Wrapping up 2012

Life has been so busy. I'm starting to see a trend with my blog, I seem to be posting a summary post each month.  Since my last post we had Mexico Lindo night at Brady's school, celebrated Thanksgiving, got our Christmas tree, got the flu, recovered from the flu, enjoyed a wonderful Christmas concert at the school and celebrated Christmas.  Shew... That's a lot to do in just a few weeks!  Here are a few pictures.

Mexico Lindo Night

Cutting down the Christmas tree

Christmas program at school.  One of the best elementary programs I have ever been too.

Christmas morning.

Six!

Today my favorite little man turned six today! Wow, where did the time go!?  It has been so much fun watching him grow up, and now that he is in school it's a whole new adventure for us.  This week has been a busy week (like most lately).  We started Sunday night off with a birthday party for my mom and Brady.  On Wednesday night we celebrated my brother-n-law and Brady's b-days.  Today was filled with fun and a few first.  Brady celebrated his first birthday with classmates.  Then he had a friend come home with him after school for the first time (also a first for this friend).  We spent about 2 hours at Chuck E Cheese, had dessert at Menchies!!  Brady's friend was invited to stay all night (a first for both of them).  This little boy wasn't to sure if he wanted to, so we told him that after we had our fun we would stop by his house. If he wanted to stay he could get his bag, give mom and dad a hug and we would leave or he could just say good bye to us and we come home with out him! Well I think everyone was a little shocked (especially his mom and dad) when he walked in the house, dropped off his school stuff and than picked up his sleeping bag and headed towards the door!  It' is now 10:04, and I hear no noise coming from the room. They were in bed at 9 and I only had to go up there twice. Hoping we have a nice peaceful night!

October Fun!

It's November already!!  Wow, were did October go?  We have been pretty busy with just every day life.
Brady is loving school.  The teachers are awesome and Brady is picking up the Spanish like a pro. On Tuesday the 23rd he walked in the city Halloween parade with his school.  That Sunday we had our neighborhood trick or treat in the rain and cold. Just this past Tuesday the school hosted a family Math Night! Instead of Halloween parties during the school day, the school puts on a Math night. The kids are encouraged to dress in their costumes and they go around to different tables that have math activities. Brady had tons of fun hanging out with his friends.

Walking in the parade.

The Pirate!

Drawing out a pumpkin based on certain questions about his family.

First Day of Kindergarten

The day finally came. My little boy started kindergarten yesterday. Brady had been looking forward to going and was dressed and ready to go long before we needed to leave. Finally the time came and we set out. He wanted to walk but considering the huge amount of school supplies we had to take with us, we ended up driving.  Brady was all smiles as he walked into his classroom. He quickly found his desk and his teacher Señora Segura helped him find the hook for his backpack.  We really love his teacher! She is so nice and you can already tell that she really loves her "kids".  No tears from this mommy though!  I was excited for him to start this new chapter in his life. I know he is going to do great in school and that he is going to enjoy every moment of it.

Tiny Vent

I try to be a positive person.  I just have get something off my chest that is really starting to bug me.   First I want to say that it's not so much the questions themselves that people have been asking that bug me as much as the responses that frustrate me.
Question #1-  "Are you going to have anymore children?"  Okay once again it's not the question that bothers me. It's a pretty common question to ask. It's when I respond with "No not at this time" and instead of receiving positive or supportive comments I get the following statements.
-- Oh why not?
-- Oh you can't just have one.
-- Oh you better get busy.
Question #2- "So what are you going to do when Brady goes to school?"  A basic question, that I don't mind answering and probably one I might ask a fellow stay at home mom myself.   However I would never make a mom feel guilty for stating that she was going to continue to stay home.  I would never shame a mom for choosing to go to work either.  My newest response is to just say "Oh I have a huge list of stuff."  This is the complete truth.  I do have a ton of things that I would like to accomplish.  I would also like to volunteer at Brady's school as much as possible and I will continue with my home business.  

 If you have read this whole post than I thank you for listening. As I mentioned at the top of this post, I try to be a positive person.  I also try not let others get me down but sometimes a person just needs to clear the air.

My Flowers

I haven't blogged in a while and well although we have been busy it's nothing really blog worthy.  I got to thinking that I could share one of my favorite things that I enjoy.  My flowers....I love flowers of all kinds.  The flower bed in the front of our house has been evolving for several years now. When we first bought our house you couldn't even see the house because of these very tall, slender arborvitaes trees that were planted right against the house.  Needless to say one of the first things we did the following spring was pull every single one of them out. Here is what it looks like today.  

My Impatiens were not as pretty this year due to the heat but they are coming around.

Close up of my huge Hosta plants.

This Snap Dragon has been with me for 3 years now.
Amazing since they are only supposed to live through one season.

I just love this Chrysanthemum and it's getting huge!

Daily Lilies (one of my favorites) and Purple Cone Flower.

Happy 4th of July

Every year the Blvds (our street and the next one over) get together and have a little 4th of July fun.  Events start off with a kids parade.  The kids decorate their bikes or their strollers/wagons and than we close the street off and they ride around the island showing off their work.   Than we go on to a tug of war competition and a frisbee toss round between the two streets. The event is topped off with a water balloon toss and popsicles for all!!  It's a great time and gives us the opportunity to get to know our neighbors a little better.   Here is Brady's bike! He won a silver dollar for best decorated bike.