Beads of Courage

I made a quick trip over to Houston for the weekend to attend the Beads of Courage fundraiser, featuring my sweet niece, Corinne. Corinne was the honored guest at the event, and boy did she charm the patrons!

Each person made a bracelet with beads donated from local vendors and artists. I made a green/purple/gold/yellow bracelet in honor of Baylor and LSU. I also purchased necklaces for the boys to make so they'll have necklaces honoring Corinne's beads of courage.

Jen and Brian had tons of neighbors show up in support. I enjoyed meeting their friends , as well as hearing the founder of BOC speak about the foundation. Brian also gave a brief speech about what Corinne endured during her 2 1/2 years of treatment.

I can't leave out my mode of transportation over to Houston. I saw a feature about Megabus on a tv show and was intrigued. I loved that my roundtrip fare was less than a tank of gas!

Birthdays galore!

Jack celebrated his friend Zack's birthday last night at Chuckle E Cheese. The gaggle of 12 boys was insane!! I wish I had that much energy. Ha ha.

Theo went to Molly's birthday party today at Culinary Kids. They made their own pink crust pizzas and decorated Minnie Mouse cupcakes. Super cute!

Thursday Night Lights

Jack has two baseball games a week, plus a practice, so we're out on the fields a ton during the week. His team, the Dodgers, is a cohesive team. The boys all get along well and cheer each other on like crazy during their turns at bat. It's super sweet to watch.

I've been taking the boys to a park on Fridays after school to let them burn off energy. They definitely earn some down time after the long week of school. Here they are playing with Erik and Blake.

Henny Penny

Jack's teacher sent me these pictures from the class play his reading group put on last week. He's getting into a groove in 2nd grade and making friends in his new class. We're super proud of him.

Here and There

We have been staying busy with Mimi. Dave took us to the race track for the remote control cars. We all took turns driving the cars (Dave and Jack were the best). We stumbled by a Civil War re-enactment and had to stop in for a peek. We also saw the 3D version of Finding Nemo before heading home yesterday. It's been a great visit :-)

Shameless Brag

Jack really finished his first full week of school on a strong note. He had majorly struggled with remembering his assignment pad, workbooks, and lunch box. The low point of the week came on Thursday when he neglected to bring home spelling words or definitions to study for Friday's test. He went only from memory and ended up getting a 100. I was shocked!

Theo also started getting graded on seat work and reading comprehension this week. I was really proud of him for writing his name on each sheet, completing all of the items, and for getting perfect scores :-)

Mimi's visit

Mimi flew in on Friday for a visit. We've been on the go ever since!  We celebrated awesome test scores after school by hitting the park. The boys ran off tons of stored up energy with Mimi. I gave Jack a new extreme dot to dot book (up to 1400 dots) and he's been in heaven ever since. He and Mimi have traded off duties every 100 dots.  We also had Jack's baseball game this morning. He's really improved his swing and has become a consistent hitter for his team.

King of Corrections

Second grade has us all reeling. There's been a huge jump in responsibility and curriculum, and Jack found himself doing mountains of corrections for the first time this past weekend. I crowned him the king of corrections. Lets hope he drops this title soon.

Beads of Courage

Sweet Corinne has been chosen as the spokesperson for the Houston chapter of Beads of Courage. The organization provides the beads that pediatric cancer patients earn for each procedure, blood draw, chemo, the list goes on. Corinne was diagnosed with ALL on her 2nd birthday and received over 1100 doses of chemo before her course of treatment was completed. This little girl is my hero, and I'm so proud of the work Beads of Courage does for all of the little heroes out there.

Biking

The girls next door were riding around in this fun bike when we got home from the game. The boys had to go for a spin :-)

Geaux Tigers

Dave and I joined a tailgating krewe for the LSU games this year. We enjoyed the perks of being members this past weekend. The people watching was awesome, as were the food and drinks. LSU easily won the game against Washington that night. Geaux Tigers!!!

Theo and Erik's 5th birthday

Theo had a joint party at Chuck E Cheese with his pal, Erik. We set the time for directly after school since the venue is right by Lake Castle. Theo had some school friends attend and then joint friends from his old playgroup with Erik came as well. It ended up being the perfect sized party and both birthday boys had FUN.