GOAL!!!

Kherington scored her very first goal!  They don't keep official score, but her team won 14-0.  Kind of painful to watch.  She kicked the ball and it managed to go through the pack of kids without getting and into the goal.  She loves playing and I love that she is getting more aggressive.

After the game we went and got donuts and breakfast tacos.  We all loved the tacos, so maybe they will be our new family tradition.

Kherington School Update

Kherington LOVES her school and especially loves her kindergarten teacher Miss Augustine.  I love that Miss Augustine takes a lot of pictures and posts them (photography is one of her hobbies).  Kherington loves 'specials' which are pe, art, library, computer lab etc.  During class they read, dance to songs, use ipads, practice spelling and more.  Each student has gotten to take turns being queen or king for the day.  When it is their turn, all the students draw a picture of the child and Miss Augustine made all the pictures into a book.  Kherington was so excited to have a book of her own and flips through it looking at the pictures each kid drew of her.  Miss Augustine uses class dojo to give the kids points during class.  When Kherington gets home she loves pulling up the app on my ipad to show me how she's doing.

At home we practice reading and writing too.  We started using a white erase board which makes it even more fun.  She has also started having homework.  It is learning 5 sight words.  She gets the list on Monday and has a test on Friday.  After the first test her teacher told me she did the best and has great handwriting.  She knew all 5 of her words plus spelt the extra word correctly too.  

Pumpkin Painting Round 1

We had our friends over for pumpkin painting and dinner one afternoon.  Actually, I dropped Kherington and Kevin off at her place while I took Jonathan to his 9 month check-up, and then they all came over to our place.  The kids were a little off and pretty whiny, then to top it off, the paint dried and instantly started peeling off.  It was fun to have company for the afternoon especially since both our husbands were gone (her's travels during the week and Ryan just works late).  We will try again next week with different paint and happier kids.

Pumpking Patch Kindergarten Field Trip

I helped out on Kherington's Kindergarten field trip to the pumpkin patch.  It wasn't the type of pumpkin patch I was envisioning.  The pumpkin patch part was just a couple clusters of pre-picked pumpkins, then the rest was a petting zoo with pigs, chickens, horses and more.  Kherington talked a lot about milking the cow before hand, but was super scared when it was her turn.

We were the last group to head to the meeting location (the mom I was paired with was really slow and didn't care so much about punctuality) and as we were walking there, one chaperone was walking away.  I stopped and asked him where he was going and he said he got tired of waiting so he left.  Then when we got there and the teacher was doing the head count she was super confused at who was missing.  It just made me laugh that some parents still do whatever they want even when they are supposed to be helping out.

State Fair of Texas

Kherington had a half day on a Wednesday which happened to be the day you could get into the State Fair or Texas for $3 plus 3 cans of food.  Ryan took the afternoon off and we headed there.  We opted to take the DART so we wouldn't deal with traffic on the way home.  It was the first day of October and it was HOT!  Like 90's hot...and we are those smart newbie Texas people that went out at the hottest part of the day.  We wandered around.  Enjoyed the kids area which was especially nice since it had free activities for the kiddos.

The kids went on a couple rides and played a couple arcade games where they won some prizes that made their day.  Jonathan sweated it out in the stroller. So hot!  In the back corner of the fair, we found a little corner with a little coloring table. People say the fair is all about the food.  We tried the corn dog and some Frito chili pie bites and some Icees.

Getting Comfy

The kids are adjusting quite nicely the new place.  They think it is fun to use the wet bar for 'lunch and a movie' location.  I finally got the net put up on the trampoline, Jonathan likes carpet and Kevin love mom and dad's bed...and his daddy's basketball magazine.