So I had a meeting with Kason’s teacher, "Mrs. D", this past Friday. I was a little nervous about the meeting even though she was meeting with all the kids’ parents. I haven’t met with her since school started, so I wasn’t really sure what to expect. When I got there she sat me down at a little miniature table in a little miniature chair. The first thing she said was how much she liked having Kason in her class and what a cute boy he is. I wasn’t sure what to make of this….did she really like Kason or was she just buttering me up before she told me what a hell-raiser my cute little boy is?!? :) She proceeded to tell me that Kason’s behavior at school was good and there was nothing to worry about as far as behavior goes. (Whew, that is a big relief!!) She said he is well-liked by his classmates and loves PE and recess. That was no surprise to me, of course. Whenever I ask him what was the best part of his day he always says Recess and PE. :) She told me he is a little behind on his reading, but has made improvements in the last 2 weeks. I had noticed the same thing and asked if she knew what was making a difference. She said that is why she loves teaching 1st grade, because kids start off barely being able to read and then one day it clicks. With Kason, she said he seems to thrive on competition. All the kids in the class are reading the same 75 books. He is a little behind the average on getting through these 75 books. But another boy in his class is on the same book that he is on. So now it is a competition between he and this other little boy to catch up with the class. Whatever works, right?!? Mrs. D also said that Kason is great at Math. She said they play a math game in class called “Quiz Show”, boys against girls. One boy and one girl go up to the front of the class and have to answer a math questions. Mrs. D says that Kason almost always wins when he gets up there. She did mention that he needs to work on his handwriting. Boy, is that the truth!!! He just gets sloppy and doesn’t take his time making his letters. But all in all, it was a good parent/teacher conference and I am happy with Kason’s progress.
Oh, before I go, I do have to brag just a little more on Kason. He got his report card last week and made the A/B Honor Roll!!! He even got an “E” (for Excellent) in CONDUCT!!! Wow!!! He would also want me to mention that he won a basketball dribbling contest in PE a couple of weeks ago. I am not sure exactly what they had to do, but from what I could get out of him, they had to dribble down the court around cones and then shoot. There were 2 classes competing and Kason won! His daddy is so proud. :)
Monday, November 23, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Family Christmas Pictures
Last Saturday morning, we went to the square in McKinney for our family Christmas pictures. Just getting there is an ordeal in itself, of course. It is not an easy feat (for me at least) to get 2 kids ready for pictures while trying to get myself ready as well. But I gave up on trying to make everything look perfect and just did the best I could, then enjoyed the experience. Here is the sweetest picture I took of Katie and GD walking around the square. It doesn't get much better than this!! :)
Our neighbor, Heather Flores was our photographer. She has taken our family pictures once before and does a great job. Maybe even more importantly, she snaps those pictures quickly which is paramount when you have small kids! Heather brought her son, Zach who is a friend of Kason's. It was a great distraction for the kids to have Zach to pal around with between pictures. He also made funny faces for the kids to smile at when it was picture time. Here is a picture of Kason and Zach that day:
Katie especially liked Zach's funny faces and started making funny faces of her own. Here is a picture that Heather took of Katie making her funny faces:
The pictures turned out great. Be on the lookout for our Christmas cards in your mailbox soon! Here is a preview of one of the family pictures that Heather took. (This isn't the one on our Christmas cards, I don't want to spoil that for you! :)
After the pictures, we went to Mom and Pop's Popcorn which is the cutest little store there on the square. They had all kinds of popcorn and tons and tons of candy!!! The kids were, of course, like kids in a candy store! We told them to pick one thing and it took them forever because the amount of candy was so overwhelming.
