Summer Activities...

It's been a long time since I've posted, so here are some photos of our summer activities...


In May, Ike finished T-Ball...

In May, Ike and Aggie served as Ring Bearer and Flower Girl in Cousin Peggy's wedding...

In June we celebrated the kid's birthdays...below you can see Aggie with a birthday cupcake, as well as the celebration at Chuck E Cheese, and Ike modeling in Knight gear he received as a present...

In June, Daddy and Ike visited the Dinosaurs at the Houston Zoo...

In July, the family made a trip to Waco and got to visit the Cameron Park Zoo...

In July, Daddy and Ike went to see the Houston Symphony performing "The Planets" but as you can see in the picture below, by the time the Symphony had reached Jupiter, Ike was asleep...

In August, we took a trip to Indiana to visit Granny Lou and Gramps...as you can see in the pictures below, it was a busy trip. Ike was able to go fossil hunting with Gramps, the kids were able to inspect Livestock at the Jackson County Fair, the kids were able to visit a children's museum in Columbus, and finally we took a trip to Holiday World, where the kid's were able to ride the roller coaster...

In the bluebonnets...

Ike and Aggie in the bluebonnets...

T-Ball

Ike and Daddy have been having a good time playing Tball...
Here's a picture from the Opening Day Parade...



Here's a shot of Ike at the plate...

and in the field...

and running the bases...

A Busy Spring...

We haven't posted any new pictures for several months, so we'll try to get catch up now...
First we can see everyone was very excited to fill out our 2010 Census...


Ike is shown here displaying his "100-day of school" shirt with 100 stars...

Here's a picture of Ike before his first T-Ball practice...

During Spring Break, Ike and Daddy had a few adventures, such as going to NASA to see the Saturn V rocket...

and visiting the Kemah boardwalk for food and fun...

and visiting the Stephen F Austin State Park...

Here's a couple of photos of Mick and the kids dressed to attend the Texas Historical Shootist Society "Trailhead" Banquet...

Aggie's been busy too...here's a picture of her at a "Dress Up and Tea Party"

And finally a couple of photos with Ike and Aggie in the backyard with some wildflowers...

Record Low Temperatures...

Record low temperatures resulted in our lake freezing over...
The ice was thick enough to hold Ike (but not Mick)...

Merry Christmas...

Merry Christmas...

Happy Halloween...

Here are the kids in their Halloween Costumes...

Parade Time 2009...

The pictures below show how the kids have grown over the last 4 years...

Remember the Alamo...

For a quick Labor Day vacation, we took a trip to San Antonio...

We stayed at the Menger Hotel across from the Alamo...

...and rode the boats on the Riverwalk

...and dined on excellent Tex-Mex at the Casa Rio...

First Day of School, 2009!

All in all, I think both kids had a good first day and are looking forward to going back again tomorrow. They are both quite tired, and we're trying to get them to bed early tonight since school starts at the normal time tomorrow! Below are pictures from the kids' first day at their new schools. Scroll down to the bottom to see them in order.

Ike rode the big yellow school bus to the daycare this afternoon. He ate steak fingers, green beans, some bread, and steak finger sauce for lunch. He tried strawberry milk to see if he would like it, but it was too sugary (way to go parents!) so tomorrow he'll get white milk. They had goldfish crackers at snack time, and they had rest time. They read a rhyming book. Ike got to sharpen his new pencils with an electric pencil sharpener. They went to the computer lab, but they didn't use the computers today.

These are all of the details that I could pull out of him today. No details were available on what he might have actually learned today. I think the pace is going to start out fairly slow and he'll be bored for a bit. Next Monday's homework is to find things that are circle shapes and things that are red around the house and to practice counting to 20. Hopefully the pace picks up soon!

And this is Ike sitting at his desk coloring with his markers. This picture was taken on our way out. As Ike would say, "It's no biggie".

Ike's cubby is #8.

This is Ike just outside his classroom.

Mick and Ike pose outside of the school before going in.

At the end of the day, Aggie got the tambourine she made today. She also got a great report from Miss O. Miss O said Aggie helped her clean up a mess made by another child so Aggie was given a My Little Pony toy.

Ike and Aggie pose by the kitchen toys:

Aggie found her new cubby and put her backpack away. Her new teacher's name is Miss Ophelia, but everyone calls her Miss O.

This is Aggie walking into her new school for the first day. She has her Hello Kitty backpack and her new shoes. She has her sunglasses in her backpack so the sun won't get in her eyes when it's hot. She chose to wear this dress with the red squares on it (gingham) for her first day.

Are You Ready for Some Kindergarten?!

Below is a picture of Ike's teacher, taken from the sealynews.com.

Melanie Koy, who will teach kindergarten this year at Selman Elementary School, spent most of this week decorating her classroom to welcome students on their first day of class, Monday, Aug. 24. Koy, who said she's a fan of zebra print, decorated her class in the animal print, along with bright colors to catch the students' attention. Teachers spent this week readying for students and attending in-service training to gear up for the new year.

Are You Ready for Some Football?!

You could say "membership has it's privileges" or "what goes around, comes around", but I scored some sweet tickets to the Houston Texans pre-season home game from work. Although the effort by the Texans against the Saints last night was quite poor, Mick and I enjoyed the opportunity to see the game.

Little Teachers

Over the weekend, the kids decided to play teachers. You can see their stereotypical perception of what teachers should look like.