Soccer Princess!

My sweet Bailey is such a soccer princess. She talks BIG before the game starts and then plays really hard at first...
After the first quarter she is so... tired! I overheard her tell her daddy (who is her coach) that he could just leave her out the next quarter and let someone else play. Seriously we are so proud of the way she is playing this season. Last season she wouldn't even make it through a quarter and she was whinning and crying to come out because she was so thirsty and tired. This year she tries so much harder than last time. She is running hard and kicking the ball hard and stealing it from the other team. Maybe soccer is in Bailey's future!!! She is the cute one with her hair up in a pony tail.
Go Bailey, Go!!! No goals yet, but lots of hard kicks!
This was not during a game! She was out on the kickoff circle waiting for the game to start. She jumped up as soon as the ball was put down.
Being the only girl on her team hasn't seemed to bother her too much. She likes all the boys on her team, especially her coach!

Pumpkin Patch Birthday!

Poor Connor! It was way too cold for him. He hadn't even been out there 10 minutes and we decided to send him and his Memaw to the van to play. They seemed to have more fun out of the wind and away from the hay. So, this is the only picture I have of him at the Pumpkin Patch. First, everyone got food for the animals and had fun feeding the goats. Who liked to take the whole cup out of their hands and eat it all at once. Bailey got hers taken away twice.
After a fun hayride they came back to the tables we saved out of the wind and ate cupcakes and opened presents. Bailey really enjoyed seeing all her fun gifts. She really liked the Doodle Bear and Mermadia she got.
The candles were fun to light! The wind kept blowing them out. Somehow we got them lit and she blew them out. The cupcake cake in a pumpkin shape was really cute.
Jack sure enjoyed it! Then we just let them run around and play and climb. It was cold and windy but the kids didn't seem to mind. Bailey thought it was the best Birthday ever! We can't thank everyone who came enough for making it a really special Birthday for Bailey.
Happy 5th Birthday Bailey! Five years ago I couldn't wait to meet my little girl. I loved you from the time I knew you were coming. Even though we have our tough times I couldn't wish for a better daughter. You are kind, thoughtful and loving to all who know you.
Here are Bailey's 5 Favorite Things-
1. Going out to eat at Jason's Deli
2. To play with Connor and Jack
3. To love on animals
4. Favorite color is pink
5. To do anything art

The Tooth Fairy Again!!!
Jack is so excited to have lost his second tooth in a month.
Feeling around he has three more that are somewhat loose and you can guess that made him thrilled.
The Tooth Fairy left him a gold dollar in his tooth pillow.

Handsome Boy! These pictures are all out of order! This is Connor after his first haircut. It took all of 2 minutes at the most. He was smiling and watching what PaPa did. Such a good boy. Snip! Snip!
This is the before picture. He has this cute comb over. The top of his hair is long and dark and the rest is short and blond. After we cut the long part off it made him look older and blonder.
Connor was 6 months old, the same age as Jack when he got his first haircut. And if I could get the scanned pictures to load I would post a picture from Jack's first haircut. They look very much alike.
Everytime we do something with Connor I think This is the last time! Everything we do now is the last time so I am trying really hard to treasure each moment we have with this sweet little boy.
Thank you PaPa for giving all three of us our first haircuts!

Purrrrrr...

This last Friday the kids and I headed to Uncle Sean and Aunt Stephanies house so Sean could take the kids to Memaw and G-Dad's. Brave Uncle Sean packed them all into his van and headed to Sulphur Springs. The kids had a blast and I think Sean survived.
When they got back on Saturday afternoon I went out to meet them and we enjoyed Sean and Stephs Fall Festival. Aunt Steph was the face painter so Jack as you can see is a cheetah. He was roaring at me for this picture.
Bailey had hers painted twice. This was the second time. I think she said she was one of the princesses from Mermadia.
It was a fun, busy weekend. Oh, and Greg was out of town hunting all weekend. The kids can't wait for Daddy to get home so they can tell him all about their weekend.

