Micah's 1st Birthday

1st MOPS of Fall 2008

We started MOPS once again. We have over fifty moms and mentors!! We also have a waiting list since childcare is full. I love MOPS!! Every year it keeps getting better. This year the theme is Adventures in Motherhood so all our decorations and speakers are focused on theme parks, carnivals, etc.. The topic has been so fun to plan. I'm leaving this Thursday to go to the annual MOPS convention. This year the convention is in Dallas. So we are staying at the Texan Gaylord. I'm looking forward to all the different sessions and concerts.
If you are pregnant or have a child up to 1st grade you should check to see if you have a MOPS group in your area. You will leave each meeting feeling encouraged and refreshed.

1st Soccer Game of the year

Grant had his first game this morning. He has the same coach and most of the same players. Three left the team, so we have 3 new friends. They did really well today. A lot better than last year. I love how they don't keep score and let the kids just have fun.

Cotton Patch

Grant had his first field trip on Wed. He wanted Dan to go with him so I stayed home with Micah which was a good thing since he's been fussy and not feeling well. He's been cutting two teeth a week for the last three weeks. Anyway, Grant and his class went out to a farm and picked cotton. He seemed to have a good time.

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Last Monday, I was driving down our road and noticed a blue swimming pool in someone's trash pile. I called Dan and asked him to stop and look at it on his way home from work. He came home with it. It was in great shape, just a little dirty. So with a little bleach and muscle power, it looks almost brand new. This pool is made out of hard plastic so it should last a couple of years.

Reruns

Reruns was this week. Its a big consignment sale. They have it twice a year, once in the fall and once in spring. I used to be able to get lots of good stuff at these sales, but last couple of years more and more people are coming to it. Which means the clothes get picked over pretty quickly. They also have been having lots of stains and priced to high. I mainly go looking for church clothes. This time I spent about $50 and got Micah: 5 outfits, a monkey costume for Halloween, some toys and 2 DVDs. I wasn't able to find any clothes for Grant priced at a good price. A lot of his stuff I can get cheaper brand new. So I got him some Clifford books, a brand new Clifford game, and an Icee Machine (he was with me when I dropped my clothes off to sale and he saw this machine and begged me to buy it when I came back)We used it once and it broke!! I'm glad I didn't spend full price for it at the store! There's another one coming up at the end of the month Growing Pains which I like a lot more. So I will hit that one up too.


Here is a pic of what I got minus Micah's toys and Grant's books.

Pancake Breakfast

This morning Grant's preschool had a pancake breakfast for the parents to come out and meet the teachers and see the classrooms. It was kinda of wet because of Ike so there wasn't that many people that showed up. We ate some good pancakes and bacon. Grant was so excited to show us his classroom. I didn't even think of taking pictures of the room.