The Zoo

 

 

Abigail and I got invited to the Dallas Zoo today and we were happy to go!  We have never been.  Her teacher hasn't either and is so excited for us.  She told Abigail to bring a picture and tell the class all about it.  Abigail took this picture of Bennett on the way.

 Feeding a giraffe

 

Ooh!

 

 

Cheetah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a picnic lunch

 

 

 

It was a great day.  There was no one there.  Probably because it was threatening rain and the humidity was about 100%, but the temperature was good and we had a nice time.

Pictures Galore

 

So, Aaron is Student of the Week next week.  It's quite a thing and we have a bit to prepare for it.  He has to take a current picture, a baby picture and his favorite book.  He also takes 3-5 things that are important to him and he has a Show and Tell.  Finally, he has an All About Me book where he fills in the answers to questions about himself and attaches pictures.  He took all of this very seriously and we had quite a photo session.  He has worked very hard preparing.

 

I love that his pet is a cat.   At Meet The Teacher, Mrs. Francis asked him if he had any pets and he said yes.  I immediately jumped in and said that he didn't and he said, "Yes, I do.  I have Cat."  After Meet the Teacher he told Jory, "I told Mrs. Francis I have a pet."  Jory said, "But you don't!"  Aaron said, "Yes I do.  I have Cat."  There you have it.  Cat obviously made the Top 5 things that are important to him and he's been talking to Cat about going to school.

 When I asked what his favorite sport was he immediately responded "The Dragons".  But of course.  This picture was taken at a game he went to.

 Baby picture.  The one above is the one I sent.  It was his announcement picture.  But I downloaded several.  I thought the one below was sweet.

 

His favorite food is oatmeal.

 

He is special because "he is tall".  So he took a picture being tall beside his sister...

 and then he took one with a tape measure!

 

Another oatmeal picture.

 

 

 

 His favorite book

 

His favorite color is blue

 Abigail got confused and thought we were taking pictures with blankets.

 He put on his Dragons shirt to take a picture for his favorite sport.

 His favorite television program is Dusty.  (We know that's not a television program and we don't think he knows that television program means, but he watches the Planes movie on a TV, so...)

 

 

 His pet cat

 Another dragons picture

 

 

When he grows up he wants to be an alligator, of course. 

 His family

For his trinkets he took all of his planes and then had to put some back, his picture with Mickey Mouse that really is his prized possession after, of course, Cat.

Random Pictures

 

I've been horrible about taking pictures, here are a few I grabbed.  Abigail made dinner for the first time.  She also spent a lot of time this weekend cutting and gluing.  

 Ready for dance

 

 

 

At the bus stop with Aaron.  The kids had another great week.  Aaron is amazing me every day with his independence and thought process.

 Waiting for the bus.

 

Playing

 Babysitting a sweet two year old

 

 

Waiting for Aaron to get off the bus

 

 

 

Modeling her dress

 

 

 A pretty decent week.

We had a super low key weekend.  Aaron helped me make Apple Pizza Saturday night and we curled up in the bed and watch Sound of Music!  I was SOOOOO happy!  I think everyone was!

Dragon Game!

 Jory and Aaron have season tickets to the Dragon games.  Last Friday was the first game and it was at home and it was against Carroll's former coach.  It was a BIG game.  It was also the day after the Aggie win with former Dragon Kenny Hill.  I understand he was quite the topic of conversation.

 

 Aaron has been excited for weeks about this game.  And all week the first week of school he could not wait until Friday.

 He and Daddy have great seats and they had a great time.

 Our babysitter was Belle of the week and the half time show was really good.

 

 

As they were getting home, the Friday night fireworks were going off over the lake so they stopped at the park to watch those.  It was a great ending to a great first week of school.  This boy loves football and he loves the Dragons and he loves time with Daddy.  He came home and told me all about it!

Week Two!

 

 The kids had a fantastic second week of school!  It was only four days, but it was their first full days.  They did all of their normal stuff - library, cafeteria, etc.  They just did great.  I didn't take pictures every morning, but the day after Labor Day I always dress them in red, white and blue.  (And every year I note that I am the only one who does this.)

 

Aaron just came home with so much information every day.  He really has to have a lot of independence and responsibility.  Today he had to go to the office by himself to let them know he didn't have a bus pass and he did great.

 

 

 

Abigail loves to play in the car while we are waiting at drop off.

 

 

We had Curriculum nights this week and we learned about what the kids are doing and what we should be doing.  It was really good information.  We love their teachers so much.  They are two very different teachers, but we have two very different kids.

 

 

 

We are also finding that the different elementary schools in the same school district all do things very differently.  That's a little hard to get used to.

 

Abigail's school spent 33% of their budget last year on printing, so they have gone 100% paperless.  Just like that.  So, no stickers, behavior charts or notes home.  We get an electronic Dojo telling us how her day was and how her overall week was.  Any comments are on that. 

 

 

 

On Fridays the kids wear green or dragon gear for the games during football season. 

 

 

I feel like I have left so much out, but we are just super proud of both of the kiddos this week!