Fashion Fabulous Friday

 

 

These hats are making me hungry!

 

Same Shoes as Yesterday

Though they didn't inline skate to school today (yay!) they did have their first practice with their inline hockey team. 

 

 

(And if you think I've lost my mind by signing them up for yet another 'thing', oh, I totally have. 

 I couldn't manage without Granny Sherry here to play the role of the other chauffeur.)

 

 

 

But just look how adorably cool they are!

(Kyle is in blue, Reed in green.)

 

Reed is faster, but Kyle can skate backwards better.

And since I can't take a picture of 'fast', here they are going backwards.

 

This is How We Roll

Kyle and Reed begged me to let them inline skate to school today.

To be clear, I did not put this idea in their heads.

 

 

5 year olds inline skating a 1/2 mile to school does not fit in with my life motto (say it with me):

 "Make it easy on yourself."

 

 

But, I did let them go ahead and do it.

I certainly didn't say 'yes' because I'm a nice mom, it was because I knew after doing it once...

they'd never ask again.

They actually did fine, but they quickly learned that a 1/2 mile on a sidewalk with cracks and ups and downs is a lot easier on a bike or scooter.

 

And that skating is best done in a rink. 

(Though they looked pretty cool walking into Kinder holding their skates.)

BTW, I brought their skate bag with me to pick-up; they didn't even argue when I told them we were walking home.

Happy Labor Day!

Here's hoping your labor day has been anything but laborious!

 

Fashion Fabulous Friday

 

 

 

 

 

I'm thinking a pair of giant boxing gloves would be an excellent investment for every member of our family.

 

Johnny Footballs

Last night was Kyle and Reed's very first football game, and wouldn't you know it, they somehow were put on the team with maroon jerseys. 

 My Aggie husband is so proud. 

 

 

Their coach must not be an A&M fan either since he kept calling them the "red team", and convinced them to name their team "red lightning". 

(Works for me.)

 

 

 

As expected, one Ingy Boy totally followed directions and tried his hardest.

And I thought his soccer faces were intense...



The other was just happy to be there....but, as you can see, was total master of the "trash talk"!

I think this is the international trash talk sign for "I'm gonna pummel you."

(FYI: there was no actual pummeling on Kyle's part.)

 

 

So here's Reed's big play of the game (with my play-by-play commentary).

 

 

Quarterback is about to throw the ball, no "red" jerseys around except for Reed.

 

 

Reed getting in interception position.

 

 

Ball is down (and sure it's now a dead ball, but we're just going to ignore that tiny detail).

 

 

Big pile scrambling for the ball, but look whose flowing blonde locks have their hands on it!

 

 



 Kyle's big play:

He got to be center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, I just had to include this.

 

He must have watched Miley's VMA performance before the game.

Happy Campers

One of the things we weren't able to squeeze in before school started was a camping trip.

(And when I say 'we', I mean Jason and the boys.)

 

 

They headed up Friday evening to Estes Park (it's about an hour from here) for the weekend.

 

 

 

Jason did an amazing job of taking pictures (usually I'm lucky to get one), and though they're wearing the same thing in every picture, the pictures came in throughout the weekend...not changing clothes must be some sort of camping thing. 

 

 

 

He sent pictures of the tent

 

 

 

of hanging out

 

 

 

Of eating

 

 

 

of local wildlife

 

 

 

Of activity time

 

 

 

and of first thing in the morning (it rained both nights).

They told me "everything" was their favorite part of camping, and they want to "definitely" go back.

 

 

My favorite part of camping?

Caroline came in from Dallas to spend the weekend with me. 

We did not sleep outside or do anything outdoorsy.

  It was perfect.