Limo Rider

Today I went to CiCi Pizza via a limo with 130 kids. The kids won the trip by saleing 15 boxes of cookie dough for our school fundraiser. Mandy & Becky were jealous that Mom got to go and they didn't! I just coulding afford to buy 30 boxes of cookie dough!

Trick Or Treat

Homecoming Parade

Becky's Teacher Conference

Rick and I met with Becky's teacher last Thursday. She's doing well in everything. The only problem is she tends to get bored when reading. Sometimes reading in a monotone voice. If it's a subject she doesn't care about she probably won't be able to tell you anything about the story. So we're going to work on her retaining information she reads. She is definately being a tad more social in school this year. Not nearly as shy with her teacher. She spent the night with her friend Bailey last night. They had a blast.

Amanda has offically gone to bed by herself for over a week. So we're going to give spending the night with friends another shot. I'm encouraging them to go their seperate ways. I think it's good for them to have seperate friends. By the time Becky came home today Amanda was starting to miss sister :)

Fashion Show

The girls modeled uniforms through the years. They had a blast!

GrandParents Day

Here is a picture of Amanda and my Mother taken at Grand Parents day which was a few weeks back. Rebecca was sick that day and had to stay home with PaPa. Yes Mom your copy of the picture is on it's way in the mail!

Parent Conference

I had a parent conference with Amanda's teacher today. She's doing really well in all her subjects. She's reading on the level they expect her to be at by the end of the year. So she's just above level. Socially she's doing wonderful. I couldn't ask for a better kid. Now at home is a COMPLETELY different story. We are working on going to sleep by ourselves. She had two episodes where she went to spend the night at friends and we ended up having to go pick her up. So we've made a new rule. Before she can spend the night at a friends house she must go to sleep by herself (without her Daddy) for a week straight then she can try again. Turns out Amanda doesn't like the word NO at all. :)

Homecoming Prep

Our Girl Scout Troop made mums and megaphones last Friday. I don't have a picture of the megaphones but they turned out cute. They were made from recycled Dickey's drinking cups.

Meeting The Mayor

Here is a picture of Amanda getting her citzenship award from the Mayor of Midlothian. She also got a very nice pin. Rebecca got to ask the Mayor a question during the interview.

Giddy Up

Today the troop went to "Horses and Me" at Whispering Cedars. They got to ride horses, learn horse safety, and all about horse grooming. They even did some roping and played horse shoes. Becky really enjoyed it all! Amanda woke up sick this morning and had to stay home with her Dad.

Completely Pooped

I've been going non stop since 6am this morning. But it's for a good cause right? One day my kids will thank me for it :) Tomorrow we are off to a girl scout field trip. We are going to the camp in Duncanville to learn about taking care of horses and we will get to take a ride as well! I'm off to prop up my sore feet!

Busy Day Ahead

Today I have to go in for my usual volunteer work at school. I do the Friday Folders for both classes. Basically I sort all the work they did for the week and put it into each childs folders. Then I do what ever copying, laminating, etc that the two teachers need.

Tonight is our monthly TEAM planning meeting. That's our version of PTA. The girls have to go to dance from 3:30-5:00 then I pick them up and fix dinner then off to the TEAM meeting. Rick will watch the girls at home and get them into bed on time.

Tomorrow is going to be even worse. Mandy has her thing with the Mayor at 8am. Rick's taking off. I'm working in the Spirit Shop during the lunch hours.

Then we will pick the girls up around early to take them to apply for our passports. We are going on a cruise in June for our 20th anniversary! We are all very excited about it! It's our first time on a cruise! We are going to Grand Cayman, Jamaica, and Cozumel for seven wonderful days!

Friday night from 7-9pm we have Girl Scouts. I'm tired already! We are making Homecoming Mums and Megaphones for the parade. So that should be fun. My sister Jo Dee is hopefully going to come and help with it all.

Trick Or Treat

Today started early with a dr office visit for Becky. She definately has a staph infection and was given a cream and oral antibiotic to take for ten days. She must wear pants and take baths every day. On a good note I thought I would share some of my Halloween Decorations! Don't you wish you lived next door to me? Make sure you check out the videos in the side bar!

Fun Weekend

Saturday we went down to Cantun for some fun shopping. Then on Sunday we went to see Beverly Hills Chihuahua. It was pretty darn cute! Bad news though. Becky had a small red sore on her thigh yesterday. I doctored it and really didn't think much about it. By the time she got home from school today it was all pussy and had a red ring around it. I'm guessing she has a staph infection. So we are off to the dr as soon as we wake up in the morning!