It is hard to believe that Christmas will be here before we know it. But Thanksgiving is first! So I will say Happy Thanksgiving from the Hendricks family to you!! :)
Our neighbor, Heather Flores was our photographer. She has taken our family pictures once before and does a great job. Maybe even more importantly, she snaps those pictures quickly which is paramount when you have small kids! Heather brought her son, Zach who is a friend of Kason's. It was a great distraction for the kids to have Zach to pal around with between pictures. He also made funny faces for the kids to smile at when it was picture time. Here is a picture of Kason and Zach that day:
Katie especially liked Zach's funny faces and started making funny faces of her own. Here is a picture that Heather took of Katie making her funny faces:
The pictures turned out great. Be on the lookout for our Christmas cards in your mailbox soon! Here is a preview of one of the family pictures that Heather took. (This isn't the one on our Christmas cards, I don't want to spoil that for you! :)
After the pictures, we went to Mom and Pop's Popcorn which is the cutest little store there on the square. They had all kinds of popcorn and tons and tons of candy!!! The kids were, of course, like kids in a candy store! We told them to pick one thing and it took them forever because the amount of candy was so overwhelming.
It is hard to believe that Christmas will be here before we know it. But Thanksgiving is first! So I will say Happy Thanksgiving from the Hendricks family to you!! :)Saturday, November 21, 2009
Aunt Poos
Hello Blog World! OK, its time for me to catch up on my blogging!! Last Saturday we celebrated my Aunt Poos' birthday. For those of you who don't know my Aunt Poos, you are missing out!! She is beautiful, funny, smart, loving and definately spirit-filled! Her laugh and screams can be heard for miles when she gets worked up! :) And last week was a pretty big birthday for her. (I'm not sure she would want me to say which one it was, but suffice it to say it was a big one! :) So to celebrate, my mom, Poos, Oma, Jamie and I went to "The Chocolate Angel" tea house in Richardson. It is one of our favorite places to meet for a Girl's Lunch. They have delicious salads and sandwiches!
On a side note, I was surprised to see my great friend and neighbor, Susanne at The Chocolate Angel that day!! Who would've thought we would run into each other at such an obscure place!!??? Guess we really do think alike, Sus! :)
So the 5 of us were seated and had our wine glasses filled with my Aunt's favorite Reisling (which was delish by the way!). My Aunt had the special birthday wine glass that we decided should be passed along to each of us when it is our birthday lunch.
We ordered our meals and then Mom broke out the party attire for Poos to wear on her special day. Out of her bag she whisked out a tiara, boa and star sceptor. Poos had no choice but to wear her special birthday accessories. Mom told Poos that whenever she touched someone with her birthday star sceptor that that person had to do whatever Poos asked. I will just say that Poos took advantage of that situation and it led to some great girl talk! :) Here is a picture of the birthday girl in all her glory:
After our delish meal, we went to Jamie's house for cake and gifts. Jamie has a beautiful house in Richardson that I had not visited since they first moved in. We took a quick tour of the house. Jamie has decorated it so nicely and they did a lot of work on it. It is absolutely a beautiful and warm, homey home. I love it! Jamie had put together Poos' favorite cake, Angel Food cake. We had it with strawberries and whip cream, yummy!!
Next, we opened gifts. (Or did we do cake first?? I can' remember the exact sequence! :) Poos got some great gifts and cards. Mom and Oma surprised Poos by giving Poos a gift bag with a set of keys in it. When she opened the gift and found the keys, Mom told her she had to go out to her car and look in her trunk for her gift. So we all went outside and watched as Poos opened the trunk, and found a new 19 inch flat screen TV!!! For those of you who know my Aunt, you can already hear the screams and laughter that came out of her mouth when she found it! :)
It was so funny because on the way to lunch she was just telling us that the only reason she would go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving was if there was a flat screen TV on sale that she could use in her bedroom!! It was so great to see her so surprised and happy about her gifts!
Jamie's husband came home just in time to visit for a little bit and take a picture of all us girls. It was a great day of laughter, wine, food, sharing and love. I love my family!!
