You made mistakes, yes. But the way you handled them made me SO PROUD. You played absolutely beautifully. We love you so much kiddo.
For winter recital you played Yesterday and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
winter recital 2019
I am SO STINKIN' PROUD of you! You absolutely killed this recital.
You made mistakes, yes. But the way you handled them made me SO PROUD. You played absolutely beautifully. We love you so much kiddo.
You made mistakes, yes. But the way you handled them made me SO PROUD. You played absolutely beautifully. We love you so much kiddo.
2019 holidays
I can't believe another holiday season has passed, babies. Some days it feels like the days drag...until I stop and look around and realize, they're not. A whole other year has passed. We've made a whole year of memories, and are anxiously waiting for the next year's set of new ones. This holiday season was more low-key than others. Dad and I have big big plans for us, but along those plans naturally come some sacrifices. Nevertheless, we tried to make it as memorable for you two.
Your last week of school before the break was full of fun things. B, you went skating with your friends. You did so well for it being your second time ever! Never stop being afraid of trying new things. I had a discussion with your teacher and she said that she was SO proud of how determined you were even after falling. She said most kids who fell once refused to go back out there, but not you. You certainly have more grit than I ever did. My butt would NOT have gotten up. So...GO YOU!
Ellie, you had spirit week and had so much fun dressing up!
"Dress Like a Present Day"
"Christmas Sweater Day"
"Cookies with Santa"
B, you started off the break by baking your largest order of empanadas to date.
You sold 24 dozen....determined to save money for our vacation.
After school let out, Dad and I got pretty busy so we just hung out for most of the break. Sorry kiddos, we know we're not much fun sometimes. But, I promise....the sacrifices we're all making now are going to be worth it one day :)
Christmas
We didn't want to not NOT do anything with you guys, so the weekend before New Year's we took you guys to Santa's Wonderland in College Station. I LOVED seeing how happy you guys were!
New Year's Eve
Then to celebrate Isa's 1st birthday :)
I can't wait to see what 2020 will bring our way!
the force
Ok, so this is how we will spend the last 6 weeks of 2015, and how we will welcome (Dad) and 2016. One of the first things that me and your dad bonded over when we first started dating was Star Wars. I'd never seen them, and when I mentioned this to him, he thought that it needed to be rectified immediately. We went out and rented (back when you actually had to leave your house, drive to the movie rental store, and rent the actual DVDs) all 6 movies. We did nothing that entire weekend but veg out, eat junk food, sleep and watch these movies. It's one of the absolute best memories we have together. Of course, I immediately LOVED them, and we've shared in this love for movies ever since.
This year, a new movie is coming out and although he won't be here when it comes out, we plan on watching it together when he gets home. So imagine our joy when you decided you wanted to be Leia for Halloween. What better little treat for both of us to get to share our love for this very cheesy thing with you. So in honor of that, we will watch an episode (because of course they can't be called parts, or movies) a week, every week until your dad comes home. We will then all make a date out of it and watch Episode 7 together.
Of course we had to do it up right, with junk food, and a slumber party. Have you ever seen anyone so happy to be drinking Arizona?!
Look who made an appearance for Episode 3! (Ellie, you lasted all but 5 minutes after I took this pic. You got bored and walked right over to your room so I could put you to bed). You also said 3 is your favorite so far, just wait until you see 4-6!
You said this was your new favorite set of pajamas, haha!
At this point, you proceeded to pick up Ellie's broom and pretend it was a lightsaber. You'll probably be embarassed by this picture in years to come, but guess what, I don't care!
In continuing with one of our best traditions, we went to the movies over the holidays. This is our 4th year going to the movies on Christmas (with last year being the exception, since dad wasn't here...but, that got moved to New Year's), and it's one of the things we look forward to the most during the holiday season. We start planning out what movie we're going to see months in advance, and this year we were all pretty excited it was another Star Wars.
This year, a new movie is coming out and although he won't be here when it comes out, we plan on watching it together when he gets home. So imagine our joy when you decided you wanted to be Leia for Halloween. What better little treat for both of us to get to share our love for this very cheesy thing with you. So in honor of that, we will watch an episode (because of course they can't be called parts, or movies) a week, every week until your dad comes home. We will then all make a date out of it and watch Episode 7 together.
Of course we had to do it up right, with junk food, and a slumber party. Have you ever seen anyone so happy to be drinking Arizona?!
We made our own Light Sabers out of pipe cleaners and put on our SW gear.
I know we said we'd wait to do this every Friday, but imagine my excitement when you wanted to watch it on your own.
You said this was your new favorite set of pajamas, haha!
At this point, you proceeded to pick up Ellie's broom and pretend it was a lightsaber. You'll probably be embarassed by this picture in years to come, but guess what, I don't care!
We're done, caught up, and ready for Episode 7!
Update: New Year's came, and off we went to the movies.
(Yes, you wore your Leia costume to the movie theater)
Update 2016:
There's about 78 more SW's coming out, so I can't wait to continue this tradition for years to come.
Update 2018:
Update 2020:
Last one. WHOA!
