Friday, October 24, 2008

Popcorn Place

This morning my mom is coming to get the kids and take them to see the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Gracie has been looking forward to this movie for quite some time. This morning she grabbed her chihuahua, named ChiWaWa, the cups for the movie theatre and popcorn containers so the kids don't have to share. She was so excited to go to the Popcorn Place (That's what Gracie calls the Movie Theatre.)


Here we have Aaron putting the dog to sleep while Gracie was running around excited with her ChiWaWa and popcorn tubs. It's been quite the morning, now they're off to the movies with Grandma and their cousin. It should be fun.


Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Just another Tuesday

Our Tuesdays start with Gracie's dance class! She loves Miss Summer her teacher, and just plain loves to dance. I don't know if it's just the massive mirror and the fact that she gets to look at herself for a whole hour, but dance is one of her favorite times of the week. She gets to wear pretty leotards, tights, and ballet shoes. What else could a girl want? During her class we bring some school for Aaron and we get a lot of the book work done for the day in that hour. It's nice to not waste our time just waiting for Gracie to finish dance.


We then head to visit my Grandma at her nursing home. We go on Tuesdays because there is a very nice woman, Miss Meg, who plays the accordian for all the those living in the enhanced care living area. We went once and the kids danced and now they miss us when we can't make it one week. The kids also love to dance for everyone. Today Gracie actually spoke to one of the gentlemen which she never never does. She doesn't like any man accept for her Daddy and a handful of others who have worked their way into her heart.


Today was Oktoberfest, so she tried to play songs for that. Next week I'm sure we'll be back to some of the good oldies that she plays. It's been great for the kids and myself, we've learned so many songs from my Grandma's era, that we never knew. It's great!


This is the kids with my Grandma. I tried so hard for her to look at me, but oh well. I'm just glad the kids can give to the older generation. They just love it when the kids walk in!






Monday, October 6, 2008

Mondays

Mondays are sort of a quiet day. We get to do school for an hour or so in the morning, then we're off to gymnastics for a few hours! The kids love it and it's great that they get to do this every week. They come home starving and tired, so I guess they do get quite a bit of exercise! After lunch Gracie is still getting a nice nap and Aaron and I get some quiet time for one on one school. It's actually a nice start to the week! I hope you enjoy these pictures of the kids.
Gracie loves bars and enjoyed "hangin' around" after her class during Aaron's class!
Aaron has been working so so hard on cartwheels. This was one of his best cartwheels and we're so proud of him. We send him out to the trampoline to do cartwheels in a soft large area and he's improved in leaps and bounds in just a few weeks.

Aaron is doing splits! He looks oh so excited about it! :)


Aaron likes doing a bridge because he really feels like he is successful at them so that's great!


This one is Gracie being a mermaid. It's so great that both of the kids enjoy gymnastics even if they only gain a little bit of coordination at the end of it all!