Makes Your Heart Happy

Cade is an awesome big brother to Phoebe.  He watches out for her, makes sure she isn't doing something that could hurt her, gets overprotective when another person shows Phoebe attention.....I could go on and on.  Today, they were playing together and it was really quiet so I went in to check on them.  Here is what I found.

Reading her a story....

Way to go BIG BRO!

Sunday Fun

We spent some time together today making brownies.  Nothing special, just plain ol' brownies.  It's so nice to cook with my kids.  They are at the age now where they can measure accurately, pour all of the ingredients and basically make the whole recipe.  Pretty stress free, I tell ya.

Makin' memories....that's what it's all about.

Fall Soccer Has Begun

Soccer season kicked off today!

QUICKSAND

Chloe played 1st at 9:00.  She's on the big fields now and each team has a goalie.  Our friend (Carson's mom) Jill is the coach and she is awesome with the kids!  

 Carson and Chloe

Chloe....are you flirtin'?

In the action!

Chloe, showing us how you play goalie :)

Good job Bug!

WILDFIRE

Cade played after Chloe.

Little man scored 3 goals today!

Pearson #3

Get that ball Cade!

Good job Buddy!

I thought we were over this....

Ok, many of you may remember when we first moved in to our house.....we battled many a scorpion.  Well, guess what???  There baaaack!  AGH!  I can't stand those things.  Talk about something giving you the heebie jeebies.  It makes me even more nervous to think about Phoebe picking one up or stepping on one!  The big kids know to yell very loudly when they see the infamous "ouchy bug" because we've been talking about them for 3 years since we moved in.  However, the multitude of findings decreased this year, until now.  We found one last week in Chloe's room. Luckily, Bryan was here to pick it up for me.  Today.....not so lucky.  I am currently waiting for the kids to wake up from their naps so I can turn on the vacuum and suck it up!

I know, bizarre post but things have been kinda slow around here lately :)

1st Annual OU Kick Off Breakfast

We tried something new today....our 1st Annual OU Kick Off Breakfast. Granted, they don't actually kick off until tomorrow night but the kids will be at Benna and Papa's house tomorrow so we did it this morning before school.

I made "O" shaped pancakes and made the "U" out of strawberries. The kids really seemed to like it.

I think we will have to make it a yearly thing. We may have to do balloons and many more decorations next year...

Phoebe was sitting right by the music....we had "Boomer Sooner" playing in the back ground and it was making her a little nervous. She didn't understand why there was so much red and white at the table, why everyone was holding up there finger and singing...I think she might have been a little irritated at us!

GO BIG RED!!

I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless. They crash...you add a longer tail...you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly.

- Erma Bombeck

Birthday Festivities Continue....

To our surprise today, Mrs. Briscoe honored Cade's birthday. She made a hat and sticker for him and he had them on when I picked him up. He was so excited! We have always struggled with our kids being Summer b-days and never getting to celebrate with their friends during the school year. Chloe did celebrate a 1/2 birthday when she was at Crossings. That was fun..... a little confusing for Chloe because we had a pretend party for her in December!

Big Birthday Boy!