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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Lately: November

November has been full of outings and adventures and projects galore. Here's a peek at what we've been up to so far this month:

The Annual St. John's-Kinkaid game is held at Rice Stadium each year, and we were all so excited to attend!


Falcon Feast beforehand



Cheering on the Kinkaid Falcons to victory!


The morning after the football game, I had planned an outing to Sheldon Lake State Park with Henry's Cub Scout den. After a late night, morning came way too soon, but Henry and I headed out to learn about pond ecology with his den.


It was a warmish day, but we always enjoy being outside in nature. 


Gene had a lot of travel this month, including travel over a weekend, so the boys and I made kept busy with outings. We visited the farmers market and watched a paella cooking demonstration.


Check out the size of the pan!!


The Houston Arboretum is always a favorite spot.




We also went to hear author Katherine Paterson (of The Bridge to Terabithia) talk about her newest book, My Brigadista Year.



More books!  Nana and Pop joined us at Kinkaid's book fair and family feast.


We came home with a stack of new books.


We have also spent the past three weekends working on projects! Fourth grade at West U is project-heavy and for some reason, they are all clustered together, which means we spent way too much time doing projects, like the salt map of Texas.
 


Henry has been studying Magellan for a reading project and had to research phosphorus for science.



Field Day was last Friday at Henry's school. His class was the Minions! Here's a close up of Henry's photo from the class banner.


They all had cute Minion hats to wear.



Henry was in the hurdles,


baton relay,


and 50-yard dash.


Despite a few injuries, it was a fun field day for Henry!

And finally, I'll leave you with a photo of Ruby and one of her stolen tennis balls. We find them on the street outside the tennis courts and figure they're fair game out there!


 I hope your November has been full of fun fall outings!

Monday, March 2, 2015

Happy Birthday, Nana

Nana's birthday was a week and a half ago, and we got the whole family together to celebrate. It was a beautiful day and the kids played outside.

There was a lot of football



with some frisbee throwing mixed in.







Michael is all boy. 



I especially had fun taking some pictures of little David. 

 

 He is so expressive!

 


 After lots of playing, it was time for dinner and cake. 



Ready to sing to Nana.







Happy birthday, Nana!

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Labor Day Weekend

We had big plans to go down to Galveston with friends over Labor Day weekend, but when the forecast called for 100% chance of rain, we decided staying home might be a better option. We ended up having a wonderful, laid-back weekend hanging out with friends and family.  

Saturday afternoon was Notre Dame's first football game of the season, and we were invited to a game watch with some good friends. Henry and Gene went on ahead first while Will and I joined them later.


Henry spent most of the game watch playing soccer with one of his best friends, Barrett. He was a hot sweaty mess but he had a blast! And best of all, Notre Dame won! 


The rain finally materialized on Sunday, and it was a perfect day for lots of indoor activities. From making ice cream and baking bread to playing Yu-Gi-Oh and making a longhorn out of Silly Putty, it was a great day to be inside.





We even got out our microscope to examine a duck egg shell and cicada parts. 




Henry very carefully drew the eggshell in his science notebook.



Earlier in the week, we found a dead cicada (not the shell!) on the front walkway. We decided to take a closer look, since we hear them singing away all the time. Obviously, we thing bugs are cool and I think this cicada is really pretty!






Gene carefully took off a wing and leg and we all examined him under the microscope.

 
 Science Sunday was pretty fun!


Labor Day Monday looked a lot like this. It never rained, but the cloud cover kept the temperatures comfortable for smoking ribs.  


This boy loves to read.


We ended the weekend with our good friends Candice and Andy and their kids, drinking beer, eating ribs and salads and homemade ice cream. listening to the six kids play upstairs, and reminiscing about Colorado. We had a perfect long weekend!