Slacker!

I have been neglecting the blog lately! I have soo many pics from Spring Break to now that I haven't shared, so my goal is to get several postings done today (now) and schedule them to publish over the next few days! I'll start with today and work backwards!

We started our morning off with soccer. Alex still loves it and is probably one of the best ones in the class. She is still the only girl, but totally blows the boys out of the water! lol Honestly with our class, it isn't too hard. Of the 4 boys today, one sat in the car screaming and crying most of the time, another sat on his blanket eating a snack and the other two played in the sand. The hard part for Alex is not getting a snack in the middle of practice when she sees the other kids eating whatever they want. I'm trying to teach her a little patience, so she has to wait until the end to get a little snack.

I've been talking to her this week about what activities she wanted to do this summer. It changes every single day. I asked her, do you like dance or gymnastics better? Dance. Ok, so if you only could do one what would it be? Gymnastics! Finally today she told me she does not want to do gymnastics this summer. I asked her several times because registration started today. She always said no, until we talked to our friends in the next soccer class and they said they were doing gymnastics, then Alex HAD to do gymnastics too. Registration opened at 10am, I was there at 10:30, we didn't leave until noon! It was CRAZY! There weren't that many people ahead of us, but each parents was signing up their kids along with friends kids. I heard some people sign up as many as 10 kids! Everywhere else we go has a window where the current students can sign up, then they open to the public. Gymnastics does not, which stinks! Half of our friends ended up at one time half of us at a different time, thanks to a family of 3 year old triplets that swooped in and filled the class we wanted! Oh well! I guess next year, we have to go earlier! I decided Alex will only do gymnastics for the first summer session. The last 6 weeks of summer we are taking a break from EVERYTHING! I want to be able to go where ever with out worrying about missing an activity.

So far our summer includes 6 weeks of gymnastics and a week of Princess dance camp!

Dallas and the Arboretum

Alex and I drove to Dallas Monday afternoon. We had a super fun, busy 24 hours! We headed straight to NorthPark to meet my friend, Josh. I haven't seen him in years and it was great to catch up. Alex loved him and asked non stop where, "mommy's friend, Josh" was, not to be confused with "my Josh, Daddy" as Alex started calling her Daddy-o! From there we went to visit Shannon, or Aunt Shan, as Alex called her. We got to visit for a while, then we went to the dinner and did a little more shopping at the Galleria. Then we went to visit my grandparents, Shannon's parents, then made it back to Shannon and Neal's to crash!

Tuesday morning, we met Amy and Wendy, along with their kids, Sylvia, Collin and Graham at the arboretum. It was beautiful! The kids loved looking at all of the castles. They had face painters there so Alex picked a purple butterfly, then we had a little picnic. It was a great day with friends!

One Weekend, 4 Grandparents!

Friday afternoon we headed to the lake house! We were planning on driving up that evening, but Josh decided to take off early so he could get some work done on the floors so his Dad wouldn't have to do as much. Alex, Cooper and I played outside for a while so we wouldn't be in Josh's way. Alex picked every flower she could find! We went to dinner at a little cafe in Edom called The Shed. It was sooo good! Saturday morning Grandpa and Grandpa showed up with breakfast! We ate, then the guys headed to Tyler to pick up some flooring while Grandma, Alex and I watched Beauty and the Beast. When they got back Alex, Cooper and I went to my parents house. I picked Josh up when he was done helping his dad. We spent the rest of the afternoon outside playing! Sunday morning, Alex took Popi outside so they could play even more. We spent the day picking more flowers, blowing bubbles and riding the "magic carpet!" (cardboard, pulled around the yard by Popi!)

Hot Shots!

I signed Alex up for Hot Shots soccer a few months ago. She has her first class on Friday. Coach Rachel teaches some basic fundamentals of soccer and they work on coordination and following directions. Alex was the only girl in her class, but she didn't seem to care! (Her other girlfriends are in the class after hers.) She had so much fun running, kicking and hopping around!

