Yep, the holiday season is upon us. I love, love, love that Allie wants to do fun holiday things with me. We baked & wrapped lots of gifts together. We even broke out our Christmas CD's the other day! She'd have the trees & decorations up, if I'd let her.
Besides getting ready for the holidays, we've kept busy. Here's the recap:
- Jake has had several basketball practices. We are heading out to his first scrimmage this morning.
- The kids have been going to religious ed each week. Allie makes her first confession in less than 2 weeks. I have been going to dinner with friends while the kiddos are at RE. It is the one hour a week that is all mine!
- Both kids went to plays for school. Jake's class saw "Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing" and Allie's saw "Ramona". I was thrilled to learn that each of my kids were headed to plays based on my very favorite books from childhood!
- Jake was asked to play on an indoor soccer team this winter. He decided to go for it & so far loves it. They played their first game last Saturday & it was brutal. So much rougher than regular soccer. Jake scored several times and their team won.
- Allie had 2 birthday parties last weekend. One at the pool and one at the pottery shop. She enjoyed herself a ton.
- Jake had a couple of sleepovers. He spent the night at Adam's house & went to the hockey game. He spent the night at Nick's house and hung out all day.
- Both kids were gone with friends last Saturday night, so Scott & I had a date. It was a lot of fun being kid free for a few hours.
- I had a PTA budget meeting. I think we've got our budget set for this year. Something always changes though!
- Both kids had conferences. Both did really well on their report cards. I was quite pleased. Jake's teacher told me that she is confident that if Jake would put up a little effort, he'd be a straight A student. He's lazy!! Hmmmm!
- Allie's class spent Wednesday at Read In Day. They got to bring in blankets and pillows that day & spent the day reading around the room. They also had a few guest readers and topped off the morning with donuts & hot cocoa. What a fun day.
- Jake's class had a Marble Party on Wednesday. They get marbles for being kids of character or doing something nice just because. Once their jar is full, they get a popcorn & pop party. They also got an extra 30 minutes of reading time. Pretty cool!
- Allie is still working hard to get ready for her dance recital in a few weeks. I'm anxious to see her routines.
- We didn't have school Thursday or Friday. I took that time to get to the dentist & get my hair cut. Check those two things off my list.
- Since there was no school on Thursday, Allie went to her friend Madison's for the afternoon. Jake and his friend Nick spent the afternoon at the Rec Center. I was alone! I baked some Christmas cookies & did a little cleaning.
- We had a hawk hanging around here last weekend. It killed a rabbit in our yard. The kids got a quick lesson in the food chain & predators.
- I am ready for the Teddy Bear Tea. Our numbers are down this year. Probably due to it being held the weekend before Thanksgiving. I have to miss Jake's tournament next weekend because of the tea. That bums me out!
- Coming up next week: Jake's basketball scrimmage, Jake's indoor soccer game, Jake has a birthday sleepover, basketball practice, PTA meeting, Allie has dance, religion class, Allie has a birthday party, Jake plays in a basketball tournament, Teddy Bear Tea and Santa's Workshop. Whew!
Allie with a batch of cookies
Allie helping with cookies
Damn hawk!
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