Walker's 10th Batman Birthday Bash

I absolutely LOVE planning Walker's

birthday parties.  He loves his friends

and he loves a party with a theme!!!

Just like his mama does;)

We had Walker's friend party

two days before his real birthday.

We were ALL quite excited!!!!!!

A little something before we left...

A Batman cape and mask!  He loved it:)

Ten years old...

handsome and sweet and smart

and funny and good hearted as ever.

Even wearing deoderant now;)))

He was ALL about the costume!

I didn't know if the other kids would

think it was funny or not. I loved

that Walker was so into it...

I know someday he will be too

cool for things like this:(



I just love a theme ;)

Mommy's Batman Love...

I love this pic...

Classic STORM;)

Huds seemed to think it was

his birthday, too!!!



 

Walker invited his best hoodie buds,

a baseball friend, Jonah, and

his closest buddies from school

ALONG with only three special

girls:  Hadlee, Kate, and Lauren:)

Jared, Matthew, Colton, Braden,

Luke, Walker, Jonah, Landry

Quite the group of guys and one sweet

 girl before the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ooops...Garrett showed up late so we had

to take another picture!!!!!!!!!!

 

T-Daddy Love was the HOST with the MOST

who took all 16 boys with him to the movie!!!

I took them each a bag of popcorn,

Laffy Taffy and a bottled water.  

  

Grandmother hung out with us during

the movie and helped me.  How awesome

is it that she came "in-theme", too!?!??!

We have become friends with the manager

at the Cookie Company...she hooked me

up with yet ANOTHER awesome cake!!!

It was perfect:)

Haddie Cakes & Cannonball

Sweet girl takes care of all the little

brothers;)  Ha ha!  Don't tell Daddy!!!

Landry Love!!!!!!!!!!

These were the boys RUNNING back

to the party room after the movie

was over.  I thought that was hilarious!
Little boys are so funny;)

By this time Kate and Lauren showed up, too!



I pray that Walker always has good friends.

Fun, good friends;)  He's off to a GREAT start!

Hold me!  He is so handsome and so BIG:(

Best Sister/Brother Duo EVER!

Happy Birthday Dear Walker....

I know his wish now and I pray it

comes true, too.  Walker has an amazingly

sweet and caring heart.  

He is SUCH a blast, too!  He loves life!!!

Poor Batman Daddy was taking video

and also just too tired from his movie adventure

(with 16 nine and ten year olds!!!).

I LOVE Walker's SMILE..........................

Robin, my House Party!!!

Sweetest, best girl EVER:)

Ella & Hank came, too!!!

Cookie Cake & Crazy Boys!!!!!!!!!

Gifts...first one from Haddie:

She made a card for her "Aggie"...

A new jersey!!!!!  He keeps growing out of his;)

Who knew Batman was an Aggie?!?

Lego Batman 2 for DS...

Way to Go, Carrs:)

He got lots of cool gifts

and LOTS of money;)

Opening Grandmother & PaPa's

bag of Batman tricks;)

A Texas Ranger Titan necklace...

he's been begging for one forever!!!

The Adorable Barkley Batch!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't easy to swing this pic!;(

They aren't public with their

relationship yet!!!!!!

Payton providing some entertainment

with his dancing skills!!!

 

Zach, too!!!!!!!!!!!

We LOVE La La!!!!!!!!!!!

Jonah & Walker...

True Buddies!

Kullen, Garrett, Cade, Jared, Matthew,

Colton, Kyle, Walker, Jonah

We love the Carrs:)

And we couldn't live without

the Reeds!!!  Walker, in fact, thinks

he IS a Reed;)))

SUCH an awesome party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I totally forgot about Hudson's

special party favor so that

night Walker got to give it to him.

He told him to close his eyes;)

Some Hot Wheel Batmobiles!!!!!!!!!!

Cutest Batman Brothers EVER!!!

Obviously, Walker, you ARE loved!!!

Very, very loved by many! :)

 

But most of all by your family!!!

 

Happy 10th Birthday,

Batman Walker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back in the Groove....

I returned back to school a week before

my kiddos.  It's a nice transition

for them (not so much for

their mama though!  ha!)

I didn't take pictures of Hadlee

and Hudson on their first

day back at Mrs. Janice's...

but they were SO happy and excited!!!