On a side note, I was surprised to see my great friend and neighbor, Susanne at The Chocolate Angel that day!! Who would've thought we would run into each other at such an obscure place!!??? Guess we really do think alike, Sus! :)
So the 5 of us were seated and had our wine glasses filled with my Aunt's favorite Reisling (which was delish by the way!). My Aunt had the special birthday wine glass that we decided should be passed along to each of us when it is our birthday lunch.
We ordered our meals and then Mom broke out the party attire for Poos to wear on her special day. Out of her bag she whisked out a tiara, boa and star sceptor. Poos had no choice but to wear her special birthday accessories. Mom told Poos that whenever she touched someone with her birthday star sceptor that that person had to do whatever Poos asked. I will just say that Poos took advantage of that situation and it led to some great girl talk! :) Here is a picture of the birthday girl in all her glory:
After our delish meal, we went to Jamie's house for cake and gifts. Jamie has a beautiful house in Richardson that I had not visited since they first moved in. We took a quick tour of the house. Jamie has decorated it so nicely and they did a lot of work on it. It is absolutely a beautiful and warm, homey home. I love it! Jamie had put together Poos' favorite cake, Angel Food cake. We had it with strawberries and whip cream, yummy!!
Next, we opened gifts. (Or did we do cake first?? I can' remember the exact sequence! :) Poos got some great gifts and cards. Mom and Oma surprised Poos by giving Poos a gift bag with a set of keys in it. When she opened the gift and found the keys, Mom told her she had to go out to her car and look in her trunk for her gift. So we all went outside and watched as Poos opened the trunk, and found a new 19 inch flat screen TV!!! For those of you who know my Aunt, you can already hear the screams and laughter that came out of her mouth when she found it! :)
It was so funny because on the way to lunch she was just telling us that the only reason she would go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving was if there was a flat screen TV on sale that she could use in her bedroom!! It was so great to see her so surprised and happy about her gifts!
Jamie's husband came home just in time to visit for a little bit and take a picture of all us girls. It was a great day of laughter, wine, food, sharing and love. I love my family!!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sorry to Brag, but.....
I forgot to blog yesterday about Kason's huge improvement in behavior at school and Afterschool care last week! If you have ready my earlier blog, we were having some trouble with him in his Afterschool care program. He was getting in trouble for talking back, not listening, etc. Well, last week was a huge improvement!! He did not get in trouble one time during Afterschool care last week. And at school he was one of 4 first graders selected to get free ice cream during lunch time as a reward for good behavior in the cafeteria!!! (That is quite an improvement from pulling down his pants in that same cafeteria last year! :) We are so proud of him for making good choices last week! Way to go, Kason! Keep up the good work!!
Sunday, November 8, 2009
The Cat's Meow
Katie Blair is talking so much! She will say anything! She told Kason that he needs to cover his mouth when he coughs. (She is still Katie Bossy!) She tells on Tucker when he lickes her. But this week, not only is she talking, she is meow-ing. Yes, you heard right. She is acting like a cat. We call her "Katie Cat". At home this past week, she wiould just come up to us and start meowing. GD went to pick her up at Tracy's one day this week and as soon as she saw him she says, "Meow! :) It is so funny!! We have no idea what started this cat imitation. I'm sure it is just something she picked up somewhere...who knows!
Kason came home early from school on Friday with a low-grade fever and ear pain. I took him to the doctor on Saturday morning and an ear infection was confirmed. He started antibiotics that day. He started feeling better almost right away. It is now Sunday evening and he seems to be back to normal. He still has a little pain in his ear, but no fever. To prove how well-recovered he is today, I have added a video below of Kason kicking a field goal in the backyard this afternoon. He loves to kick the football!!
But before the video, here is a pic of Katie Blair I took today. You may notice a little bruise under her right eye. She and Adelie were playing last night and Katie bounced off of Adelie and into the window sill. It didn't slow her down for very long. She had a great time playing with Adelie and Reid.
Hope you all have a great week!
