Give me a B

It's been over a month since I last blogged. I guess it's time to work on catching up again.

We have had the busiest month in the history of busy months! It's been crazy around here!! But, my blogging is so behind, that we first have to rewind to the beginning of September. A time when temperatures were warmer and spending time outdoors was no problem! We have a neighbor who is a cheerleader. She asked if Bria would like to do a little cheer camp they were having at one of the high school football games. Being that our kids literally do nothing extracurricular and also that this was a one day thing, we jumped at the chance to let Bria take part. Plus, her ultimate dream in life is to dance on Shake It Up! so who were we to deny her this opportunity?

It was so fun! The girls went a couple of hours before the football game on Friday and practiced their dance routine. They got pizza and soda (Bria bragged, and thereby accidentally confessed, to Max that she got to try Dr. Pepper). Before the game, the girls got dressed up in their t-shirts and got their hair and make-up done to get ready for their performance.

The girls were performing at the half time show. And, boy were there a lot of people who came! You can tell you live in a small town when the bleachers are full so they let you sit right on the sideline. Logan wanted so badly to get in the game. I had to really work hard at keeping him off the field. The boys had tons of fun playing while we waited for Bria's big moment:

Finally it was time for the big performance!! It was crazy! It seemed like moms from every corner lined up next to the field to get a good picture of their daughter. I took one of Dave's video cameras and recorded Bria in all her cheerleading glory. We looked and looked last night and couldn't find the footage anywhere! Dave was hired to video 3 different football teams and I'm afraid the cheerleading video was mixed up with one of those and was accidentally deleted. I'm really sad. =( But here are a few pictures of our cutie!

Meeting Edgar

We live in a small town. Very small. Like population 3000. Things happen here, of course. Things like a tractor causing a traffic jam. Or, the annual bed races they have down main street (we have yet to go!). But as far as celebrity sightings. It just doesn't happen.

Until now.

Today we got to meet this guy:

That's Edgar Hansen. He's the deckboss on this boat:

On a pretty awesome show called Deadliest Catch.

It's one of our favs.

Our local grocery store brought him in.

And since things like this never happen here. And because we really love the show, we HAD to go meet him

As far as celebrities go, he was way nice. He was laughing with people and giving hugs and signing autographs for everyone. On the show he seems like a nice guy. It's nice to know he really is.

He was very nice and signed two autographs for us. One for Dave so he could take it and hang it in his office at work and one for our whole family.

And in related news. The grocery store had this beautiful cake on display. I'm wondering if it could make it on Cake Wrecks. I love how the ship looks like it's getting wrecked. Maybe everyone waiting in line couldn't resist touching it?

And, I found this super cute video for all you Deadliest Catch fans. Sesame Street parodies Captain Keith Coburn from the Wizard in this piece called "Heaviest Catch"

A little light reading

Logan recently discovered books. He really, really loves them. He'll sit and listen while I read a whole story. He patiently waits for me to turn the pages. In his broken jibberish, he tells me about the pictures. He is often seen carrying a book around the house.

But, tonight was a first. I put Logan in his crib, but I was still waiting for Max to get ready for bed. I left the room and came back to this:

 He was so involved with the "story" the he really didn't even notice me taking pictures.

At least for a minute anyway. Sorry to interrupt, Logan.

I'm so glad he loves books!

First Day of School

The first day of school was long anticipated this year! The kids were excited. I was excited. We really needed to get back in some sort of routine.

I found this fun t-shirt idea on Pinterest. (Have you been on Pinterest yet? It's awesome!)

I thought it would be fun to copy the idea on my Silhouette. They made great first day of school shirts.

Max started Kindergarten this year. He goes in the afternoon. He absolutely loves it! After the first day, I asked him how school was and he said "It's just not like school, mom!" The first day he got homework, he was so excited he could hardly stand it. It was a hide and seek counting game. We played the game and I put his homework back in his backpack showing we had completed it. After school the next day, it was still in his backpack. I asked him why he didn't turn it in. He said that he brought it home because he really wanted to do it again!

Bria is growing and learning so much! She made new friend practically the first day and they've been besties ever since. I can't believe how well she is learning to read already this year. Bria is just growing up too fast. She is in love with all things Selena Gomez and has a boy following her around with a crush. I feel like she's 7 going on 13.


And for posterity...here's the backpacks. Bria's is the same as lat year, but we added a rhinestone B on the back. Max was thrilled with his Mario backpack. He loves Mario.

And of course, the new shoes. I love new shoes. They stay so pretty and nice for such a short time. You can't tell in the picture, but Bria's are sparkly. They're pretty awesome! Max has Agent P shoes from Phineas and Ferb. For being a boy, he was sure was picky when it came to choosing shoes. Anything short of Mario shoes was unacceptable. The only problem was the store didn't carry any. Thankfully, he finally decided on these. I love how he's posing his feet!