Grandparents Day

Last week the kindergarten classes at Brennan's school held Grandparents/Special Person's Day. My mom and I went down and were treated to 2 very cute songs by the three kindergarten classes. Brennan only sung about 1/2 of the first song, but he BELTED out the 2nd one called "Mimi Mouse" - a video is below. They use songs to teach them a particular letter and that week they were studying the letter M. He just loved that song.

Singing was followed by cookies and punch -certainly his favorite part - and then my mom and him made a family tree. It was a quick little program, but very cute.

Birthday celebration!

Yesterday was David's 34th birthday - Happy Birthday honey! We had a pretty lazy day - his mom came over with a card and homemade pound cake (yum) and then Lauren came to babysit so we could go out to dinner with friends. Alyssa & McKenna picked out his cake and the kids couldn't wait to tear into the ice cream cake....it was good! The girls made him some cards and they each picked out a gift for him.

McKenna got him golf balls - always a good pick.
Brennan got him boxers - he just thought this was HILARIOUS!

Alyssa got him a golf glove- another good pick
I got him chest waders and gloves for duck hunting. Thanks to my dad - he helped me understand the "science" of choosing the right waders!!!

We went to Jasper's American Grill for dinner - it was pretty good. It was us, Robert/Wendy, Mike/Theresa, Jimmy/Melissa and Dale/Kay. We hung out at the bar and even got to enjoy Melissa singing "Bust a move" during Karaoke. We finished out the night at our house with a few more adult beverages!

Happy Birthday David - I hope you enjoyed your day!

So pretty

As promised, here are a few pics of Alyssa before school this morning...all prettied up with her hair done!! I simply can't believe clothes and hair are already important...yikes! I must say - she looked pretty darn cute :-)

And they call it Puppy Love...

Yes my friends, my daughter Alyssa is in "love". This is the text message David sent me on my way home from work "it's official...Alyssa & Tristan are an item"!!! Earlier this week she informed us at dinner that Tristan told her she was HOT....WHAT???? She's in 2nd grade - they're 7 years old - and he's telling her she's hot - O M G!!! On Monday she claimed she didn't like him...tonight is a totally different story.

So I asked her if she kissed him and she said no (shew - thank god!), but went on to tell us that her friend Taylor kissed her "boyfriend" Brandon. Again - O M G!!! Are you KIDDING ME?! At that point David had his eyeballs popping out. I quickly told her that she's WAY too young to be kissing boys and it's fine to have him as her boyfriend (if that's what you wanna call it), but no kissing. Good grief - I know they start young - but SECOND GRADE! Lord help me!

As I was getting her clothes ready for school tomorrow I picked out a super cute outfit my mom bought her and had her try it on...and I jokingly said "I want you to look cute for Tristan tomorrow" and she was bowled over by that. I overheard her & McKenna talking in the bathtub about how she thought it was "so cool" that I wanted her to look cute for Tristan....I think the next 11 years of my life will make me gray for sure :-)

Puppy love already...boy do they grow up too fast. I'll share pics of her outfit tomorrow...and her hair since she told me I HAVE to make her hair pretty too. That's where David ended our conversation...hehe!

Soccer finale

Brennan had his last soccer game of the season last week followed by a little pizza party...in the cold!!! He really enjoyed playing this year and has decided to play that again the spring instead of tball...which I can't blame him...tball is slow and boring :-) I think he'll play baseball once he's older, but for now, soccer is much more energizing and he needs that. Here are some pictures from his party.

Enjoying his pizza

Getting his trophy from Coach Brianna

He loves the trophy (and goodie bag)!

Such a cute cake

Halloween Fun

The kids got lots of treats and not too many tricks on Friday. The day started off with a parade at their school. My mom, David's mom and I attended. Brennan was very excited to have me in his classroom and by golly, my baby has a crush :-) Here's the little girl who's captured his attention!!!

I must say she is a little cutie, but jeesh, he's only FIVE. It's so funny when he talks about her...he gets all shy.

McKenna & Alyssa at their school

Brennan headed out to the parade

Anyhow, after the parade the parents are kicked out (in a nice way) and the kids have a party in the afternoon. That night, we headed over to his mom's to trick or treat with Megan, Trevor & Alexis.

Ready for trick or treating!

Alyssa's ready to get some candy!

We covered almost the entire neighborhood and by 8 p.m. every kid was worn out and complaining that their legs hurt - HA - go figure! Needless to say, everyone had a blast and we have entirely too much candy in our house.

Alyssa, Megan, Trevor, Alexis, Brennan & McKenna

The kids with Maw Maw Barbara & Pop Pop Henry

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!

Belvedere Plantation

Tucked away in Southern VA is an awesome place to visit in the fall called Belvedere Plantation. It's a huge farm filled with fun things for kids to do. Ziplines, slides, trails to drive tractors on, a huge corn maze, hay rides and of course, a great pumpkin patch! David,the kids and I were joined by Kerry , Jacyci and Connor for several hours of entertainment. They got their faces painted, tried to climb the "moving" ladder, swung on the rope swings inside the barn, drove the pedal tractors and took turns leading us through the maze. Here are some pics of our day!

Preparing for the fun

McKenna trying to climb the ladder

Exiting the great pumpkin slide

On the hayride to get our pumpkins

McKenna waiting to get her face painted