Gracie's Report Card!

Last week, Gracie got her very first report card in Kindergarten!

I am so proud of her because she did excellent!  In Kindergarten, you don't get grades, you get a score of 3, 2, or 1.  She got all 3's!  She is so smart.  She knows all her letters and sounds.  She could read all 20 of her word wall words.  She can write her name and write a string of words with periods.  She listens and participates.  She enjoys reading and can rhyme words.  She can over retell a story and predict outcomes.  She can count to 50, estimate, work with well with patterns, and is even doing well learning and identifying coins!  So proud of my Gracie Girl!

Presley Starts T-ball!

Tonight was Presley's first T-ball class! He was so excited and as soon as he woke up today, he said "I get to play baseball tonight."  It just so happens that this particular class took place at my school so he was extra excited.  Doesn't he look all grown-up with his baseball hat and glove?

 

The class is perfect. There are only 4 little boys in this class.  It's instructed by Coach Bubba.  He was nice enough to let the parents stay in the gym.  I was glad because this was Presley's first little taste of him being by himself and without Evie or Gracie too.  He was a little scared to walk over and join the group but he did it!

 

Coach Bubba was super good with the little kiddies.  First off, he explained some general rules and then showed the boys the "dugout", where they leave their gloves when they are batting.  He showed them the bases and had them run them. 

At first, Presley was a little nervous about that but after they visited first base, he was running through the rest of them.  That's why I couldn't get a good picture.

 

Next the kids got to practice catching with their gloves.  He showed them how to be alligators to capture the ball into the gloves.  Presley did good after he saw the other kids doing it first.

He got to throw the ball back to the coach.

 

I just couldn't stop smiling.  I was so happy he was doing this and he was having so much fun.  He kept stopping to look and wave at me, Grandpa, and Auntie Amy.

He also got to be the first one to bat.  He hit the ball really good.  We have had lots of practice with T-ball over the summer.

 

After he hit the ball, he got to run to the base after all the other boys hit. 

He did such a good job and I am so proud of my little man. He gave his coaches high-fives when we left and is already asking when he can go play T-ball again.  Man, they grow up fast.  He is fast asleep now dreaming of the day he plays for the Cubs.....

Christmas Break!

One of the best things about Christmas break is......Everything!  You can do whatever you want to do.  And that's what we did.  After all the holiday festivities, hung around the house and played with all our new toys.  The girls enjoyed playing Barbies and doing puzzles and Bub enjoyed building with his new tools.  We did  a lot of hanging in our jammies and being lazy because well...we could!  We had a pajama party with Jackson and ate some popcorn and we had an ASA playdate too! 

Tomorrow it's back to the grind.  It's back to working hard, on the go, and being exhausted.  We are counting down to spring break.

Gracie's First Sleepover!

Last night Gracie had her first sleepover that wasn't  a Grandma's or Auntie Amy's.  It was at her friend (sort of cousin) Addie's house.  Months ago my cousin Jen suggested that Gracie should sleep over maybe one night during Christmas break.  Well Gracie has been bugging me about this forever.  She woke up yesterday morning and was like "today is my sleepover."  She was so excited and immmediately packed her suitcase.  She was ready.  When I dropped her off, the kids made pizza and couldn't wait to start playing.  I stayed for a bit and hung out with my cousin Jen and Gracie asked me like 3 times "When are you leaving?"  When I finally did hit the road she was like "bye" and didn't look back.  I knew she would do good and she did.  The girls played like crazy and wore themselves out that Jen said she didn't even hear a peep out of them.  I'm so glad it worked out well.  Gracie is already talking about the next sleepver now. I told her Addie could stay at our house and now she won't stop asking me how many day until that can happen! 

Happy New Year!

Happy 2013!

We spent New Year's Eve day at the children's museum.  The kids had so much fun.  We made shakers and our friends Scotty and Levi even showed up.  We counted down to noon and then the balloons dropped.  It was fun.  We spent later that night hanging out at home and playing Wii.  I spent it with the most important people in my life and I wouldn't have had it any other way.  We had some great memories this year such as our first trip to Wisconsin Dells, Gracie turned 5, Gracie started Kindergarten, Evie and Presley turned 3, and so much more.  I hope 2013 is good to us too.  Our biggest goal is to get a house!  Happy New Year!