Super Had's 1st Week of K-4!

Hadley had a GREAT first week of school! She only goes three days, so her school week has ended already. She has got to be my most well adjusted kid. She doesn't even miss a beat. She just goes with the flow. She loves her teacher and really enjoys all of the "hard work" that she has to do every day. On her first day, she was telling us all about a bus that she colored, which, by the way, is very hard work. The bus had a stop sign on it, and "guess what Ma, I can spell 'stop'." Ok Had, spell it..... "H - E - B" Ma replies "Very close, Had....very close."
Wednesday on the way to school I heard her making clicking sounds in the back seat. I looked in the rear view mirror to see that she was 'tending' to check thinks off of her list, which is actually her hand held out flat. I said "what are you doing Had?" She replied "checking off my list." I said "don't forget to put milk on that list. We are out." To which she replied "Ma, I not making a food list. I making my things to do list. This one says 'go to school' and I checking it off cause we going to school now!" I'm glad she is so organized!!!
Today on the way to school she was telling me about a day that "Da" forgot to turn off the sound machine during the day and it made her think it was still night night time. She said 'That da sure is a bad man!' LOL! I called Chris right away to confront him on this! How dare he not turn off the sound machine! Neither one of use knew what she was talking about.....
I'll close for now. This has been a long week. Enjoy these pictures of Had, having a great week at school and soccer!

Our Dream House

Being in the Real Estate business, I see a lot of houses. Some houses make me very grateful for the one I have. Some houses make me long for something new. I think it is a feeling that comes w/the job. We knew moving into the house that is was a stepping stone for us. Honestly, we've lived here longer than I thought we would. The plan: to either move in to an existing home newer than the one we occupy today by the summer, or build.

The kids love my job. They LOVE to look at houses. The smaller two love to stand in all of the closets of houses. So, me being the fair "Ma" that I am, I ask "If you could have anything you wanted in a new house, what would it be?" Responses to follow:

Hali: "I'd like a walk in closet bigger than the one I have now. I'd like to push a button and have the clothes rotate around. I'd like my own private bathroom with a separate shower and tub. The tub should have jets and the shower should have a water fall for a shower head."

Hayden: "I'd like stairs. My room should be upstairs, and Ma and I would share a room. We'd have the biggest room in the house. Da could have a room to himself."

Hadley" "We need stairs and a big room so me and Ma can share it. Da sleeps by himself. I need a window."

So, two out of three think they should share the master bedroom w/me. Poor Chris, he can share the dog house w/Moe.

Winding down summer....

You can tell summer is coming to an end when soccer starts up, nights are filled w/homework and prime time tv gets good again! After two weeks of school and TWO separate illnesses, Hayden is in the groove and loving school. Had's school has been postponed another week due to the hurricane (flashback to Katrina when Hayden's school was also postponed, and Hali is in the full swing of homeschooling! The transition to homeschooling wasn't nearly as difficult as we thought it would be. Hali is a much stronger math student than I realized! Life is good! God is good!

Here are some pictures of Had's soccer practice. Also, today Chris and Hayden finished their fish puzzle that they have been working on since May!!! A perfect way to wind up summer! They've been sneaking out to the hot tub room here and there working on it. Hayden was so happy to have finished. Now I guess I will be going puzzle shopping for a fall puzzle to work. Hayden is in to country flags right now, as a result of the Olympics and his enrichment class at school. So I'm sure I will be looking for a flag puzzle. Chris & Hayden, my two peas in a pod!

Hayden's 1st Day of School!

Today is Hayden's 1st day of school. I think Chris & I were more nervous than he was!!! He slept great, woke up happy & couldn't wait to put on his school uniform! He took his new Star Wars Clone Wars backpack which he calls "the coolest backpack I've ever seen."
I am very blessed to have one of my favorite people on earth teaching at the school! She has been there to answer all of my questions and she was there on car duty when I dropped him off this morning! Hayden's teacher has already e-mailed the parents today to let us know that they are doing good! Maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to do something this morning besides bite my fingernails and watch the clock! ha!
Check him out in his handsome uniform! The uniforms he has been wanting to sleep in because he likes them so much!

UPDATE: Hayden is back from school. Before I could even ask, he hopped in the car and said "I LOVED IT!" The loves his teacher, made a new friend named Matthew and listened to stories. He is UPSET that tomorrow is another 1/2 day, because he is ready to go all day!! How would have thought? Friday at his school is school t-shirt & jean short day - but he wants to wear his uniform again! He is so proud of it!!!

His teacher is an absoulte doll! She came to the car and let me know that he didn't good. Between her being so great and my sweet friend working at the school, I think I'll sleep good tonight.

Oh - and I kept feeling like I forgot something but couldn't remember what....well... I neglected to tell him his carpool number!!! I kept talking about his classroom number - never thought about carpool. They called his number out...he didn't know what to listen for. oops!

More Had Birthday Pics!

Happy Birthday to Had!!!

Today we had Had's 4th birthday party. If was lots of fun! Special thanks to Beth for taking these photos! Had enjoyed seeing her friends and she got LOTS of great presents! Had says "are you SO SO happy that I'm turning four?" Truth is......no. The time flies was too fast. She is a doll at this age!!!
Tomorrow is her real birthday. We will make a cake and celebrate, just the 5 of us. Back in May Ms. Penny, Had's teacher, celebrated all of the summer birthdays. So Had got to wear the "birthday girl" sticker and have all the perks that go along w/being the birthday girl. She was so excited! Later that night, when it was bed time and we were tucking them all in..she said to me "Ma, why you not celebrate my birthday?" She was just pitiful looking!! She thought her birthday had come and gone and we had just ignored it. I'm sure she was waiting all day for the big "surprise" that never came! I was SO excited that she used the word "celebrate" that I had to laugh! It became an ongoing joke in the house over the summer. And now, it comes to an end. Look Had, we celebrated your birthday!!!!