look back at Daniel's reaction to the aggie football team :(

Not really, he was actually crying because Darren left to go to the bathroom but it sounds so much better to think he is crying because of the poor football playing!

A few photos of the A&M Football games from this season.

Here is Daniel in our fabulous tie-dye outfit. He loves to walk and hold poppy's hand (or as he calls him Bernie) Seriously! He calls Darren's dad by his first name. It always catches me off guard and cracks me up.

Ian and Bubbie (no she is not called Esther)

Alex and Daniel. Happy because it is the beginning of the game before we got our behinds whipped!

This is my favorite shot. Daniel and Daddy with the entire stadium in the background. To me it looks like an ad for something (not sure what but definitely an ad)

And Ian. The football player (if you couldn't tell by the puffed up shirt sleeves and makeshift helmet)

We really enjoy going to the football games. Sometimes I skip and let the "boys" go but it really is a wonderful memory they will have and share with Darren's family for a long time. And yes I am aware that Darren's family is my family but I have to distinguish them somehow.

Now on to Alex: Alex had swim lessons today and did great! He swam the entire width of the pool without any help.

I have been really enjoying the opportunity to volunteer in Alex's classroom. It is really fun to watch the kids interact and see all the things that the teacher does with them. Amazing and a reminder that I can't be a Kindergarten teacher.

Alex performed his story play in class. Each year they write a story with a problem and a solution using a few characters from the class and perform for the class. The parent comes and reads the play that the children perform in. It was really fun and Alex was very excited. Ironically his play problem had to do with food, just as Ian's did. I swear I did not sway them in this direction.

Alex's friends (the dinosaurs) and Alex's self decorated person.
The performance.


Finish it up with a rousing rendition of "Froggy plays in a band" read by the fabulous Nicole

Daniel: All day today he was singing minimac, minimac. This must be a school song as I remember Ian singing at this age but I can't remember the actual song.

He is also obsessed with the shofar sounds. Over and over in the back of the car he says "say ketiah (meaning tekiah)" and then when I do say tekiah he blows his shofar (ie. hand, straw, whatever)

for those of you that don't know about the shofar

Have a good evening everyone!