SNOW 2010!

Star of the week

This week Tate is the Star of the week. He has been so excited and his poster has been ready for about two weeks. He gets to bring in something to share, a book, or snack each day to show the class.

The difference 100 makes

August 24, 2009- The first day of Kindergarten

February 4, 2010- The 100th day of school

It is so hard to believe that today is Tate's 100th day of school! He has come a LONG way since August. That first couple of weeks was hard (on all of us) but we really seem to have gotten into a routine. He is loving school, his teacher, and his friends. He says PE is his favorite part of school and his favorite friends are Jonah and Nick. He loves buying his lunch at school with pizza being his favorite and buying chocolate milk every day is a definite highlight.. He is learning to count by 5's and 10's to 100 and is reading basic sight words. This is our only year at this school as he will be going back to our neighborhood school next year but it has been a great experience for our family and we will miss it next year. To celebrate the 1ooth day his class his making a "100's snack". I told him each child is bringing in a bag of something like goldfish, M&M's, pretzels, etc. and he was going to count out 10 of each to make 100. His response was"You mean I have to eat other people's snack? Gross!" (He reminds me of his aunt Carol alot sometimes) I assured him that each bag had not been opened and he would take the M&M's or goldfish out himself to put in his bag...he doesn't want anyone touching his food! He was also excited because not only was it the 100th day of school but it was also a field trip day (hence the lovely green shirt with kids on it.) Boy, those teachers are in for it today!

Little Helpers

I wish I could get their help like this everyday!

RODEO!!!!

Tate, Chloe, and Grant ready for the rodeo.

Chloe in her cowgirl Pettiskirt. She was so cute!!

Two cowboys.............

Chloe and Daddo looking at some animals.

Grant not looking at the camera but attentively watching the rodeo.

Me and my cousin Stephanie who came with her family to the rodeo.

We let them each ride one ride at the midway and they chose the four wheelers.

Grant take his four wheeling very seriously.........

Tired cowboy going home from a fun day at the rodeo.

This weekend we went with my family to the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. The boys love all things cowboys so they were in heaven the whole day! They love walking through the barns to look at all of the animals and they enjoy every event of the rodeo. We were up close to all of the excitement which they thought was great. It was a fun weekend with my family and we love to go to the rodeo each year.

Christmas!

Our cute little snowman sat outside on the bar for most of the day.

Creative aunt Carol gave him mini snickers for eyes and a hotdog for a nose.

Not a great picture, but all three of my boys were sledding down the hill.

David and Grant are so proud of their snowman.

Joseph...aka Tate.

Chloe was Mary and Tate was Joseph. Grant was supposed to be a wiseman but he got stage fright

Tate got a real guitar from Mimi and Daddo. He loves to play guitars with his Daddo!

Chloe doesn't usually wake up early so on Christmas she was quite surprised when we were up at 6:45!

David's Papo came from Denver. Matt, Emily, and Ella came from Ft Worth.

Tate wanted a Wii for Christmas but he is just as happy with "Big Buck Hunter" that Nana and Babbo gave him.

Back at home in Austin checking out what Santa left on December 26th.

Grant opening his presents from mom and dad.

Tate's other present this Christmas.........

................................his second deer this week! He has never killed anything before and he got two deer in one week! He was SOOOOO excited!

For Christmas this year we went to Weatherford. I am so glad we did because it SNOWED all day Thursday! The boys were so happy and shocked to see snow. Weatherford hasn't had a white Christmas since I was in Kindergarten! The kids and the uncles loved playing, sledding, and building two snowmen. We came home on Christmas afternoon because David's grandfather from Denver was in town as well as Uncle Matt, Aunt Emily, and cousin Ella. We enjoyed having them come over on the day after Christmas to have brunch with us after the boys had opened their gifts from us and Santa. It was a great holiday!

December fun

Tate saw Santa in Johnson City, he finally sat on his lap alone!

This was the only way we could get Grant close to him.

Every year they decorate the PEC building with millions of lights!

Trail of Lights with friends Blake and Barrett.

....at least Brooklyn would smile for the camera.

Getting ready to decorate the gingerbread house after a bath, what was I thinking?

it was starting to lean.......

so we ate it.

Tate got what he wanted from Santa this year.....

he shot his first deer! He was SOOOOO excited!

We have been so busy this month and it has all been a blast! Tate is out of school and loving sleeping late but continues to ask "If I were at school right now, what would I be doing?" I think he might miss it just a little bit. We are heading to Weatherford in two days and will be back on Christmas night to celebrate with David's family. Merry Christmas!