PreK Thanksgiving Feast

I got to celebrate Thanksgiving with Kyle at school. We at a yummy feast together in the morning. 

 

God has blessed us with so much and I pray that we would always give thanks to Him not only in this season, but all throughout the year!

End of Karis' First Soccer Season

The Maroon Mermaids had a great season! Their record 3-5-1. 

We loved watching Karis play. She played hard and the coach awarded her Most Improved. 

Last game of the season!

We are so proud of her!

Karis is looking forward to next season!

Second Grade Program for Veteran's Day

On Veteran's days, our school had a special program for Veterans and first responders. The second graders sang patriotic songs in the program to help honor our heroes. 

A trip to Houston

Our friends from church moved to Houston recently. My friend and I wanted to visit to see her new home and help her organize her kitchen. We drove down Thursday afternoon with the twins and on Friday night, the husbands came with the big kids.

It was a fun 3-night and 4-day slumber party with three families!

Hallowen

For the school parade, Karis wanted to be Batgirl. 

Makena wanted to be a cat. 

The 2nd graders don't do a Fall class party, but the 1st graders do. Makena's class rotated through each 1st grade classroom for a snack, craft, game and a story. 

 

In the evening, the kids dressed up for some trick-or-treating. Kyle initially wanted to be a policeman (with his police dog).

Halloween night was pretty warm so we talked him out of wearing his fleece-lined policeman jacket and into wearing his fireman rain coat and putting on his fireman hat he got from the fireman visit at preschool. 

Our first stop was a visit with Mockingbird's 1st grade teacher cast of Inside Out characters.  So fun!

We met Makena's friends there. 

We were then off to collect candy!

Last year we visited Karis' 1st grade teacher (who is now the director at Kyle's preschool). Karis remembered fondly last year's visit so I texted her teacher to see if she was passing out candy. When we arrived, we found friends visiting her as well!

 A fun night with these sweet kiddos!

A Family Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

We visited the Flower Mound pumpkin patch after school with friends. Here are some pics of our visit. 

The big kids loved the playground and the underground hay maze. 

The pumpkin patch is filled with all kinds of characters. Kyle picked Ariel!

Waiting in line for the hay ride. 

A quick break from climbing on hay bales. 

The kids picked out their own pumpkins. 

PreK Fall Festivities

Kyle got to go on his first field trip! Daddy went with him to a local pumpkin patch to play games, listen to stories and pick a pumpkin. 

Nana was in town when Kyle had his class Halloween party. 

Kyle cleaned off his plate while the rest of the kids played games. 

I love being at school with him! I get to see him in the halls and drop in on his parties. 

Donuts with Dad

Kyle invited Daddy to Donuts with Dad at his school. 

Kyle gave his 60-year old dad a tie to wear to the event.  =)

A College Visit

We went to Abilene to spend the day with our favorite college student. When we first told the girls what college was, they said they would never want to go because it would mean they would have to leave home and live without us. Oh, how that idea will one day be so exciting to them! 

During our visit, the kids got to get a glimpse of what college life is like. We walked around the campus and got to see the library and inside some classrooms. We visited a cool prayer garden with a large statute of Jacob's ladder. 

We took Lindsay to lunch, played at a playground and then ended our visit with some frozen yogurt!

 

 
On the way home we stopped for some chicken fried steak. It was a fun day!