Kason came home early from school on Friday with a low-grade fever and ear pain. I took him to the doctor on Saturday morning and an ear infection was confirmed. He started antibiotics that day. He started feeling better almost right away. It is now Sunday evening and he seems to be back to normal. He still has a little pain in his ear, but no fever. To prove how well-recovered he is today, I have added a video below of Kason kicking a field goal in the backyard this afternoon. He loves to kick the football!!
But before the video, here is a pic of Katie Blair I took today. You may notice a little bruise under her right eye. She and Adelie were playing last night and Katie bounced off of Adelie and into the window sill. It didn't slow her down for very long. She had a great time playing with Adelie and Reid.
Hope you all have a great week!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Halloween Present, Halloweens Past
Another month has come and gone and now it is November!! I can hardly believe it!! I hope everyone had a great Halloween!!
Last week, Kason continued to get into trouble at the Afterschool program. It is always the same thing: talking back, not listening, rolling eyes, etc. We spanked him, took away video games, TV and even his football. But nothing seemed to really get his attention. So we finally warned him on Wednesday, that if he could not get through the next 2 days without getting into trouble he would not be able to go Trick or Treating. Lo and behold, the next day he got into trouble again. So now we had to follow through on the punishment. I think I was more upset than Kason was. I had been looking forward to this all month!! But a deal is a deal, and we couldn’t back down. (Actually, I totally would have backed down if it hadn’t have been for GD. He is much better at the ‘tough love’ thing than me!) So we told him that he couldn’t go to the football game on Friday night, couldn’t go to Trunk or Treat at church on Saturday afternoon and couldn’t go Trick or Treating on Saturday night. My heart was broken. On Friday, we did let him get dressed up to go to school. When GD picked him up on Friday afternoon, the girls at the Afterschool program told GD that Kason had had a GREAT day. When he got home, his behavior was exceptional. So GD and I discussed it and told Kason if he could behave himself the rest of the weekend, then he could earn back his Trunk or Treat privileges for Saturday afternoon. He was still grounded from the football game and Trick or Treating, but at least he could do something. He seemed happy with that, or at least happier.
On Friday night, my good friend Susanne came over and we made goodies to hand out to the kids at Trunk or Treating the next day. For those of you who may not know what Trunk or Treating is, it is a community event that our church offers where we decorate our trunks and hand out candy to the kids. It is lots of fun. Susanne and I had a great time visiting (and drinking a little vino!)
Saturday, of course, was Halloween. This is the first year that Katie understood what a costume was, although I don’t think she still understands the whole Halloween concept. She is still asking me if we can go trick or treating again! My mom and GD’s mom both came over Saturday afternoon and helped get the kids dressed so I could go up to the church to decorate my trunk. Trunk or Treating was a blast! There was a great turnout and the kids had lots of fun. I think Katie had a lollipop in her mouth everytime I saw her!! After Trunk or Treating, we all went to Susanne and Monty’s house for dinner. Susanne is a gracious host and awesome cook. Her chili was so yummy and the kids loved their “mummy dogs”! After dinner, GD and the moms took Kason home to fulfill his punishment of no Trick or Treating. He was upset, and so was I. But Katie was still raring to go, so Susanne, Monty and I rounded up Katie, Tanner, Adelie and Reid and took them around the neighborhood to go Trick or Treating. It was perfect weather with a little bit of chill in the air. The kids absolutely loved it! Katie sat in the wagon like a princess about half the time. But in between lollipops, she did go up to a few houses to trick or treat. However, if there was scary music or smoke coming from the house, forget about it!! She was scared! By the time we got back home, Katie was still on a sugar-high, but I was exhausted! I was so happy that we gained an hour Saturday night!! (Although Katie woke up at 6:30 the next morning!!)
Katie is really coming into her own these days. She is little Miss Thing!! We are going to have to start working on her little attitude, but right now it is totally cracking us up!! Yesterday, she had her baby doll in her stroller and I asked her how her baby was doing. She looked at me and said, “Don’t worry about my baby!”. I told her not to talk like that to me. She put her hand on her hip, looked me in the eye and said, “Don’t talk to my baby like that!” I had to stifle a laugh, the look on her face with that hand on one hip was priceless!!!
