To Grammy and PaPa

I have mentioned before how Abi and I love to read Katie Woo.  Katie Woo, A Nervous Night tells the story of Katie going to spend the night at her granparents house and getting to sleep in her mom's old bed.  We choose the following as our writing prompt:  What special things do you do with your grandparents?  And because the pic didn't turn out good, here are Abi's responses:
1.  pick tomoatoes
2.  swim
3.  eat popsickles
4.  boating
5.  Grammy coming to eat lunch  (Grammy went to Abi's school to have lunch with her one day and take her shopping at the book fair.  It obvioiusly made an impression on her). 

From Grammy L

A few days before Thanksgiving we actually had a few cold days.  Abi finally got to wear one of the new school outfits that Grammy got for her. 

After Thanksgiving Fun

Abi hosted a tea party with the new tea pot G-Ma Kreidel gave her for Jax and Puppy. 

Thanksgiving Fun

AFter a greatThanksgiving meal with lots of family, hosted by yours truly, the fun moved outside to a  game of football.  Jax served as quarterback.

 Evie hula hooped when someone did something great.

 Julie took over as quarterback.

 Kendra blocked.

Our 92 year old cheerleader--Grandma Kreidel

 Jax catching.  He was in all his glory.

 Julie turned out to be a mean tackler.

 She tought Jax all her tackling tricks and he proceeded to terrorize his cousins.

                                 SCORE

 Aaron--put me down.

Enjoying dessert after the game.  Geez Grammy--how big of a fork do you need?

Happy Thanksgiving from our little Turkeys

My studious little girl.

Abi still loves doing homework.  Wonder how long that will last?

Counting down the days.

Julie and I and all five kids are heading up to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine at the start of the Thanksgiving break for a little R&R.  Can't wait to hit the indoor water park and sleep in the Kid Camp Bear Suite.  Even with all the excitement of going to GW, I think Abi is just as excited to see her friend Kase.  Stacy (Kase's mom) and I think they will one day marry and that would be fine with both of us!

One Last Summer Romp

It's November people, but in Texas, that could, and in this case means that it is still summer.  What started out as help Mommy and Daddy wash their cars quickly turned into something else.  Acorn Soup!

 The gathering of the nuts.

 Add to Mommy's wash bucket. 

 Throw in a little grass for good measure. 

 Add water.

Mix it all up.

Gather more acorns.

 Add water.

Oh NO, too much water. 

Trick or Treat

 Jax being a turkey on Halloween morning not wanting to have his picture taken.  He was allowed to wear his costume to school. 

 OK, so does Abi look tall or what.  Must be the pic, b/c she is the smallest kiddo in her 2nd grade class.

Being small doesn't stop her from being full of spice.

Hocus Pocus Pops

 Each fall, the local symphony puts on a special production for familes and kids to enjoy.  Last Friday, Eric and I took the kids to the Pavillion to enjoy 'symphony' music, family time ( Julie, Kenlie, Malorie and Evie joined us), friend time (Brian and Kerry with Ava and Liam joined us) and of course snacks. While the music was great--they had a Harry Potter theme this year, I think the kids more enjoyed sitting on the lawn, wearing their costumes, being out late at night, rolling on the blankets and just having a good ole time.  One of the proud moments for me was when Abi happened to pause from playing with her cousins and friends and was listening to the conductor talk abouit the music--she piped in,  Mommy--we learned about that song in Music class at school.  She could hardly wait to go to Music this week and tell her teacher that she heard the song at the symphony this weekend.