Birthday and School Program

It's been so long since I've blogged, I don't think I could hope to catch up. But several events need to be reported so I will hit the high spots. On a side note, I've decided that August through December are completely impossible for me. We have birthdays (all of the boys), school, sports, and all of the good holidays. I can never manage them very well. I don't have a solution, just the realization. I can't see it getting better any time soon, so bear with me.

Little Otis' birthday was October 17th and we had a party at home with family, friends and a pinata. What could be better? My df Staci did the great Monster Truck Cake, and fun was had by all. Here is a picture.

Halloween was a hoot again this year. And as usual, I have no pictures because I was so busy running around. Thank goodness other's did, and I will get them from Snapfish to scrapbook. (I have no plan for this either, but I sure hope I get it done) I do have pictures of the boys from the Fall Festival with the Moms club. Here is one.

Little Otis' had his first school play. He was a pilgrim, and had a speaking part. He practiced everyday, and it was too cute. He was of course the only one who said it with "feeling". I swear we need to live closer to Hollywood. He is such a ham. Anyway, he knew all of the words to the songs and the hand movements. I was impressed. Maybe he is destined to go to Broadway? Otis , Payton and I all went and Mema went too. We then ate lunch in the cafeteria. It was actually good.

Florida Fun

We are finally home from Florida. I feel like I have been gone for weeks. It was only 5 days, but it seemed like so much longer being away from my boys. It was soooo worth it though. I learned so much and crafted so much, that by last night, I was on overload. I might not be able to cut or glue anything for a while. I went through at least 6 refills of tape runner, two glue sticks and a major amount of wet glue. I have so many unfinished projects that I'm afraid that I will never be able to scrapbook my normal junk again. My suitcase on the way home was 4 lbs short of "too heavy", my carry on ripped from the weight, and I shipped a box home yesterday from the Hotel. Did I mentions we got a lot of goodies? I can't wait to share with all of my crafty friends all of the things we did. Sylvia ordered, ordered and ordered some more..... Lots of new things coming in to the store. So much fun! So tired. Of course I didn't take many pictures, but Sylvia took more. I hope she will post them.
The boys seemed to have faired well without me. It was hard to take little Otis to school this morning, I just wanted to keep them both here today, but like a good mommy, I took him. Life moves on. We are off to practice tonight, we have a full week, and of course this weekend, the big Texas vs. OU party. Can't wait to see everyone!

TOUCHDOWN!!

That's right, Little Otis made a touchdown today in the game! Were we excited and proud, YES! Were we suprised, Yes! Do we have a picture? NO! It happend so fast, and we were yelling and jumping up and down, and fogot to take a picture. He was trying so hard today and playing so well, the coach let him carry the ball and what do you know, he looked straight ahead and ran into the end zone. I'm so glad for him. The picture is on the way home with his spoils from the cheerleaders. After the game, we went to StingFling in town and the boys got old fashioned pop guns and we ate BBQ. We had so much fun.

I know I haven't blogged in a long time, but with school, football and work, things are so busy, that I just don't have much time. Everyone is doing great! Little Otis has adjusted to school and had a week of all white faces! (Those are good) Payton is adjusting to Preschool well, and I think he likes to play with the other kids. Otis is working on Fridays at the RV park with my Dad and his "regular" job Mon - Thurs. He is tired on the weekends, but I think he likes working outside and not dealing with criminals. I am working all of the time and am preparing to go to Florida next week. I'm sure it will be a blast! I will post after that and hopefully have pictures.

First week of Kindergarten

After a rocky start, Otis came home of Friday with a big white smiley face and a "Great Day" comment on his sheet! We celebrated by having chocolate milk at Sonic on the way home. He was so excited and proud of himself and I was too. For those just catching up, I met with his teacher this morning because he came home 2 days in a row with a red face. Both Otis and I were worried about this pattern (and Little O's comments about his behavior). So whatever worked- the meeting, no TV, no Bakagun the long discussions, whatever, we are glad. I think he has figured it out and we are gearing up for a great year!

All caught up

I think I am officially caught up with the blogs! Maybe with kids in school I'll be able to blog more consistently. Don't count on it though, I bet I can find a few things to do to take up that extra alone time! Payton and I are sitting at home today, he is playing quietly, and I am on the computer and doing laundry (when am I not?) One little one at home is much quieter! But I wouldn't trade my pair of boys for anything. I never would have believed it! Mom of two boys and loving it. Where did that come from? I always wanted a girl, since I can remember. Little girls were just my favorite. Now, I love my friends little girls and sometimes they let me borrow them, but I am definitely a mom of boys. We are starting Football practice next week, and then our Saturdays will be filled with games and the weeks with practice. We'll see how it goes. I hope he enjoys it like he did last year. I am including a picture of Payton, since the last weeks have been mostly about Otis!