Grandma visit

My mom planned to come visit one weekend to watch the kids play at their soccer games.  Unfortunately it rained all week and the games were canceled.  We still managed to have a fun visit.  My mom pulled into town after the kids got out of school.  After a piano jam session between my mom and Allison we went to dinner.  We took my mom to the new burger joint called Grub burger.  It was delicious.  My favorite part of our time together was our afternoon walk.  By our selves I took my mom on my 3 mile walk.  The weather was perfect the rain had subsided.  We called it an early night and caught up on rest.  The next morning we slept in and I made a big breakfast; bacon, eggs, sausage, and French toast!  We messed on the computer working on some documents.  Talked about Allison's homework and learned possessives.  It had been raining the whole morning.  The kids were restless and I decided to take them chuckee cheese for lunch!  The had a BLAST!  My mom decided to get back on the road after lunch, we were sad to see her go.  

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Special arrival!

Forgive me for being so behind on the blog.  Going to try and catch up.  My best friend had her sweet baby girl two weeks ago on 9/18.  The plan was for me to watch her son at my house in Midland until her mom drove to Lubbock the day after the baby was born. Mr. S came on Wednesday with bags packed.  Baby A was born Thursday after lunch.  I drove S to the hospital in Lubbock Friday morning.  It was a busy few days field with lots of fun!!!  I was elated to see and hold Miss A, I am already so in love with that little girl.  I love the P family and am so glad to be their friends.

Craft

It's been awhile since I've crafted, although I spent the summer making baby shower gifts!  Our church had a friendly service auction night.  I made a blanket, glitter pumpkin, popcorn treats, and a throw pillow cover.  It was an exciting night surrounded by friends.  The kids even bided on items and won.  Richard and I won a dozen cupcakes from a bakery.  Also the items I made were fought over for high bids.  I feel like it might be time to do more crafting!!

Tooth

Cooper lost his first tooth last month.  I didn't want to forget to post about it even if I am a month late.  His tooth had been lose, I actually had forgotten about it.  This all happened while we were driving to our anniversary get way to Galveston.  Apparently after swimming Cooper was putting his shirt on and it just fell out.  My mom let Cooper call me and he was so excited.  Due to all the rush to get back to Midland the tooth fairy came a day later with three dollars.  Cooper was so very happy and wanted to go spend his money right away luckily we convinced him to save it. 

Soccer games times three

Saturday was a full day of soccer to bad it was cold and rainy!  We survived though!  First up was Cooper who doesn't care for the cold and barely moved around the soccer field until the second half, ugh!  We lost our game pretty bad!!



Then we rushed to Allison's game were we continued our losing streak.  We got stomped!  I don't know if it was the weather or if our girls just weren't awake.  Allison did manage to score a goal on a penalty kick.  We had a short break and stopped for lunch at chickfila.  The last game of the day was no different from the first two, we lost.  Again Allison only scored one goal.
 
We ended our day taking the kids to see dolphin take two, all three kids were interested and watch 90% of the movie!

Star Student

 I decide to surprise the kids for lunch one day last week.  I usually visit them once a week but with there lunch schedules not coinciding I haven't figured out the best way.  Anyway I was checking in the office and started walking down the hallway.  I noticed a wall of recognition for each grade level.  I saw Allison's teachers name and then I noticed Allison name.  She was recognized with a sweet little paragraph describing her attributes written by her teacher.  I am proud of Allison's big heart and her desire to choose the right.

My days with Beckett

With school back in session Beckett and I are back together by ourselves during the day.  We have our weekly errands and play dates but mostly he is my little shadow throughout the day.  With my children being 3 plus years apart in age gaps it's allowed me to have a lot of one on one time with each one.  Special mommy time without other siblings. I've spoiled each of them a little with special treats, outings, lunches, or park dates etc.  Beckett and I enjoy our 3 mile walk every morning.  It's pretty quiet and surprisingly clean.  He plays with his toys wherever I am.  It's usually cars he plays with he is obsessed, there is no such thing as to many toys in his mind.  I have toys in my purse, in the car, in my pocket, and in his bed!  Beckett always ask me to "play cars mama".  Or several times during the day he will ask "go to park please".  We jump on the trampoline sometimes and look for clouds, trees, or find birds.  But our favorite game is hide and seek, the squeals and high pitch laughs cause contagious smiles.  His new favorite thing to say to me, his daddy, and especially his siblings is NOPE!  It's a long drawn out word with an emphasis on the P.  I love this little guy so much and every day I admire at how much he has grown.