Technically not what I’d consider a new outfit…but the tee is new for this season. 🙂
Category Archives: Owen
Special breakfast with daddy
Waffles with chocolate sauce, mini marshmallows, and whipped cream! And Katie got sprinkles, too! (Owen is wearing his new batting helmet—we had to get a new one last night because we left his in the minivan which is currently 30 minutes away in the shop getting the XM radio fixed.)
Mom, take a picture of this.Â
This is what happens when I take them both to Costco.
Katie normally has no problem sitting in the cart…except when Owen is there, freely walking around, running, and playing. 🙂
iPad time with daddy
Mount Vernon field trip!
The entire first grade went to Mount Vernon today. They all had to wear their first grade tee.
A mom friend was a chaperone and sent me these pics:
We took Papa and Grannie to the Goose park!
We took Papa and Grannie to the “goose park” (Burke Lake Park)!
Katie made fast friends, as usual:
Feeding the geese!
Swim Lessons
Papa and Grannie have been going to swim lessons and Papa brought his camera today!
Marlins vs. Royals
Watching Owen at bat!
Owen as catcher!
Papa and Gannie took the kids to baseball tonight and Owen had his first attempt as catcher (he’s wanted to but he needed a cup…so we finally bought one!). He said he loved it!! (Thanks to Grannie Lin for the pics!)
Owen’s class being scientists.Â
When I arrived to pick up Katie, I saw a class of kids heading inside. I thought the teacher sounded familiar and it was—Owen’s teacher! I heard her say something about being scientists and they all had notebooks. Mrs. Talley waved and Owen happened to turn around and saw me. 🙂
I didn’t get to ask him about it after school since it was a mad rush to get him ready and out the door to baseball with Papa and Grannie (Tom and I had a retirement dinner to attend) but these pics were posted on Facebook!
Dining al fresco!
Finger painting at school!
When we got back from the field trip, Katie got to create her artwork folder…which necessitated finger painting. She had a blast! And I’m glad she gets to do it at school because the thought of that mess at home makes me cry. 🙂
Then we saw Owen coming back from recess:
And just because there wasn’t already enough paint…another color!
And then I made the mistake of telling her to make a handprint. Well, she smacked her hand down and this happened (except about four times as many dots):
Anne (our friend who works in Katie’s class) assured me it was washable, but when a baby wipe—generally known to clean most anything—didn’t work, I got concerned. I found the label:
You see that? Washes out of most surfaces and fabrics. Egads. Of course that would be my luck with my brand new coat. (That said, I washed it as soon as I got home and thankfully it did come out.)
And the final product! I can’t wait to see the finished (dried) folder they make out of it!
Helping Papa make his infamous cookies!
Practicing hitting with Papa
Running races with Grannie.
Grannie was trying to teach Owen how to run and the only place was out in the road. 🙂
And then of course Katie had to join in.
In honor of National Siblings Day…
I took these. They crack me up.
An hour and a half!
Owen has been reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid to Grannie for almost 1.5 hours! He got to stay up way past his bedtime because he was doing such an awesome job!
Owen’s sneaky plan to get a Lego.
We got home from dinner and Owen had been working on this plan to get a Lego. 🙂
Translation:
Secret way to get in the mall to get ultimate clay Lego stand. First tiptoe into the mall. 2 go in the employee entrance. 3. Sneak in the mall go straight to the Lego store. 4. Take a head lamp and a pen and point the pen at his belly and he will knock him out and get the ultimate clay.
Lego Build: Bee!
Papa and Grannie got to see Owen build his bee in about three minutes. 🙂 And then they gave him $10 to pick out an Easter treat which he was thrilled with!
I’m constantly amazed by Owen’s reading.Â
This is the book he checked out at school this week and he’s been reading 10-15 pages a night to us! It’s rated for 5th-8th grade!!
Ha! I think we’re kinda like twins!
We realized this morning that Owen and Papa both dressed in blue shirts and khaki pants (though you can only see Owen’s blue hoodie and blue coat)! Owen was laughing about it and said “Ha! I think we’re kinda like twins!” 🙂
Owen saw a cow at school!
Owen came home telling us they saw a cow in a truck at school today! We did get a few more details, but I’ll let the Facebook photos (that were posted this evening) tell the story instead. 🙂
We had a great morning at Halley when Sally the Jersey cow and the Mobile Dairy Classroom visited Halley to teach us a little bit about our food sources. The students were very excited to learn more about raising cows and even got to see a milking demonstration, provided by Instructor Amanda Griffith! The students asked great questions and learned a lot together! 🙂
Can you find Owen in these last two photos? Hint: he’s wearing his green MSU hoodie. 🙂
Owen reading his homework!
First bumper cars!
We went to a birthday party today and both kids LOVED the bumper cars!
Owen’s first Marlins game!
This year is definitely a bit different than t-ball…instead of three innings where everyone in the roster bats for each inning and most of the kids are watching the sky or picking grass…they keep track of balls/strikes/outs so kids might only get to bat once or twice but these kids can actually bat, catch, throw, and field!! And some are really good!
Owen’s first (and only) at-bat:
He got the first pitch!
And best of all, Grannie and Papa got to see all of it!!
Papa and Grannie’s big surprise!
Of course, we knew that they were coming, but we didn’t tell the kids…so when we came home from baseball this morning, this is what happened:
Pics from the video:
Baseball Opening Day!
Our new Marlin ready to head out!
Unfortunately it was cold and rainy—yuck!
Not super exiting (LOL) but the Marlins’ introduction and walk out onto the field!
Owen’s poetry reading
Owen’s class read a poem at Morning Program today.
Practicing his reading last night:
Owen’s PJ & Movie Day
Owen’s class earned a PJ and movie day with their Boosterthon pledges and today was that day. They were also allowed to bring a blanket or a stuffed animal.