Sweet girl played "calendar" time

all that afternoon and evening;)

She says she wants to be a teacher!

Walker REALLY liked mommy's first

day back because he spent the day

with the Reeds!!!  They went bowling

and Walker told me he got second

to last place!  ha ha!  RoRo told

me he was a natural though!  ;)

 THEN they got to play in the

rain at the park!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Walker loves to be a REED;)

Hudson asked about going to Mrs.

Janice's mid-summer and I told

him she wasn't home;( Well,

every single time her name came up

the rest of the summer, he would

say "she home now?"

I was so excited to finally tell

him that she was home!!!!!;)

Do you know how nice it is to

have your kids EXCITED about going

to stay somewhere?!?!?!?!?

Makes this mama's heart

THANKFUL;)

Hadlee absolutely loves getting to

go back to Mrs. Janice's even though

it's only for a week.  She adores Janice:)

Kate stayed over at Janice's, too,

and I think they played their

little hearts out.........

On my second day back,

Grandmother treated us to lunch

at our fave spot and then we went shopping. 

I am SO thankful to be a part-time teacher.  

Let's hope they never have to

 really ride in a police car! ;)

In the evenings we got to hang some with

our Hoodies:) I love that Hadlee has

someone like Sweet Lauren to look up to!

LaLa is wonderful with Haddie Cakes:)

THEN, the dreaded dreaded day

arrived...HAIR CUTS for the boys!!!

Poor Walker was BUMMED

over this, but Daddy insisted!!!

We gotta follow the rules

and look like a clean cut kid;)

Goldilocks didn't seem to mind......

but oh how this mama hates

getting these blond curls cut!!!;(

As for my first days back...

they were just fine.  I loved seeing

my sweet teacher friends and catching up.

The meetings?  Not.so.much.fun!

One day I wore a new Chevron

skirt I got and Troy made fun of it. 

Low and behold, I show up at

our meetings to find my best friend

(back in the district!) wearing her

Chevron!!!!!!!!!  Everyone

was laughing at us! ;)

Other than feeling extremely tired

getting back in the groove,

the week went very well!

I am thankful for HAPPY kids...

who have AMAZING people to stay

with like Mrs. Janice, the Reeds, the

Carrs and of course Grandmother!

(She and Walker had a Spiderman

movie marathon for three mornings

straight...she bought all three for

them to watch!).  I am also

thankful for an awesome job

and for the chance to help

young people every single day!!!

My four "I WILL's" for

this year at school are:

 

 

I will INSPIRE.

I will make a DIFFERENCE.

I will help my students be 

confident in their writing.

I will (try) to be on Time.

The actual day before school we
just had to go to Chickfila for lunch:)

We even had some lunch guests;)

I get very sad thinking about being away
from my kids all day long:( I'm not one who
needs a lot of time away from my kids. 
I feel like they are on loan to me
and quite honestly I hate to miss a minute
of their precious lives!  I also just
know how much pressure is on kids
today in school and I hate that. 
Their days are long and tiring. 
I just wish they could be part-time like me;)
THANKFULLY though I get to
spend the afternoons with my
blue eyed buddy and that makes my
heart happy!  I've had this special time
with each of my kids and I am
beyond grateful for it. 

Such a sweet stinker;)

That evening all three of Hadlee's "American
Girl" dolls ;) had to get back to school hair-do's....

Huddy loves to play with Haddie!!!

I actually think my sweet, sensitive sister
was feeling the ache of going back to school
and not getting to be with her counterpart;(
She was alllll about her Hudson that day. 

Hadlee is the one taking these pictures and
she LOVED that she got this one of
Hudson with Emily Jones in the background
(a reporter for the Rangers!!!)...

Goofy girl missing her front
tooth for first grade;)))

My favorite though was that

afternoon when we were doing some

redneck water fun in the backyard.

I asked the kids if they were

ready for the first day of school...

HA!  Take a look at that

4th grade 'tude!!!!!!!!!!!

Praying for an awesome year!!!!!!!!

 

I posted this quote in my classroom.

  I absolutely LOVE it!!!

 

 

“Do all the good you can.

By all the means you can.

In all the ways you can.

In all the places you can.

At all the times you can.

To all the people you can.

  As long as ever you can.”

John Wesley