End of Soccer Season . . . for now

A few warm up kicks

The face of one happy soccer player!

Watch out, here I come!

At last, Preston got the long awaited trophy!!

Sadly Preston's soccer season ended this morning.  He has had a blast the entire Fall and learned a lot too.  One of the highlights was definitely today, getting his own personalized trophy.  When the coach gave it to him he said that Preston was one of the few kids who could kick the ball with either foot at this age.  I hadn't even noticed, but I do think he's pretty good and SUPER fast on the field; but I may be a bit biased. :)  I think we'll be spending a lot more time on soccer fields in years to come . . .

Lunch with Sissy

On Friday we went to PSE to have lunch with Savannah.  It was Preston's lucky day because they were celebrating Conner's birthday and had extra cupcakes. :)  It's always fun to visit her school and chat with her little friends.

Indian Princess Y Guide Campout

Running Wolf and Running Doe

 

This weekend Dave and Savannah attended their first overnight camp out with Y Guides!  There are 7 girls from our church that make up their Painted Pony Princess tribe and boy did they have a blast this weekend.  They left early Saturday morning to meet up at Chick fil A and then headed to Camp Thunderbird together.  Activities included archery, riding horses, canoeing, shooting BB guns, rock climbing, crafts, and zip lining.  They were able to do a few more things this morning after chapel and then headed home.  I'm not sure who is more exhausted today or which one had more fun . . . but I do know that I'm grateful for a husband that was willing to go with his little princess during a month end close AND who was willing to sacrifice watching the Tigers play football.

The Peanut

I tell you what, this kid never stops amazing me.  His heart is huge and his love for his sister comes through in many subtle ways each and every day.  He makes me laugh, challenges me mentally with his thousands of questions, and is a sponge of every thing happening around him every single day.  Oh, and did I mention that he continues to rock the soccer field?  As another parent put it today "Preston, stellar as usual."  I guess I shouldn't mention that he got into a shoving match in the middle of a game today, right? ;)    Anyway, we have spent the day together today (while sissy and daddy were away at camp) and I've been reminded just what a blessing he is to our family.  So I have no pictures of our time at soccer, Target, Harris Teeter, playing outside, or eating out at Chick fil A from today but I did want to share a few from this past month . . .

Showing off his silly side at the Hall Family Farm

We met up with Dave's Clemson friends at the Hall Family Farm earlier this month for a fun corn maze.  Before we hit the maze the kids had a blast playing all of the games they had set up. 

He is very caring

After a million times of pinning the stupid underwear on his bunny I finally decided to safety pin them on.  Preston looks at me and says "It's not going to hurt him is it mommy?  Because he'll tell me if it hurts!" HA!

Preston also has a very serious side

We found him in the living room one night "reading" the Charlotte Observer.  Not the comic section either.  He is such a special gift from the Lord and I'm truly honored to be his mama!

Happy Halloween 2013

Our Jack o Lantern

The master carver with his "helpers"

Cute fairy and frog

The Neighborhood kids - minus the babies that came late

Neighborhood kids at Mrs. Derollo's for hot chocolate

This year the kids had a blast celebrating Halloween!  Dave started the holiday the weekend before with another master pumpkin carving . . . thankfully this year's design was pretty simple since things have been crazy at home lately. :)  As the week went on the kids grew increasingly more excited awaiting the big night where they could trick or treat and get lots of candy. 

So on Thursday after art camp, we rushed home just in time for the annual block party.  After eating pizza the kids raced up and down the street trick or treating and then walked over to the next neighborhood (with daddy of course) where Mrs. Derollo was waiting with full sized candy bars and real homemade hot chocolate.  If you look carefully in the picture above you can see her with all of the kids!  What a great way to end a fun night.  Now if only I can stay out of the loot!!!

2nd Grade Challenge Run

Getting some pre-run instructions

Run!!!

Mrs. Baker's Class Picture

Girls enjoying their popsicles

As second graders, students have to run 10 minutes in the challenge run.  They have been practicing hard and were so excited to see how many laps they could get in this time!  Savannah ran 7.5 laps in 10 minutes, which is pretty good!  As usual, after running they get water and popsicles and then have a big dance party before going back to class.  What a sweet group this is!

A Little This and A Little That ~ Catch Up!

Wow!  I have really neglected the blog lately!  Things have just been crazy with my new job, Fall consignment stuff, and trying to keep up with things around the house too.  Anyway, enough with the excuses, here is a glimpse into our month of September via pictures from my phone.

9/5 ~ 3 Potatoes and a Pickle

When leaving BiLo one day Preston saw this in the parking lot.  He said "uh oh mama, somebody dropped their groceries.  There's 3 potatoes and a pickle."  Clearly we don't eat many raw vegetables in our house!

9/6 ~ The kids and I (and daddy) worked hard on this US puzzle

9/13 ~ Where is Preston??

Okay so this was super doubles week at Harris Teeter.  Preston really wanted to help me push the cart so I let him.  I turned around when he started whining "mom, how much more stuff do we have to get?" and this is what I saw! You can see his little legs, hands and the top of his head. :)

9/13 ~ Preston's first ice cream truck purchase

What a great Friday afternoon treat!  We were playing inside and heard the music from the icecream truck.  Preston decided to purchase his own treat with his money (mommy had no cash) but Savannah decided to save her money. :)

9/15 ~ Baskin Robbins Treats

We decided to go out and enjoy daddy's last birthday coupons.  We all ate more than our share of Baskin Robbins and the kids even wore a lot of it!

9/27 ~ Preston still LOVES his John Deere tractor from PawPaw

And who doesn't love this amazing weather!?!  Our family is certainly enjoying lots of time outside lately.  And it's October already . . .