3rd week of December 2016

(okay...today is December 15, 2017 and I'm blogging about the third week of December **2016**.  I am now a full year behind.  UGH!!!!! I need to get more committed to taking the time to blog.)

Silliness

Working on her number puzzle with Landen

One of her cute Christmas outfits

Peter and I went to our first regular season Cowboys game!  We had great seats that we had won in the last CROSSMARK Casino Night Silent Auction.  Our friends Tida and Jason came along.  It was a lot of fun (and FREEZING outside!!!)

The Stadium is so big

Cheerleaders

Tida and I went to get some food.  While we were gone, they scored!!!

Later in the game, we hit up some shopping and while we were out, they scored again!  So we didn't spend much time in our seats watching the game after that because clearly they only played well when we weren't watching.  :)

The game went into overtime and the Cowboys won!  It was a fun game to watch.

And yet another Christmas outfit (I am so appreciative to my neighbor who passed on all these adorable clothes from her daughter who has outgrown them.  She has given me bags and bags and bags of stuff.)

One of Maxwell's best friends, Preston, is moving out of state.  They went to preschool together and have remained friends since.  

There were tears and much sadness when it was time for this last play date to be over.  :(  (Tears from Preston...I'm not sure if Maxwell fully understands plus he's not an easy crier.)

Ready with our hot chocolate!  Let's go see some Christmas lights!

We went to downtown Frisco and walked around.

A collage of just some of the holiday outfits Emmalyn has worn.  It took a conscious effort to make sure they all got worn once!

Emmalyn wasn't feeling well so we headed to the doctor.  A year later, I have no memory of what was wrong with her but I'm sure it was just a cold or something like that.

Entertaining himself during her visit.

I took the day off work a few days before Christmas when Maxwell was already out of school and we had a date day.

We started off with lunch at a restaurant with Ms. Mary Ann

Then I took him to Top Golf.  (I had the best game I've ever had!!  I was killin it!)

He loves top golf!

Katherine came over one night and we wrapped presents together and enjoyed some wine and snacks.  It was a fun way to wrap (just a little less torture).

Kid update:

Emmalyn likes to cuddle if I'm sleeping in more  in the morning.  It's super sweet.  She will bring her iPad and climb up and sit next to me and keep watching.  Lately she has been getting up at 5 am, it's a fight to get her back to sleep.  (I sure don't want to up that early!)  She wants either cereal and milk or to cuddle in our bed. I try and keep her in her own bed until 6 and then finally give in and let her come into our bed.  She doesn't want to sleep in her open foot sleep sack anymore so it's just PJs and a blanket.

The kids are really good.  They like to get up early so Peter or I will get up and get them cereal/milk in the kitchen and they will eat while watching things on their iPads.  It let's us get a little more sleep.  :)

Max is usually up at 6 but just gets up on own, gets his iPad in the front room and is now at a point that he doesn't even let us know he's awake anymore   A few times he's come into our room at 4 am to cuddle because he had a bad dream (I got him to tell me the details of one once - he was in a pool that was 36.4 feet deep and he wanted to swim down and touch bottom but couldn't get back up)  He's excited that he has what he thinks is a loose tooth.  I tried it and it wiggles maybe just a little but there were a couple others on the bottom that feel a little loose.

"BUT MOM" is a common phrase out of both kids' mouths and it is driving me nuts.

Last week of April 2016

Dora and Diego are ready to go with their backpacks.  ;)

Somehow these accessories made it into the car in addition to the backpack.  She is rockin her high heels and shades.

We took the kids to the Heard Museum for the first time.  It is gorgeous and I love all the trails!

Playing in the little wooden village

Maxwell got to hold the map and give us directions.  He really enjoyed that. It was fun!  Hopefully we will go again soon.

Emmalyn cuddled up with Aunt Britt

Watching daddy's phone

I randomly came across this picture of my dad and Marriann.  I love it!

Time for new sleeping pics...

Her little foot peeking out of her sleep sack.

Maxwell was excited to bring a book to preschool that he wanted to read to his class.

We have decided to keep Maxwell in school for part of the summer.  It won't be quite every other week but close to it.  I think this will help him keep learning, which he enjoys, plus give him a chance to see his friends at school.  And he will still get a chance to get some "off" time with Brittany and her boys but then she doesn't have 4 kids to take care of for a full 3 months.

I've had Maxwell in group piano lessons.  It's really slow paced but he seems to be learning a little about reading music and a little about the piano.  Once this semester is done, I'm not going to have him continue because I don't feel like it's worth it.  I snuck in to watch a little of class...

Maxwell with his class at swimming lessons.  See how he's at least a head shorter than the other three kids in class?  I'm proud of his skills and that he's able to hang with these bigger kids.

Maxwell has been begging to go see a musical.  He'd really like to go see "Wicked" but I think he's too young for that one.  I bought him tickets to go see a musical put on by the local children's theater group.  When I told him what I had bought him, he was so excited and jumping up and down!

Ready for a day on the town with her glasses, hat, and gloves

This is my fancy, permanent name badge for an organization I belong to called NEW (Network of Executive Women).  It's been 5 years so I got this great pin.  I've enjoyed being a part of the group and enjoy it more each year.

Have I mentioned how fun it is to dress a girl?  Shoes that match a swimming suit?  Yes!

She scraped her foot when swimming and sweet talked Ms. Mary Ann into getting her a bandaid.

I got out all the 2t clothes I have for Emmalyn so I could separate out the winter from the summer stuff.  Here's everything I've got for her - it covered and entire full size bed.  OH MY!!!

Kindermusik fun!  I love getting to spend an hour with her each week doing this.

Look at those curls

The day arrived, time for the musical!!  It was just Maxwell and I out on a momma/son date.

Reading the program

He was incredibly focused

I let him get some snacks during intermission

We stopped and got an ice cream cone and some food before we went home

picnic in the trunk

It was a fun afternoon and Maxwell was wiped out on the way home.

I took a picture because for the first time ever, we finished an entire workbook!!  I feel like we just keep adding more to our house but never fully completing what we have.