September 27 - Hoco Week!

Luke & Ethan

Hoco 2025! It has been a crazy week so let's dig in. Tuesday was a polo game and our teams fought hard but didn't come up with wins. Our girls actually made it to OT and lost by one so that was exciting. Wednesday was the homecoming parade. I was pretty stressed out about this parade because when I submitted the application, we weren't sure who would be driving and the form said changes could be made with at least 24H notice. I submitted changes 72H in advance and was told the application was wrong and no changes were allowed. There was also a huge storm looming all day but in the end, everything worked out! It was HOT and HUMID but the weather held and the kids had fun. 

For the non-Texans reading this (probably all of you LOL), mums are a tradition for homecoming. I finished Julia and Karley (Luke's date) over a week ago. Mums are pretty big craft projects and some people work on them for months. I worked on Julia's for several days as well as Karley's.

Lake Aquatics seniors

On Wednesday evening, we realized Mia didn't have a mum so I offered to make her one. She requested 'pink' so I sent out a "911 Mum Emergency" text to a few friends for ribbon and I spent all day Thursday knocking out her mum. I logged over 10k steps just moving around my kitchen making the mum! But I got it done! On Thursday evening, Luke and Karley did their 'mum exchange' and then he and JD went to the intro meeting for Robonauts, the high school FIRST robotics team that he was just accepted to. Congratulations Luke!!

Yesterday (Friday) was actual homecoming. The senior girls wear overalls to school (most of them decorate them..Julia kind of did) and everyone wears their mums. The school also hosted a food fair and I worked at school serving mac and cheese for the senior class. Food fairs are a way for grade levels to start earning money for prom (we started freshman year)  and it was fun to see all the mums and overalls! Last night was another water polo game followed by the football game, which Julia and Luke went to. Then they were up at 6am this morning for a swim meet and the dance is tonight. 

What a week!

Mum making..it's a process

Mum exchange

Off to school yesterday morning

Julia & her friends (seniors do 'fun' colors, underclassmen do school colors)

Saw the kids while I was serving food

September 24 - Polo

The polo season is almost over and it's been quite a ride. There are only 9 boys on the team and 7 of them are new to the sport so it's been a learning experience. The boys have lost every game (badly) but Luke has made some great friends and loves it. He was doing well until a tournament a few weeks ago and then he started experiencing shoulder and elbow pain. He has tendonitis and has been out for the last two weeks, so he's been operating more as a team manager. The polo season ends next week We'll see if he's cleared for swim tomorrow. 

September 14 - Did You Mean to Buy Those Balloons?

the birthday crew!

Jillian's 9th birthday bash was yesterday. She initially wanted a sleepover but after seeing how much fun the waterslide was for Julia's birthday, she decided to go that route. She invited 11 friends over for waterslide fun, pizza and cookie cake. The weather was perfect and the kids had a blast. Special shout out to Luke for "working" the waterslide to make sure kids went down safely and didn't slide into each other. 

Happy birthday Jillian, your party rocked! And I hope you loved the decorations, including the giant balloons I bought without realizing how big they were. LOL!

Did you mean to buy those balloons?

Party time

Fun with Friends

September 11 - Our Baby is NINE

Age: 9

Grade: 3

Favorite Class: science

Current Style: t-shirts and shorts

Current Activities: Girl Scouts, Musical Theater, HEAT swim team, Spirit Squad (NPE), Choir (NPE)

Current Interests: Roblox, Lilo & Stitch, Loudhouse, Katseye (singing and dancing to Gnarly with Julia), hair and makeup

Favorite Food: stovetop mac and cheese

Best Friends: Adelyn, Leeya, Guievere

Dream Job: veterinarian 

Place you really want to travel to: Costa Rica

Fun Facts: Happy Birthday Jillian! Your party is this weekend and we're doing a waterslide party with pizza and cookie cake. You are so excited to celebrate with your friends! 

September 8 - Roller Skating & Repticon

Sorry for the lack of blog posts lately. Between my multple volunteer booster positions, I'm basically working full-time (with no paycheck LOL). Life is busy!

This past weekend was a 'Jillian & Adelyn' weekend. I took them to a Girl Scout roller skating event on Saturday and on Sunday, the girls went to Reptipcon with Adelyn's dad and sisters. They had a great weekend! Jillian has been asking for a corn snake for years (as well as other reptiles) so she had a blast. 

Roller Skating Fun

Repticon