Bunny hopping through the ropes!

instead of hopping sideways, Alex decided to incorporate a little ballet and chassed through the ropes!
I can not believe how big she looks in this picture!

She LOVED playing red light / green light

team huddle!

A Few Weekends Ago

Two weekends ago, Grandma and Grandpa came to visit us! Alex talked about Grandma ALL WEEK LONG so she was sooo excited to see her! We didn't have anything planned so we didn't really do much of anything. Ray helped Josh work on the TransAm since he's getting ready to sell it and Alex & Terri disappeared in her room for hours! We took a trip to Lowes so they could help me plan out my flowerbed that is still a pile of dirt! We love grandparent visits! We celebrated Terri's birthday while they were here. Alex decided she wanted to pick out birthday cupcakes instead of making a cake!

Conversations with Alex

Alex is very into accessorizing! She wears her boots with EVERYTHING! She insisted on wearing her dance leotard to gymnastics then to dance a few days later. She added the belt for dance!

Alex talks and sings non-stop. A few current favorite songs are Frosty the Snowman, every song from Beauty and the Beast, Katy Perry's Fireworks, and pretty much any Lady Gaga song. Our conversations crack me up...here are a few examples!

Yesterday we were on the couch and there was a spider on the floor...
Alex: Mommy, there is a spider! Get it! He's going to eat my bracelet! (Which was on the floor near the spider)
Me: Baby, he isn't going to eat your bracelet
Alex: He's just just licked it! Get toilet paper and pick him up!
(I got a napkin, picked him up and flushed him)
Alex: Mommy, he's in my toilet. He wants pancakes. His mommy is making him pancakes!


Alex: What we doing today?
Me: we have to get Grandma a birthday gift
Alex: does she need a card?
me: yes
Alex: does she need candles?
me: yes
Alex: does she need a party hat?
me: umm, maybe!
Alex: does she need a piano?
me: a piano? no
Alex: hmmmm, how about, ummmmm, how about...stickers!

Alex: Mommy, I need a little water
Me: sweetheart, I'm sorry, I forgot your cup at home
Alex: Daddy, I need a little water, can you please stop and get me some?

In her mind everything that happened in the past happened yesterday. She talks about stuff we did weeks ago and always says we did it yesterday. Every night while I tuck her in, she ask what we are doing the next day. If I tell her we don't have any plans, she always has suggestions! She will point out product logos anywhere we go. She will call out UPS trucks, 18 wheelers with Target, HEB or Walmart trailers, Samsung, anything Mickey Mouse or Snoopy and Lowes. She has a crazy amazing memory!

I absolutely love this age! She is soo much fun and keeps me laughing every single day!

School: Check!

I did it! Alex is registered for pre-school in the Fall! One of my friends at gymnastics works at the school so she let us know there were 4 spots open for the 3 year old class! I knew of at least 3 people with 3 year olds who were going to be trying to get a spot. I was already dreaming that I missed the registration date, so hearing this kinda stressed me out! She also said all of the paperwork had to be filled out before your spot was saved. Registration began at 9 this morning. Since we had a little "in," I was informed the office would be open and the director would be there early and she wouldn't stop people from coming in early to start registering. Josh was sweet enough to stay home with Alex so I could fill out the paperwork without having to wrangle Alex! I got there a few minutes before 8 and thought I'd wait till right at 8 to go in. Kelli came out waving her arms telling me to get in there! There was already someone registering and took one of the 4 spots. I filled out the main page and turned it in to save my spot. I came home and filled out the rest of the paperwork since I had 48 hours to get it in. We are now officially registered, all of the paperwork has been completed and turned in! Now I have a few months until the open house/meet the teacher prior to school starting and our home visit with Alex's teacher!

This is such a huge weight off my shoulders and now I feel like I can relax, enjoy our Spring and Summer activities!