Sugar Land Sweeties

I know that we all think our own kids are the cutest in town, as we should. It is nice though to have someone impartial confirm this belief. Jack made the cut this month for Sugar Land Magazine's "Sugar Land Sweeties". I even made the edition as well for my good advice to new parents ;)!

Katie also made a local publication this past summer for her winning smile as she was part of her dentist's promotional piece in a local magazine..

I knew I had a couple of little stars in the making...

Our Katie is growing up

Putting it politely, Katie has been a bit challenging this year. She is asserting her independence on her wardrobe choices, what and how her meals are served and everything in between. But with all the bad things about asserting independence there is some good as well.

She is really loving school, but today I got the proof. I decided to walk her into class today rather than sit in the carpool line and I watched her hang up her back pack on her hook. Open it up and take out her lunch and put that in the proper place as well as removing her homework folder and place it in her cubby. At that point I knelt down with Jack to give her a bye bye hug and with the biggest grin on her face she said to me, "Mommy you go home with Jack, I'm going to stay at school. See you later!" With that said she turned around and went to sign in on the attendance chart!

I did not know whether to laugh or cry as I walked carrying Jack down the school corridor. I had a quick peek in the Tot's class on my way out realizing that this will be Jack's class next year and I did get a little tear in my eye... I have to remember growing up is good!

Jack Time

Now that Katie is back in school it is time for Jack to get to finally have activities of his own. We started at Gymboree last week and he loved it. He is in the 6 - 10 month class and will be until he is either crawling or cruising. He has started moving backwards, so hopefully it won't be too much longer until he is on the move.

He is happiest when standing (on mommy), so he might skip crawling all together. He is starting to be a little dare devil and let go when he is standing.



He is eating everything in sight, which included Katie's spaghetti at Carino's this week! His favorite at the moment is roast chicken, which his daddy approves of!

Our New Wagon

Meme & Papaw came to Houston for a visit and brought a surprise. The kids love it and it has become our new afternoon routine to go for a ride in the wagon. The only problem arises when Katie decides she wants to pull, then it takes twice as long!

Jack Feeds Nana!

Jack has fully discovered finger foods! He loves roast chicken & turkey, broccoli, toast, pasta, cucumber & Gerber lil' crunchies! Here he is sharing some toast with Nana.

Fall is in the air

The kids and I are taking advantage of some cooler weather. Jack and I
got to go for our first run together this morning while Katie was at
school and now we are at Katie's favorite park where Jack is playing
for the first time! It has been a long hot summer, so we are ready
for fall!

Katie's First Day of Pre-school

Katie had a great first day of school. She was a little puzzled by the car pool drop off line, but went very willingly with the school's director as the car door was opened. She got to play with some of her classmates from last year on the play ground, so I got to hear a lot of familiar names. She talked very positively about her new teacher and is looking forward to going back to school tomorrow! She will be going Tues - Thurs this year.

Jack got to have a baby only play group at our house while Big Sister was at school.

I think they both enjoyed their day as they both took long, restful afternoon naps!

All in all a great day!