First Day of School!

The boys all moved to new schools this year, and yesterday was their first day back. The day went smoothly for the most part, but it's going to take us a while to get back into a good routine with early wake-ups, breakfast, getting dressed, lunch boxes, and homework.

Owen, 4th grade, Mrs. Adkins' class:

Cole, 1st grade, Mrs. Carter's class:

Jacob, 1st grade, Mrs. Carter's class:

Jacob was obviously less than thrilled about having to go back to school.

All-Stars 2013

The last 5 weeks have been a blur of weeknight practices and weekend tournaments. We are finally starting to get back to normal, just in time for Owen to start baseball camp at LSU this weekend. This boy is all about baseball right now!

Hitting a triple.

Playing 3rd base.

Happy after a win.

In the dugout.

Scoring a run.

Concentrating before hitting a double.

Champions of the Cajun Classic!

Home run!! (I think this was his 7th of the season.)

Drinking "home run juice" like Mason Katz.

Home run!

I try not to brag about every little thing the boys do. We all know they're so awesome I wouldn't have time to talk about anything else if I did that. ;-) That said, I'm going to brag about Mr. Owen just a bit. He's been working hard on his batting this season, and last night it really paid off. His team had trailed the entire game and was losing by 1 run when Owen got up to bat in the last inning. There was one boy on base & they had 2 outs. That's a lot of pressure for an 8-year-old! He handled it like a pro, and hit a home run to end the game!

iPhone Photos

I just discovered how easy it is to blog from my iPad, so be prepared to see lots more of the little moments I capture with my iPhone.

Owen making treats to sell at his classroom economy day:

Jacob & Cole's Valentines boxes:

Kindergarten Mardi Gras parade: Krewe of the Wild Wild West:

American Cancer Society Mardi Gras Gala:

Cole was Star Student for February!

Kindergarten field trip to the planetarium:

LSU basketball:

A birthday surprise from my guys:

Cole is a little bookworm:

Upward basketball:

Taekwondo Promotions

This past week our boys had testing to promote to higher ranks in taekwondo. They all did great!

Owen is now a blue belt and is moving to the advanced class.

Jacob & Cole showing off their new Full Splits Club patches:

Jacob doing the full splits while waiting for the promotions to begin:

Now they're both green belts (that's half way to a black belt!) and will be moving out of Tiny Tigers into the intermediate class. That should be interesting!

Field Trippin'!

All 3 boys had their first field trips of the school year today!

Owen & Marshall left the house at 4am to head to the Houston Museum of Natural Science with Owen's 3rd grade class. Owen has been excited about this trip for weeks, and I can't wait to hear all about it when they get home later tonight. The buses are expected back around 10:30pm (and yes, Marshall has to work a long day tomorrow for the LSU game...such a good daddy!). Marshall has been updating me via text message, so I can already share some pictures of their adventure. It's so fun to get these photos throughout the day so I know what they're up to!

This morning I got to join Jacob & Cole's kindergarten class on their walking field trip to learn about community helpers in Zachary. We spent just over 3 hours visiting some fun places around town, and we were all exhausted by the time we made it back to school. It was a fun-filled morning!

We started out at the fire department. The kids learned about fire safety, toured the entire firehouse, and got to inspect a fire truck. Here they are watching a demonstration about all the gear firefighters have to wear.

 

Next we made our way to the police station. They gave us a wonderful tour of everything, including the holding cells, and the kids got to look at a police motorcycle & talk on the loud speaker in a police car. 

I didn't take any pictures at our last stops because it was so crowded, but we also went to Chris' Specialty Meats and Cajun Catch restaurant. The kids learned about Louisiana seafood & got a little snack of fried catfish. The boys were asking me if we could eat dinner there before we even got out the door!