Here are some pics from the weekend.
Too Funny!!!! :)
Last week, Kason continued to get into trouble at the Afterschool program. It is always the same thing: talking back, not listening, rolling eyes, etc. We spanked him, took away video games, TV and even his football. But nothing seemed to really get his attention. So we finally warned him on Wednesday, that if he could not get through the next 2 days without getting into trouble he would not be able to go Trick or Treating. Lo and behold, the next day he got into trouble again. So now we had to follow through on the punishment. I think I was more upset than Kason was. I had been looking forward to this all month!! But a deal is a deal, and we couldn’t back down. (Actually, I totally would have backed down if it hadn’t have been for GD. He is much better at the ‘tough love’ thing than me!) So we told him that he couldn’t go to the football game on Friday night, couldn’t go to Trunk or Treat at church on Saturday afternoon and couldn’t go Trick or Treating on Saturday night. My heart was broken. On Friday, we did let him get dressed up to go to school. When GD picked him up on Friday afternoon, the girls at the Afterschool program told GD that Kason had had a GREAT day. When he got home, his behavior was exceptional. So GD and I discussed it and told Kason if he could behave himself the rest of the weekend, then he could earn back his Trunk or Treat privileges for Saturday afternoon. He was still grounded from the football game and Trick or Treating, but at least he could do something. He seemed happy with that, or at least happier.
On Friday night, my good friend Susanne came over and we made goodies to hand out to the kids at Trunk or Treating the next day. For those of you who may not know what Trunk or Treating is, it is a community event that our church offers where we decorate our trunks and hand out candy to the kids. It is lots of fun. Susanne and I had a great time visiting (and drinking a little vino!)
Saturday, of course, was Halloween. This is the first year that Katie understood what a costume was, although I don’t think she still understands the whole Halloween concept. She is still asking me if we can go trick or treating again! My mom and GD’s mom both came over Saturday afternoon and helped get the kids dressed so I could go up to the church to decorate my trunk. Trunk or Treating was a blast! There was a great turnout and the kids had lots of fun. I think Katie had a lollipop in her mouth everytime I saw her!! After Trunk or Treating, we all went to Susanne and Monty’s house for dinner. Susanne is a gracious host and awesome cook. Her chili was so yummy and the kids loved their “mummy dogs”! After dinner, GD and the moms took Kason home to fulfill his punishment of no Trick or Treating. He was upset, and so was I. But Katie was still raring to go, so Susanne, Monty and I rounded up Katie, Tanner, Adelie and Reid and took them around the neighborhood to go Trick or Treating. It was perfect weather with a little bit of chill in the air. The kids absolutely loved it! Katie sat in the wagon like a princess about half the time. But in between lollipops, she did go up to a few houses to trick or treat. However, if there was scary music or smoke coming from the house, forget about it!! She was scared! By the time we got back home, Katie was still on a sugar-high, but I was exhausted! I was so happy that we gained an hour Saturday night!! (Although Katie woke up at 6:30 the next morning!!)
Katie is really coming into her own these days. She is little Miss Thing!! We are going to have to start working on her little attitude, but right now it is totally cracking us up!! Yesterday, she had her baby doll in her stroller and I asked her how her baby was doing. She looked at me and said, “Don’t worry about my baby!”. I told her not to talk like that to me. She put her hand on her hip, looked me in the eye and said, “Don’t talk to my baby like that!” I had to stifle a laugh, the look on her face with that hand on one hip was priceless!!!
Here are some pics from the weekend.
I looked for pictures from past Halloweens, but could only find the past 2 years. I'm sure I have the prior years, but just didn't have time to search for them. I really need to get better organized! Enjoy!
Halloween 2008
Halloween 2007
Too Funny!!!! :)
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