A Fire, Some Football & My Faves

Old Man Winter arrived the weekend

before Thanksgiving.  I do not like

the cold weather.  AT ALL:(((

I was thankful to stay at home

as much as possible with a

 fire, some football, and my faves...

Haddie & I made LOTS of these bracelets...

all colors...in fact, we have a "shop" now! ;)

Hudson took this picture of Walker

on his iPad at the end of my bed early

one morning.  I love it...

even though he's on his devices too much;)

That would be Daddy rubbing Hadlee's

feet.  She is his PRiNCeSS!!!!!!!!!!

This guy just wants to love on mama

ALL.the.TIME!

It's the BeST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hadlee's Thanksgiving Party at School

 Mrs. Bain created a "fire" in her classroom

for the kids and gave them each a card

with a student's name on it.

They went around the room and told

how they were thankful for the person

whose name was on their card.

It was SO sweet!!!!!!!!!

Then the students made yummy cornucopias...

with fruits, snacks, and whipped cream!  

An extra friend came with me to help that day!  ;)

Such sweet friends...

Addison, Jersi, Hadlee

We are so thankful for Mrs. Bain...

I thank my God every time I remember you.

Philippians 1:31

This little girl is the LiGHT of my life

and I'm thankful for any minute

spent with her at school, at home...anywhere!

❤❤❤

Grateful, Thankful, and All of the Above

Time is FLyING by.  I can't believe

November has basically come and gone:(

 

Guess I need to take Haddie's advice...

My children continue to BeG and PLeaD

for my mother to make them

pumpkin spice cakes...they LOVE them!!!

I finally decided to learn to make them myself...

not because my mother doesn't make

them because she absolutely AMAZES

me how she surprises the kids with

the cakes so often, BUT I wanted to

have something to share with

others during this season of

feeling so grateful!!!!!!

I had two VERY special helpers!!!

 I had to start off with some practice

cakes (okay, maybe more than

once if I'm being truthful).  Everytime we

 made the cakes, we pretended

we were on a cooking show!!!;)

Sweet Girl was my ultimate tester.

She thinks mine have turned out

"pretty good"...

but NOT as good as Grandmother's;(

 I am loving Walker's teachers so much

and I wanted to do something special

for them at Thanksgiving...but he has

SEVEN teachers now so it's hard!!!

My favorite part of the little gift of love

was Walker signing each card

with "Love, Walker"......

I had fun preparing these though.

(on my cooking show of course;)!!!)

Grateful, thankful and alllll of the above

doesn't even come close to explaining

how I feel about Janice and Adrienne.

They love my boy and he loves them.

It's such a wonderful feeling to drop

him off and KNOW that he is going

to be LOVED loved and LoVED some more...

even if he wears his 'piderman 'jama

shirt everyday;)

 He learns so much over there...

like how to love and be buddies!!!

Plus they take him to fun places!!!

Janice and Adrienne...

I thank my God every time I remember you.

Philippians 1:31

And look what my Huddy made at

Janice's for Thanksgiving!!!!!!!

 

 Troy's mom had to have hip surgery:(

On the day of her surgery, I found

this in Hadlee's folder.  She had made

this AT school with nobody telling her to

on the day of the surgery. 

Sweet, sweet girl...

Mamaw is loved:)

I couldn't be more thankful

for this sweet, precious girl...

a little bit of Heaven on earth!

 Look who "broke his arm"...ha!

Obviously Jonah is with us a lot!!!;)

 Speaking of Big Jo, I love picking up

these two crazy guys from school everyday. 

They CRaCK me up with the things

they tell me about their days!!!

Thankful for all the silly boys in our life!

Busy but Blessed...

and pretending to be drinking a

 Starbucks for my friends;)

So thankful I'm always protected, too;)

I am grateful & thankful for all of the above and MORE!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!   

 

#fifthgradeforwalker

 What am I going to do with this boy?

Eleven years old ~ Fifth Grade

#lovestotalkinhashtag

#wantedtowearAggiejerseyforschoolpic

 #thinkshislonghairmakeshimcool

He's almost too cool for his mama in fact!;(

So far, Walker is loving fifth grade.

He never had one single issue or complaint

at South Bosque and so I crack up

when he tells Hadlee how much better

and cooler River Valley is than her school?!?

It's funny!  I'm so glad he is loving

intermediate school though.  His teachers

are wonderful and he is learning A LOT.

I've been really impressed!!!!!!!!

