Sibling Love

Dalton and Addie get along great for the most part, but it is even better when you catch these moments on camera.  Here is a cute one of them just hanging out together in Addie’s room.

Budding Artist

Since Addie has never been in a formal Mom’s Day Out setting or daycare, I’ve decided that it is important for me to create some of the opportunities at home that she would be getting from these programs.  Lately, I have been more dedicated to having story time for her each day before naps, singing songs, learning animals and their sounds, and having craft time.  This past week was our first time to pull out the paints and boy did she love it. 

As you can see, most of her masterpiece is neatly painted on the table rather than her paper.

No art project would be complete without sampling your materials, in this case…..the paint.

Up next week….fun with playdough!  Hopefully I can keep her from eating it, but I’m not counting on it.  They make almost all that stuff non-toxic anyway right?!?

First Ponytail

Addison’s first ponytail. Her mother was so excited. 

Marathon

Wow I can’t believe how late I am writing this.  Nobody tell Crystal that I am just now putting this up here!  She successfully ran the Rock N Roll Marathon here in San Antonio on November 15th.  That’s 26.2 miles!  It got pretty warm by the end of the day and the humidity felt more like Houston, but she did really well.  The kids and I went to the Alamo (2 miles in) and waited for all the runners to come. 

After that we went to a couple of other spots along the course hoping to see Crystal run by.  Dalton was very supportive of all the runners. 

Addie tried to be but she was tuckered out. 

Crystal finished very strong and said she had enough energy to keep going.  You can tell by the smile on her face she felt pretty good.

Now that she has reached her goal of running a marathon, she’s broadening her horizons.  She has signed up for a triathlon in May.  (I’m pretty sure she’s going to run the San Antonio marathon again next year too.) 

A BIG special thanks to everyone who helped her fundraise!  Couldn’t have done it without you!

Sometimes you just need a hug…

Happy Halloween

We started off our Halloween morning the way any Halloween should begin … by going to the Wurst Run in New Braunfels!    Crystal ran a very impressive 48 minutes for the 5 mile run. 

We continued the festivities of the day with Dalton’s soccer game. 

He did very well and was always in the action.  So far this season he has scored several times.  We are just working on getting him to score on the other team’s goal.

That evening we went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood.  The kids went as Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf (hand-made by Crystal). 

We had bought a truckload of candy to pass out to all the neighborhood kids.  We planned to make a trip around the block and then pass it out the rest of the night.  The only flaw in our plan was a miscalculation in the walking speed of a 1 year old.  By the time we made it back to the house there were no trick-or-treaters left.  It’s ok though, the team at Broadway Bank has taken care of our surplus candy supply!

I need your help!

Well I've done it again. I've decided to ride in the National MS (multiple sclerosis) Society's Ride to the River in October. The bank I work for has a goal to be a top fundraiser for the MS Society and so I have decided to join the cause. Please help me support the National MS Society in finding a cure by donating to my ride effort! You can donate online here.


http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Bike/TXHBikeEvents?px=6992574&pg=personal&fr_id=11690

Any size donation is greatly appreciated. It will go a long way in helping find a cure.

Thanks so much for your help!


Blake

Camping

Well, we did it.  We finally took Dalton back for his second ever camping adventure.  We had tons of fun and rather than ending the weekend with an Ambulance ride like last time, we managed to make it home with just a few mosquito bites.  We tried out a new to us campsite called Jellystone on Canyon Lake complete with Yogi and Boo Boo Bear.  The campground had a lot of activities to keep our little ones busy.  Here are some of our favorite things from the trip.

Picture time with Yogi Bear.  They also have a ‘real’ Yogi that comes out to see the kids during the weekend.  We didn’t get the chance to meet the real Yogi since we had to leave early to make it to Dalton’s first ever soccer game (expect a post about that later).

Home Sweet Home (at least for one night).  Did I mention that I am getting too old to sleep on the ground?!?

Breakfast of Champions…poptarts.  It required no cooking.

Playing on the playground.

Video Arcade!  What other campsite do you know that has one of these?  The kids haven’t figured out yet that if you put money in the games they do even cooler things.  I have no plans of letting them in on this little secret any time soon.  Oh and notice who is in the driver’s seat?  Poor Dalton.  I guess Addie will teach him how to be more assertive one of these days.

Exploring!

Game time with Daddy.

By far the family favorite….the bouncy pillow.

(For those who may not know or remember….this is how we ended our last camping trip when Dalton was 2 1/2.)