Our Life in Words...: Cheerleading, Football, Kites and More!

We have had a busy few weeks! The kids are adjusting well to their school schedules and I am starting to feel like a taxi!

I am very impressed with Carson's school work! He has really surprised me with this spelling and math capability! I have also noticed a huge improvement in his handwriting. He is really liking first grade and feels much older now that he is no longer in Kindergarten!

Payton is her usual smiley self and continues to do well at school. She is a perfectionist and accepts nothing less than perfect papers!

We have had very nice weather the past week and have taken advantage by being outside....A LOT!

Last week Payton participated in a cheerleading clinic Tues - Fri and then performed at half time of the football game last night. I was pretty nervous b/c it rained / poured all day but it cleared off just in time for all 40 of the little girls to do their cheer, chants and dance. As always, I was a very proud mama! We stayed for most of the game but Aidan started getting fussy around 9:15 so we headed home a little early.

We got up early this morning and headed to Jackson for Carson's first flag football game. He was so cute! I have to say, Carson is FAST! It looks effortless but he can really run! They practice skills the first 1/2 hour and then scrimmage the next 1/2 hour. Mike helped coach the boys and I think both he and Carson had a lot of fun!

After football we headed to the jackson airport for the Prairie Wind Kite expo. They had some really amazing kites flying. We brought the kites we bought for the kids when we were in DC. The day was perfectly windy for flying kites! The kites went up right away which was pretty exciting! After we put the kites away we walked around looking at all of the cool kites. There was a caterpillar kite that stayed on the ground. The kids could lay on the ground and the wind would blow the kite back and forth over them. It was pretty cute!

We came home and all of us got to take a nap! We were all so tired and it was really windy which just intesified the need for a nap!

I have really been enjoying my new camera! It amazes me how much better my pictures are and I really like trying new features and pushing it to the limits!

Below are some pictures of our week!