FUN WITH A FRIEND

Every kid loves Field Day. I remember it when I was growing up. What I really remember is the sno cones. I stopped by Colson's field day although I really don't think Colson cares if I show up or not. He played a few games, jumped in the bounce house, did tug a war with the class and sweated his butt off. He hung out with all his buddies including this cutie, Cole Arnold

Cole spent the night and the boys wen to our Huntsville land to mow and clean up. I joined them after I had finished up with Calli. At one point Colson got on the mower and then I heard him screaming. It wasn't like an "I'm scared" scream, it was an excited scream. He had run over a snake and was so excited. He chopped his head off and him and Cole took turns holding it. It took a lot of convincing for Cole to hold it…..

Colson on the other hand wore it like a coat. It was a poisonous snake but I don't remember what kind.

After we got back home the boys did what every boy loves to do….play in the mud. 

Such a fun weekend for them! We love the country!

THEY DID IT!

These boys played their heart out Memorial Day Weekend and cam out with a win! Finally! The boys played awesome and came out on top of the 16 teams in the tournament. Colson had a great 6 games. His hitting is back! He's drilling the ball and fielding great. All the boys were hitting and fielding great. It was fun to watch and cheer them on!

PRE-K STUD

THIS KID is so stinking cute it's hard to believe. We don't see him near as much as we'd like but that's our fault. And the fact that he's headed to Kindergarten is just crazy! He did so good at his Pre-K program. I can't wait till he grows up because he's going to be Spiderman. We all need a Spiderman for a nephew for those times when you get in a bind. 

4TH GRADE FIELD TRIP

It's pretty well known that I don't care for field trips. My kids know it, their friends parents know it, I've blogged about it. I don't like being in charge of other kids when the kids ALL want to do something different. For some reason, the kids I have all want to do different things and rarely agree on where to be and what to see. UGH. 

This 4th grade trip to the Folk Festival was one of my favorites with Calli but with the boys? Not so much. We did have a lot of fun the last hour and a half when 3 other moms and I sat and let the kids play in the open area throwing confetti eggs. 

A BOY AND HIS DOGS

Colson LOVES his dogs….and they are quite fond of him as well.

2014 WORLDS

For the last 3 years Calli has asked to go to the Worlds Cheerleading competition at DisneyWorld. This year I decided to surprise her for her birthday. And since just going with me wouldn't be cool enough, I invited her cheer friend Kendall Jones to join us. Kendall lives in Beaumont (she drives 1.5 hours ONE WAY to get to Woodlands Elite, 3 days a week) and has cheered with Calli for 2 years. They have become very close. Funny story about Kendall. She started last season and on her first day she was basing with Calli. Calli got in the car that night and told me all about Kendall, how she didn't like her, how she just wanted to stunt with Sydney and was really upset. Fast forward 4 months and they were tight and unstoppable as stunt partners. Fast forward  years and they are the best of friends. 

I surprised the girls during Spring Break when Kendall was with us. I made these cute little "tickets" and put them in a box of cookies that I had picked up from the mall. 

Calli opened the box and at first thought the ticket was a coupon…and then realized what it was which caused running through the kitchen screaming. 

This was Kendall's first time to fly and she did great! 

 

Worlds is like the Olympics for cheerleading. And it's held at DisneyWorld…the ESPN center. So we spent some of our time exploring Disney and some of our time watching teams. Woodlands Elite had 4 teams competing this year and ALL 4 made it to the top 10. One was the SHSU team that isn't under  the WE full control but still considered a WE team. The 3 main WE teams finished 

Lady Ops 9th

Black Ops 6th

Generals 4th

They competed against teams literally from all over the world. It was exciting to watch. And Calli will be there not this coming season but the next one so hopefully it made the experience much less scary being on the observer side. 

This was on our way into the Tower of Terror….they were holding hands for moral support.

If there is a choice of eating Hibachi, they go for it EVERY.TIME.

And they couldn't put down their phones for longer than 60 seconds. They were snap chatting on the rides, it was bizarre.