Getting Into October

Lexa and Timmy did some jump roping at their frontier girls/quest club to earn their jump rope badge.(It's like scouts but works better for our small mixed age group all together in our small town). They're pretty good jump ropers. They also did the Teddy Bear jump rope rhyme I remember from my childhood. We'll have to try double dutch jump rope sometime. I remember doing that a bunch.

They got their six week awards at school: good conduct, attendance, and honor roll. Timmy even got good conduct. Yay!

The kids get out of school a little earlier on Fridays, so I decided that's a good day to start taking them for hikes. Will loves it, and is often requesting we go for a hike now. I took them on the maple trail at Lost Maples.

They love climbing on the big rocks.

Another Saturday, another flag football game day.

Will's undefeated Viking team

Hugh likes to look at the FFA goats, pigs, and herd of horses next to the football feild.

He was so excited when he climbed all the way up onto Will's bike himself. Then he wanted to be pushed around.

Lexa went to visit a sesame seed farm with the 4H food project. The theme this year was "fresh from the farm", learning about where our food comes from. We brought a couple plants home and the kids liked eating the seeds.

You know it's October here when the roads are lined with cotten. Lots of feilds of it here and big cotten trucks rumbling down the roads.

Timmy wrote a leaf poem.

Firemen came to visit at school. Will thought it was really cool.

Lexa and Timmy got to go on a gifted and talented feild trip to the zoo to take notes for the animal project they're working on.

Timmy always wants to take a picture with the kimodo dragon statue there.

So that was the first part of October. More October to come in the next post.

Remember September

Time to catch up. The fall is zooming by.


We spent lots of evenings at football and cheer practices. Will and Hugh loved getting to run around on the playground while waiting.

Hugh loves to swing!

And blow raspberries,

And say, "ROAR!"

Here's the day Hugh dressed himself. He's so proud.

Timmy's picture as student council president.

I take Hugh for a walk in the mornings, and he loves to stop and look at the goats and horses. He gets very upset when I try to move on. He'd like to just stay there and watch a long time.

Here's a present Will and Lexa gave me. They said it's a "cake".

We got some rain and then some mud puddles to play in.

Pricipal Patrick donned a big green dragon onesie to school on pajama day.

Hugh LOVES yogurt. Here he is eating with his feet up on the table.

We went to the Sabinal homecoming pep rally where they lit up a big S.
Timmy and Hugh randomly matched as batman.

At the homecoming game flag football players Will and Lexa got to line up for the football team to run through and run through the tunnel too. Little Will brought up the rear of the runners.

Timmy caught a praying mantis at school. He brought it home, named it Trevor, and has been feeding it bugs. He's really fascinated with it.

Hugh gets lots of attention from the cheerleaders.

Up on Lexa's shoulders

Hugh offers some more pompoms.

Then decides to cheer too.

Playing catch with daddy.

I showed Lexa how to finger crochet. I remember doing this at her age. She learned really quick and made herself and Will a necklace and bracelet.

Last a nice weekend nap.

2nd week of September- Is it fall yet?

Definitely not fall here. The car says it's 101 degrees F today...

Events of this week:

On Monday, September 11, the claases at school took drawings and baked goods to the police and fire station to say thank you. Will told me at least three times that he got to ride on a school bus, and then asked if we could get a school bus instead if our car.

Tuesday was grandparents day at school. Lots of local grandparents came to eat lunch at the school.

Will drew a picture of a rainbow world, he says.

Timmy and Lexa ran for student council office. They stayed up late making some silly posters with Patrick.

Lexa wrote a speech she read to her class. Part of what she wrote: "I'm smart. I'm generous. I'm talented, and I'm a good friend." ❤️

I'll upload the video of Timmy's speech for student council president here at some point. Patrick sent me a text with the video right after he gave it. I hadnt heard it before. It made me cry. He talked so bravely and openly about himself.

A little while later, I got another text from Patrick that said, "Holy crap! He won."

We're all so proud of him. When he said he was running for student council president, we were a little prssimistic about his chances, I think. He didn't even win as a class representative last year. Way to shoot for the moon, Timmy. He proved us wrong, and did it. Everyone at school and teachers around town have been high fiving him and congratulating him all week. His speech was really moving for everyone. He led his first meeting on Friday.

To top it off, Lexa also won her election as one of her two class representatives.

This weekend was another flag football game.
On Friday I took the kids straight to the river after school. It's so beautiful there. The kids were so happy swimming, they didn't fight a single time.

Wr tried to play a board game when we got home, but that's when the crying started. They were just very worn out!

Other pictures from this week:

This awesome dragon picture Timmy made:

Hugh and I just hanging out, hauling laudry around

And napping

And finally, Lexa made herself a shampoo beard.

Weekly update August 28-September 10

I've already managed to miss a week on these! So this will be a two week update.

Most weekday evenings Lexa and/or Will have had football and/or cheer practice. Sometimes I take Hugh for a stroller stroll during them. Lately he's been insisting I set him free to piddle around. The first day he kept trying to run out after Will onto the football feild, run after them and go after the football, but he seems to get it now that he has to stay off the feild, out of the way. He loves these big tires.

Timmy can slide and swing while reading at the same time while we were waiting for Lexa's practice.

Patrick surprised the kids with foam swords, sheilds and nerf guns. An impromtu living room melee imediately ensued.

Hugh wanted to play too.

We went to the town pep rgally. I took this photo remembering one I'd taken of baby Will up on Patrick's shoulders at the Elgin town pep rally a few years ago.

Here's the old one of Will.

I usually can't get Hugh to keep his clothes on. The other day he did the oppisite and wanted to wear all his shirts at once. He was walking around like he was wearing a ski suit. He couldn't lower his arms all the way.

They had their first flag football game this weekend with big opening ceremonies at the high school football stadium.
We were surprised by an EMS helicopter landing to deliver the game ball. Timmy, a helpful opposing fan, and I were just in time to catch our awning before it blew away!
It was very exciting.

Will playing defense

Lexa snapping the ball

The kids were wiped out after that. Lexa pretended to take a nap on the car ride home.

Here's a couple more of the week's pictures.

Will dressed himself and said he is the principal.

Hugh took a selfie.