I'm still playing catch-up on posting pictures. These are from Alex's Thanksgiving Feast on Monday. He is 3rd from the left on the bottom row.
11.21.2008
11.17.2008
Fall Leaves
These pictures were taken around our house. Unfortunately these pics don't really do the fall colors justice!
Blog Catch-up
Somehow I managed to miss posting anything most of this month. I even skipped posting Halloween pictures. So, I am going to play a little catch-up and post some pictures and fill in some of the details from October and November.
Basically we have had a great fall! The weather has been great and the leaves have been beautiful. We have had lots of fun watching the leaves change colors and then fall off the trees. Many of the roads around Rock Hill are covered in leaves that blow all over the place when you drive through them. I had forgotten how much I love this time of year in this area.
For Halloween, Alex and Emily were my 2 favorite tigers! Alex was a Clemson Tiger Football Player, and Emily was our #1 Tiger Cheerleader! Emily loves her cheerleader outfit and asks frequently if she can wear her "tiga skut"...that's Emily speak for the skirt that goes with her cheerleader outfit.
This past Saturday Alex, Ryan, my sister, Brooke, and I all headed to Clemson for the Homecoming Ballgame. It hit me the middle of last week that this year was my 10 year College reunion. Yikes I feel old! The day was beautiful. It had rained much of last week and we were a little worried about the weather, but it ended up being a great, cool, crisp, football weather kind-of-day. And to top off the great day of walking all around Tiger Town, the Tigers pulled out a super win against Duke!
Now, I know that was brief, but I think I am caught up on most of the details from the past month. We are now very quickly headed for the holiday season! We had our first taste of Thanksgiving today at Alex's Thanksgiving Feast. Alex's class along with the other three 4K classes performed several songs and poems about Thanksgiving and then we got to eat a very yummy Thanksgiving meal with Alex! Ryan and I both enjoyed it and were very thankful we got to be there for Alex's program! This weekend is Emily's 2nd birthday. My baby is growing up! I will post pictures after the party!
11.02.2008
Soccer Season
Alex participated in his first round of organized sports this fall. We signed him up for an indoor YMCA league. Honestly, I was a bit selfish in how I chose which league to sign up for.....this one lasted for 7 weeks and was only 1 afternoon a week. It sounded like a good deal to me. Alex gets a chance to try out something new, but yet we weren't pouring a whole lot of time or cash into it if it ended up not being his "thing". We had a great time! One of his little buddies from church also signed up to play so they were on the same team. I know I am a proud mama and everything, but I have to admit...Alex is a pretty good beginning player. Now, I will admit, this league didn't do much in the way of teaching the basic rules of soccer. The goal was to get the kids all running in the same direction towards their goal and try to score without anyone getting injured! We had one week where 2 of our goalies were taken out by flying balls. Alex is a smart boy.....after that game he told us he did not want to play goalie, and he didn't for the entire 7 weeks! However, he became very good at playing defense! And he is a fast runner! I think we are probably onto something a little more involved next time around. He says he wants to play soccer outside next time. If our schedule works out he will probably go to a soccer day camp in the summer and then we will move on from there. So, at least for 7 weeks this fall, I was in a brand new category...."soccer mom"! Alex may give t-ball a try this spring, but for right now we are taking the rest of the fall and winter off from our sports adventures. For now, those will take place in the backyard and the playroom at home!
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