Friday, August 30, 2013

Reading

Obviously, as a reading teacher, I love, love, love to listen to my boys read.  I hope they both become lovers of books like their momma.  Even if they don’t, I still plan to shove books down their throats – forever (evil laugh inserted here).

The other night, I was finishing up a few things and told the boys to pick out their books to read for bed.  When I came in to see what books they had selected, they were sitting on Hagen’s bed reading to each other.  AH, melt a reading momma’s heart!!

Hagen’s turn:

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Mason’s turn:

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

First Day of School

Summer hours into school time hours = HARD!! 

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Dressed and ready to go!!

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More pictures (because you can never have enough, right J?)

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First day of Kindergarten and first day of 1st grade!

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In their seats, ready to learn Winking smile

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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Last Pool Playdate

One of Mason’s buddies had to meet us for one last playdate before school started.  So fun!!

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Friday, August 23, 2013

Meet the Teacher, 1st grade!

Meet the Teacher, Kindergarten… Meet the Teacher, First Grade!

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I can’t believe I have first graders!!  We went to a birthday party of a classmate that turned 7… I was shocked, 7?  We can’t turn 7 this year, can we??!!??

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Hagen and his teacher and Mason and his teacher.

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(After Meet the Teacher, where did Dad and Mom go???  Date night?!  Thanks, Aunt Erin!!!)  I think we look too young to have first graders, right? Winking smile

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

A Little Basketball

Here is J teaching them some essential lessons in basketball.

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It was so fun watching them play one on one basketball.

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Coaching 101

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I don’t know… Hagen sure has a foot for soccer, and Mason seems to have Daddy’s BB skills!

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This picture cracks me up.  My little photo bomber!!

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Always have to end with a dunk shot!

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Monday, August 19, 2013

Trampoline Park

We have one of those trampoline parks (the ones that keep popping up all over town) in our area.  It’s called Urban Air and the boys love it.  We went with a friend the other day and had lots of fun.

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Most of my pictures are blurry because they are jumping.  Guess I should have taken my regular camera and not my phone.

(Oh, the picture below is Hagen playing Dodge Ball!!  I couldn’t believe he wanted to get in there and do it (there were so BIG kids in there).  But he did – twice!  The first time he was in there almost to the end …. and the second time he got out pretty quickly.  I guess I should say I’m not surprised, Hagen will try just about anything. 

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They have this big foam pit the boys loved jumping into.  But, word of advice, jump in near the exit – and expect to take a while to get out.  Whew!  Those suckers are hard to get out of!!  I told the mom we were with, I think someone was down below trying to pull me back in.  Winking smileIMG_5308

They had this big ‘runway’ type trampoline that you could run down and do flips, etc.  Mason and James just liked running/jumping down it.  It was funny to watch.  I think all the gymnast girls were a little annoyed with our boys thinking it was more for running down and acting silly!

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Friday, August 16, 2013

Soccer, Fall 2013

Yep, it’s that time of the year again!

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The boys are so ready!  We add 2 new players, the goalie position and a bigger field.

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Coach also coaches a girls’ team and the practices coincided with each other.  So, we ended up playing the girls at the end of practice.  They are an awesome team – 2 years older and they play up a year in their league.  We did pretty good with all things considered.

"How Preemie Moms Are Chosen" by Erma Bombeck

Did you ever wonder how the mothers of premature babies are chosen?
Somehow, I visualize God hovering Earth, selecting his instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As he observes, he instructs his angels to take notes in a giant ledger. "Armstrong, Beth, son. Patron Saint...give her Gerard. He's used to profanity." Finally, he passes a name to an angel and smiles.
"Give her a preemie."
The angel is curious. "Why this one God? She's so happy."
"Exactly," smiles God. "Could I give a premature baby a mother who knows no laughter? That would be cruel."
"But does she have the patience?" asks the angel.
"I don't want her to have too much patience, or she'll drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wear off, she'll handle it. I watched her today. She has that sense of self and independence so rare and so necessary in a mother. You see, the child I am going to give her has a world of it's own. She has to make it live in her world, and that's not going to be easy."
God smiles. "This one is perfect. She has just the right amount of selfishness. "
The angel gasps, "Selfishness! Is that a virtue?"
God nods. "If she can't separate herself from the child occasionally, she will never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't know it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a spoken word. She will never consider a step ordinary. When her child says momma for the first time, she will be witness to a miracle and know it. I will permit her to see cleary the things that I see - ignorance, cruelty, prejudice - and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of every day of her life because she is doing my work as surely as she is here by my side."
"But what about her Patron Saint?" asks the angel, his pen poised in the air.
God smiles.
"A mirror will suffice."

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