Finally

Are you proud of me? I finally put pics up again. I am not sure why I have been so lazy in my postings this month. These are all random photos of the kids throughout this month.

Here is Stitch with his old man snuggie, our downstairs gets very cold, so he likes to snuggle up. Minnie being weird.
Pretty girl all ready for the day

He looks in a daze

Doing her School work

Minnie and Kit are ready for bed

Playing his xbox

Just hanging out

Relaxing after school

Ready for her day filled with exciting adventure.

Home from a busy day at work with mommy

Listening to music with Cousin Boo, this was in the Hotel of our Austin trip.

She loves to listen to music!

Flash card time! She can read all her words, time for some harder ones.

She is just too cute!

Yummy Johnny Rockets......Our Austin trip

We even got Stitch to put on a hat

Austin Swim Meet

This past weekend we took a trip down to Austin to watch my cousin M. compete in the Grand Prix Swim Meet at the University of Texas, she was hoping to cut her time by .04. This swim meet also gave her the chance to swim in the 2012 Olympics. We were so excited to go see her swim. I believe she did beat her time in the 200 fly. We were all so proud of her! She was sick during the meet and running a fever, we only got to see her swim on Saturday, as the nurse would not pass her to swim on Sunday. =( For being sick she still did awesome. There will be other meets this year for her to participate in, and hopefully we will see her in the Olympics!!!

The girls cheering on Cousin M. I forgot to mention above but we also got to see Michael Phelps swim. That was neat!!
Here he is in lane 4...winning of course

and.....you got it it, he came in first.

I was really bummed that I did not get any up close pics of my cousin M, so I stole this one off her FB page. She turned 17 on Friday, and is a Junior in High School. She is the one on the right! We don't see her much as she is part of my family who lives in CA.

It was neat seeing her name up on the board, she is in lane 5.

She is in lane 5, swimming the hardest stroke Butterfly!

I also snagged this pic off her FB page, but I think this is any amazing pic. Wish I could have gotten up close to get some pics like this. She has perfect form!

Look at her go! Remember she is running a fever and sick. She still kicked butt!

She came in second but beat her time by 02. So that was great!!!!

Congrats M we are so proud of you!!!!!

Very Proud Moma

I know it's not good to brag, so I am not going to really brag, just think of it as a proud Mom talking about her boy. =)

Stitch amazes me all the time. He started 6th grade in August, after being home schooled. I have to admit I was a little nervous, hoping I had taught him everything he needed to know. I am thrilled to report that either I am a great teacher or he is just an exceptional student. He has received 2 report cards already and all A*s. On top of his wonderful grades, let me just tell you of all his great accomplishments.

In Oct. he joined the Authors Club, he loves to read and write, so this was a perfect club for him. He has read 6 novels since school has started, this is what he does in his free time, and I don't know how this boy has free time. =)

In Nov. he tried out for the Whiz Quiz Team, and made the team. Every Tues since the beginning of Nov, he has been practicing. This is like jeopardy. A team from local schools and they compete against each other. It is mainly facts. Lets just say he had his first meet yesterday, and I knew maybe the answer to 15 of the questions out of the 60. Stitch did great at the meet, and his team won 185-155. He will have competitions every Tuesday until the middle of March.

In Dec. he tried out for the School Spelling Bee, not only did he qualify, but he scored the highest in the 6th grade class. His first Spelling Bee will be the 26th of this month. I am excited to go.

In Dec. he was nominated to be in the White Settlement School Districts GLO program. This program is for the Gifted and Talented. I am happy to report that he was accepted into the program. He will start on Monday.

Now remember he does all this and still has straight A*s!!!

Now for his sports. Stitch LOVES soccer!! He played this fall and scored 17 goals out of 8 games. His team took first place in their division.

He will be starting Basketball on Saturday, and yes he takes his Basketball just as serious!

He is also involved in the Church Youth Program!

He is one very busy boy! He still finds the time to do his Chores, play his video games, and be with friends.

I just wanted to let him know how proud I am!!! He is such an amazing young man!!! I love him so much!!! He sets such high standards for his sister. =) Luckily she has her own agenda. =)

I love you very much Stitch and I am so blessed to be your mother!

American Girl

Yesterday we took Minnie and her friend Daisy to the American Girl Doll store in Dallas. This has been Minnie's dream. =) She was told she had to stop sucking her thumb before she could get a doll. In the beginning of Dec. she made decided she was ready. She got her doll for Christmas, and then as a birthday treat we took her to the store. She picked out 2 outfits, and got her Kit's ears pierced. Her friend Daisy has a doll also. The girls were in doll heaven. =) She watched the movie with me the night before so she was excited to see all the outfits for Kit!
Sitting with Daddy. He was such a trooper and let the girls shop as long as they needed. =)

Minnie and Daisy