Firsts

two wheelin’

January 12, 2021

We tried to make the best of our quarantine and a big part of that was getting Samantha riding on two wheels! Woohoo! It didn’t take her any time at all to learn. Robert ran up and down the driveway with her maybe 3 times and then she was off!

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She’s been on her bike every day since she learned and has been all over the neighborhood! She even got to show off her skills to Mrs. Susan who stopped by just to see her ride!

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She’s even given her new robot cat a ride! 🙂

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I’m so proud of this girl and she’s pretty proud of herself too! She’ll also be happy to tell you that she learned to ride younger than both of her brothers! 🙂

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Go Samantha Go!

Harry Potter

November 27, 2020

We’re a little late to the game but we finally read the first Harry Potter book!

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We read it aloud and, despite the kids have zero interest in it before we started, they all really enjoyed it and we’re moving on to book 2!

Are you ready?

September 23, 2020

Are you ready for some football?! We are! We’ve been watching some top notch football around here the past few weeks. Maxwell is playing tackle football this year and it’s been so fun – for him to play and for us to watch! 4th grade tackle football is interesting because there is quite a disparity in size of the kids! Case in point…

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That’s Maxwell in the black jersey in the middle! ha! Now, that photo is slightly distorted because of distance but, they do have one really really tall kid on their team!

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The Raiders are now 3-o so they’ve had a great time winning. Maxwell has been playing lots and lots of defense and not as much offense as he’d like. But, he hustles at practice and does what he needs to do at games and he’ll earn his spot. He had some really strong tackles in last Sunday’s game! He might be small but he’s tough!

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I have, not surprisingly, got into it and love watching the games. I just love to watch anything my kids play! If they love, I love it!

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For the record, the team had those buttons made and they are a fundraiser for the high school cheerleaders. How could I not get one?!

I’m so proud of number 29 and love to watch him play!

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Go Raiders!

Bunkin Party!

September 10, 2020

After Maxwell’s original birthday bunkin’ party got messed up due to his headache, we rescheduled for last weekend and I think it worked out even better! He and Max (and Spencer too!) played all the Fortnite they could play, ate pizza, and slept up in the playroom. This is the only picture I got but it seems appropriate! ha!

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