He continues to really care about

his grades and, SO FAR, takes

care of his business (maybe sometimes

a little too much in that other fifth

grade mamas text questions about homework

and Walker always has finished his

AT school???  Thankfully his grades

have been good so I won't worry yet!). 
 

I was thrilled to have lunch with him

at school and go to the book fair with him...

Just a couple of weeks ago on the way home

from school, Jonah mentioned that his dad

had eaten lunch with him.  I was like

"Oh Walker, I need to come have lunch with you"!!!

He said, "That's okay" as in NO!;(

I was allll like SaY WHaT?!?

So, I asked Jonah if I could come eat with him

and he said, "Sure!"

Walker looked over at Jonah and said,

"When she starts dancing, you are on your own!"

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Like I've EVER danced in front of him

in public (in his school cafeteria!!!!!).

FuNNY BoY!!!!!!!!!

 

When the book fair rolled into town,

he was sure to invite me though;)

and even con me into a poster ...

I am not a fan of posters!!!!!!

 Walker has made some awesome new friends...

And he's keeping the same awesome

friends he's had for a long time...

He's got some fifth grade 'tude from time to time,

but he's still just a sweet, good kid

with a tender heart.

The other day a sweet new mom friend called

to tell me that she had asked her son out of

all of his friends ~ new and old ~ who was

the best example? She told me that

her son without hesitation said, "WALKER"!

WOW...that story did my mommy heart

soooooooooo much good.

My prayer is that this will continue!!!!!!!!

My baby boy is growing up way too fast.

I couldn't be more proud of him

and I couldn't love him more:)

Second Grade Success

So far, second grade agrees beautifully

with my Haddie Girl!!!

 

Probably the most drama this year was

the day I forgot it was picture

day and sent her to school

(in my defense ~ I was terribly

sick IN BED with a staph infection).

Mrs. Flowers, her sweet music

teacher, called me from school

for my teary eyed girl to talk to me:(

All it took was me reminding her

over the phone how she looks

ADORABLE every single day

no matter what AND also

Mrs. Bain re-doing her hair

WITH a twist!!!!!!!

Each of her teachers has told me

what a great writer Hadlee is...

I love that!!!!!!!!!

She sits down at the lap top A LOT

and writes out full stories. 

I am printing and saving them!!!

 She's just growing up right before

my very eyes.  She and CannonBall

are still cute as ever and even let

Amanda and I continue to force them together;)

My mother bought her a pair of

Miss Me jeans!  I had to snap this pic

to send to Aunt Lynna...

they call each other "sexy, sassy sistahs!"

Fall Open House at South Bosque

with my favorite little Turkey!!!

We've had some AMAZING teachers

along the way...and Mrs. Bain (whom Walker had, too)

 just might be the BEST. 

She's incredible ~
her passion for teaching AND the

way she loves the children... 

just blows me AWAY!!!!!!!

This is priceless!  My favorite line

on this Hadlee for President is

"I will make wise choices because

I will pay bills correctly"

(especially in light of the current

situation in our government!)

It was just these two turkeys that night

because Walker and Troy were at

basketball try-outs!

I.LoVE.My.GiRL.

How sweet is this that came home

in Hadlee's folder...

I love how she came back to change

#1 to God and Jesus.  I also love

how Haley Moore made the list.

So sweet!

Speaking of Haley, Hadlee has

been begging for a furry North Face jacket

like Haley's.  Well, Daddy ordered her one:)

Seriously SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Troy went to the required fall teacher

conference with Mrs. Bain

and apparently it was a 'BRaG on Hadlee'

fest!;)  Mrs. Bain told Troy that she's advanced

in pretty much all areas and probably needs

to be tested for GT (I'm not a huge fan...but

we'll see).  We are just so proud of her.

She takes GREAT pride in her work

and wants to make 100's on everything.

She says she wants to be a teacher like

mommy someday:)))

Here she is helping me to grade papers...

I told Troy to be sure and ask Mrs. Bain

how Hadlee is socially. 

I think her exact words were

"SoCiaL BuTTerFLY!!!!!!

ha!  I love this little girl

and her sweet personality and how

she loves her friends and wants to

invite them over all the time!

This is her new friend, Addison:)

Addie & Haddie

Mrs. Gingerich subbed for Mrs. Bain

the other day and sent me this at

the end of the day that a precious little boy

named Tate had turned in...

Tate, I'm also thankful for Hadlee!!!:)