What good grades and good conduct can get you.....plus some other fun stuff

At the end of the summer Mallory had started to express some interest in getting her ears pierced. She asked Lonnie and he said it would be up to me(he was a little hesitant and didn't really know how to answer) so I thought about it and made a deal with Mal. I told her if she earned all Es and all As the first nine weeks of school then we would go get them pierced. On Friday she found out she had achieved that so off we went to get them done.

We first went to Sweet and Sassy and of course you had to have an appt so that annoyed me and I called Claire's at the mall. No appointment needed so we headed over there.
Mallory anxiously awaiting and with support from Morgan! Mallory did great. She only cried one tear and I think that was more out of her nervous anticipation. She picked out 14k white gold earrings with her December birthstone.

I asked Morgan if she ever wanted hers pierced and she said when she is 7. Mallory then informed her she would have to earn them....too funny.

Morgan always manages to find something silly.

Last week Mallory had her storybook parade at school where all of the students get to dress up as a character from a book that they bring to school. Morgan is going to be Rapunzel for Halloween so Mal borrowed her wig and used an old costume and brought the book Tangled. This is Mallory and her BFF Rylie



Morgan is "Pick of the Week" this week in her class so we had to make a poster with things that she likes. She picked out all of the accessories for the poster and I picked out the pictures.

Morgan's information on her poster:

Favorite food- spaghetti and meatballs

Favorite color- blue

Something she is good at- swimming

Favorite thing to play with- barbies

Something that might surprise people- she is good at the Wii( I wanted her to tell the class that she can be really mean but she didn't want them to know that! lol)

When she gets in trouble she- says I'm sorry

When she grows up she want to be- in a rock band

Siblings- Case and Mallory

Favorite thing to do at school- play in the housekeeping center with her friends

We always need a silly face :)

And I couldn't resist this picture of Case. I tried a few without the paci but this one was the best. Case is now 20 1/2 months old. Compared to the girls at this age he is my long, lean machine. He eats a lot but is a skinny minny. He is starting to add a lot more words to his current vocab which include: football, pizza, papaw, mammy, papa, choo choo, book, eat, milk, these are just a few. Case is still obsessed with cars and is starting to like trains. He is a very sweet boy who I love to pieces.

My BFFs and a house divided

A few weekends ago one of my best friends from high school came to Austin to visit her sister. Sarah currently lives in Jackson Hole so I don't get to see her that often and decided to make a trip to catch up.

Sarah and I played club volleyball together my junior year and she played college vball at Colorado.

Here are the kiddos: Morgan, Case(not sure what he is doing), Mallory, McKade(Sarah's nephew), Finn, Owen and Blake(Sarah's niece)

My girls and Sarah's boys...sorry for the sun!!! Thank you to Sarah's sister Karin for the hospitality. Although the visit was short it was great to see my Sarah Barah!!



Now rewind back to the beginning of football season when SMU took on the Aggies. It was so exciting to see the Mustangs at Kyle Field! Although they lost I was wearing my blue in a sea of maroon. I also got to see three of my college teammates who were also supporting the Stangs.

Shelley, Me, Janna and college roomie Jennie

I figured it was only fair to divide the kids!

Gig Em Aggies and Go Mustangs!

Pics from the park

The other morning the kids & I rode our bikes to the park & I snapped some pics.





I love Morgan's choice of outfit!


Swinging with my sis


See-saw siblings


Peace out!


Morgan informed me when she grows up she wants to be in a rock band....guess she is practicing her pose!





Case- look at mommy...


Silly kids!!

OCD...or in our "Case" the C stands for cars

I have been wanting to blog about Case's car obsession for a while now so I have been trying to capture as many pics/videos to fully demonstrate how much he loves them!




Here is buddy at Must Be Heaven. His lunch came in a car box & he was soooo excited.


Notice his hot wheels he brought from home.


Enjoying dessert :) & loving on each other...


Back to the cars....
Evidence Case has been playing in the kitchen


In the tub

On the ottoman...








In the highchair... Yes he is passed out & yes with two hot wheels in his hands!!!



And last but not least his favorite book given to him by Aunt Jodie.. Trucks & Cars & Things that go!


Case loves to sit in my lap & read this. He even wants to sleep with the book along with his hot wheels. And now when Case sees a car or truck on TV he makes a point that we all see it too. I love to watch the differences between Case & the girls and this car obsession is one of them!!!