Mr tooth-Max

Max has lost 4 teeth at school in the past 2 weeks. The nurse told him she was going to run out of the special tooth treasure box necklaces if he keeps this up. He is so funny! He has been doing so great at school. I had his beginning of the year conference with his teacher and she told me he was reading on a 3rd grade level and a great leader in the class. He helps get the class ready every morning and will let kids know if they are making bad choices. He adores math and Mrs. Rains said he is at another level than most of the kids. When he started K, he could add coins with ease. I hope he always loves math. Max's baseball team has struggled a little this season, but Max has done great. He made an unassisted double play last week and then hit an in the park home run. He plays 1st this year and has done pretty good. He likes to get people out. Max also played flag football this year. He has played a little bit of offense, but mainly defense. He loves to pull those flags!!! He caught a long pass, but I wasn't there to see it. We usually have 6 games a weekend, so sometimes I am with Addie and Trey is with Max, but I heard it was great! Little Max is a cool kid (without many teeth)!

Addie

Addie has been so busy these last few weeks. Her softball team, the Pink Panthers, are doing great. They have only lost one game. Addie plays second and sometimes center field. She loves softball!! One game, her team scored 14 runs, she had 7 RBI's and scored twice. She can rip the ball when she gets ahold of one! Add has also started basketball. We have scrimmaged a team of older girls a couple of times and her league games start this weekend. She is improving every practice and scrimmage, she is actually trying to set screens now. Addie always does great in school, she loves to read and work! She hasn't made below 103 on any of her spelling test and her report card was awesome. She never gets any marks for behavior either! She has also been a party girl-4 parties in 2 weeks. Add is always busy, but she truly likes it that way. She is so sociable and wants to be doing something all the time. We are so lucky to have such a sweet and smart little girl.

Jake

Jake is really enjoying his new school. He loves all the science experiments and reading club. He gets points for reading books and taking tests over them on the computer. Jake has always loved to read, he reads way above grade level. On back to school night, all the kids had an "all about me" sheet on their lockers. Jake's had info like I am attending flight school, I want to be an aeronautical engineer when I grow up, and my favorite book is 30 seconds over Tokyo. He decided not to play football-a relief for me! We just signed up for basketball and he is ready to play. This past weekend, Jake went with my parents to Ft. Worth to go to an air show. He saw so many planes and the Thunderbirds. He had a blast! Jake is such a good kid and we are always proud of him!!!

Rowdy makes 6

We have a new family member! We adopted Rowdy a few weeks ago and he is fitting into our family great. He was loved and trained by another family who just didn't have a big enough yard for him anymore, so we took him. He is 2 years old and a great dog. The kids just ran and ran with him the first day we got him. Then, Max and Addie took him on a "tour" of our house. We feel so lucky to have him.

Homecoming

This week was homecoming and Wednesday, we had the parade. In this black convertible are our kids, the Plunk kids, Coach Plunk, and Trey. The kids had a blast waving at their friends and throwing candy at the crowds. I think Trey had fun driving the car, too. There were tons of people at the parade and then a big cookout afterward. It really was a fun night and something I know the kids will remember forever!

Second Day of School

Well, here they are on their second day a school. We are so lucky to have such good kids. We love you guys!

First Day of School

Although my children LOVE school, the first day is always hard. Our days of sleeping late, swimming, playing outside way past dark, staying up late playing games, and just spending tons of time together are over! A lot of moms say they can't wait for school to start again, but not me. It is always a hard day, but exciting, too. All five of us started school this year. Trey is in 9th grade at Randall. Oh, I mean he teaches 9th grade! Jake started 5th grade at Greenways Intermediate (a new school in a new district for him), Addie started 3rd and Max started 1st at Windsor, and I started a new job (intervention) at Sundown Lane Elementary. The morning was wild and we forgot to take a picture! I was so sad-not only was summer over, but I had no picture either. So, these pictures are what my sweeties looked like after a full day back at school.