Bailey is so... proud of her new bed! She takes everyone who comes over into her room, tells them to close their eyes, yells open your eyes and then ask them if it isn't the prettiest bed ever! We can't thank Traci enough for the wonderful bed. Sight unseen, it matches her room perfectly. Now, we are trying to get her dressers painted and moved in so she will have a whole new room.

A Bus Ride and Screaming 6 Year Olds!

I decided to ride on the bus with Jack and his class to the Environmental Center! I had definitely forgotten how bumpy the bus is (especially if you ride at the back!) Jack sat with his mommy on the way there (we played eye spy the whole way) and on the way back told me he was going to sit by Gracie. She is a very cute little girl in his class. Jack can always find the pretty girls! See ya later mom!
On the nature walk part of the trip they all got to use magnifiers and look at organisms around the trail and pond areas. It was so fun to see how excited the kids all got. When we walked by the river and saw the ducks swimming below Jack raised his hand and told us all that he could tell the difference between a boy and girl duck because the boys were green and colorful and the girls were brown. He also said he knew it because his daddy shoots them! I thought the guide would fall into the river with that comment.
Jack couldn't wait to get his hands on this really big and ugly snake! Mommy on the other hand could wait! We saw all sorts of cool animals. Bees, ferrets, prairie dogs, tarantulas, rat snakes, mice and their babies, turtles, frogs, and rabbits.
This is what being a mom means to me. Just being able to spend this fun time with Jack and his friends was great. I love that I have the opportunity to go on field trips and help out with his class. Thank you tons Mimi for watching Bailey and Connor.
Thank you Jackson for being a good boy and trying so hard at school.

Connor Reid French

Connor is 6 months old!
We all can not imagine our lives without this sweet little man.
He has quickly become so special to each of us for many different reasons.
At this 6 month milestone I thought I would list the Top 6 Things Connor is Doing at 6 months.
1. Crawling! As soon as we put him down he is moving. Watch out LuLu!
2. Sitting up! He just began to sit without help this last week.
3. Trying to grab the cats and LuLu. So far LuLu has let him pet her and the cats
just run away.
4. Always looking for Bailey and Jack. He loves to just stare at them and laugh at
them all the time.
5. Charming the ladies! Yes, just like his big brother, Connor seems to like the
ladies. He turns the charm on and gives them that great big smile.
6. My favorite! He smiles, smiles, and smiles some more. He has the biggest,
sweetest little smile. He is such a happy baby. We feel very blessed by God to
have not one, not two, but three really great kids.
We love you Connor! Happy 1/2 Birthday.

"Facing The Giants"

This was a fun weekend. If I say it was busy that is an understatement.

Friday-Bailey, Mimi, Connor and I went to Grapevine Mills to look for some Fall clothes and jackets for the kids. We got a lot done and the kids were really good. We left the mall and went to pick Jack up from school. He actually had an excellent week at school and also got his first report card. I have to brad a little. Jack got all 4's which is like A's when we were in school. He is such a bright little boy. Friday night we met my family at Nate's (Terry's fav) for Birthday dinner for Terry and Mimi. Then we went to Mimi's for cake. It was so late before we got the kids home and in bed.
Saturday- Jack and Bailey were up at 6:30! Yuck!!! We made them go back to bed for a while. Greg and Jack ran errands then Bailey and I ran errands. Then Jack had football at 1:00. He is getting better everyweek, but he doesn't think so! Greg had to leave early to take Bailey to her 1st soccer game at 2:30. Then we all ran home to clean up and go to the Family Movie night. The movie "Facing the Giants" was really good, the kids enjoyed it. Mimi and Papa kept Connor for us and he had so much fun with them.
Sunday- We went to church, ate lunch at El Fenix with my family, and then home to rest! Connor took a 3 hour nap, Bailey fell asleep and slept for 2 hours. And, yes now we are paying for her nap. She is still awake at 9:30. Greg just checked on her and she said she was just hugging her baby Claire!
I'll post pics later for Bailey's soccer. She is so cute in her uniform. And she played a lot harder then last season.
Well, now I am trying to get us all ready for school tomorrow. Lunches made, clothes laid out, dishes done, and bed!