It's been August since I last blogged and I have a few things to cover! The last two months have been very busy for us and very tiring. The Rangers consumed our lives and made us NON PRODUCTIVE. I half-way decorated for Halloween and haven't even decorated for Fall...I guess I will just worry about Christmas!
I had my first parent/teacher conference at the beginning of October. It went very well, but his teacher recommended that he be tested for ADD...ALREADY??? I told her I would rather wait and see in January how he has matured. He is not hyperactive, but he does space off sometimes and you do have to ask him several times to do something. Does that mean he needs meds??? I don't want to medicate him unless absolutely necessary. His first report card was AWESOME! He got 10/10 on everything except for taking off the beginning sound of a word and identifying the word. He missed 3. We are working on that and my kiddo is reading! I know that since I am a teacher he should have already been reading, but I teach high school. I have no idea how to teach someone to read. He is doing very well and I am a super proud momma!
My Kade man turned 6 on October 25th. Every year I make him a huge pancake and make the number out of candles. This year his birthday was on a school day. The night before Kade asked me if he would be getting his pancake in the morning with candles. I love that he counts on me doing this. However, I had to send Mike to get candles at 10 that night!
This is a gripe: I scheduled a swim party at the YMCA back in June, because I like to plan early. No one told me that if it rained, the kids couldn't swim. I had already changed the day of our party because the girl at the YMCA doubled books and so I GRACIOUSLY changed our day and time. Well, it stormed that day. Here I am setting up at the Y and they come and tell me the kids can't swim. WHAT???? Are you kidding me? We are indoors. I was in tears. They offered to set up a bounce house in the gym until it stopped raining...guess what? They couldn't find the bounce house. So the 25 kids that showed up and expected to swim are now in the gym playing kick ball, as they do every week in gym class. At the end of our party time, the YMCA staff came to me and said that the kids could now get in the pool and we could extend out time. The kids rushed into the pool only to be called out 10 minutes later b/c it started to rain again. I was furious and let them know. Yesterday in the mail I received a full refund. :)
Kade's party was Spongebob themed. Spongebob is everywhere in our house. We live in a sea of yellow. Even though the party did not turn out how I had planned, the kids did have a great time and that is really all that matters. Here are a few pics from his party.
On his actual birthday, we picked up Pei Wei, one of his faves, and headed to Mimi and Bop-O's. I would post pictures, but we left the camera at home. We stuffed ourselves with spicy chicken, mongolian beef, dan dan noodles, lettuce wraps, and edamame beans! YUM! Then Kade got to open all of his presents. We bought him a spongebob portable DVD player and 7 of the "Arthur" series books. Those were one of my favorites as a child and I want him to enjoy them as much as I did. When he opened the books up he said, "Mommy is the book fairy!" Mimi and Bop-O bought him a Go Cart! We go over there every Sunday and he rides until he can't ride any longer! Best gift ever!
Every Halloween weekend my friend Lori hosts a Halloween party for the kids. They hook up 3 trailers for a hayride around her neighborhood in Mclendon-Chisolm and all of the neighbors have candy ready for the kids. She hosts the party for about 60 people and prepares a delicious dinner and treats for all of us. She has games set up for the kids and when we return from the hayride, she has hot chocolate waiting for them. It's so much fun and it's safe for the kids. This year Kade decided to be a spooky skeleton! He was the cutest one I had ever seen!
Look at the size of the candy bars this lady was giving out...
Kade telling a funny story on the trailer!
On Monday, November 1st, we headed to the World Series! I can't believe we got tickets. The morning that they went on sale, Mike, my brother Blake, and I all had about 5 windows open on the computer and our phones too. Within minutes games 3 and 4 sold out. About 45 minutes in, I finally got in to buy tickets for Game 5. I should have bought more, but I wanted to make sure we got our tickets! I bought 5 and now all the Rangers had to do was beat the Yankees!!! We had already attended a game against the Rays and Game 2 against the STANKEES! Those games were exciting in themselves,but to get to take my kiddo to the World Series is something I will never forget. My brother and I had been attending games for as long as I can remember. I know my first game was when I was 4 years old and I still remember it. I remember Nolan Ryan's 5000th strkeout and his 7th No Hitter. I am a true Rangers fan! My brother and I attended a game in 1999 when they were the AL West Champs and the Yankees beat them to move forward. So for us to go to this together was very special. Even though they didn't win, the feeling in the air at the Ball Park was amazing. We were ten feet away from the trophy and we got to see a team win in person...WOW! I can't wait until April and for all of this to start up again!
