November so far...

Just a little update about what November has held for us so far... Kinley & Ty both had Pumpkin Waffles with Ms. Kim. I couldn't go to either but Donna took some pics for me of Kinley and Arabella's class.

   

Kinley standing next to Kierce...she just LOVES him. 

 

And who doesn't love to show up and unexpectedly match a BFF at school! 

Kinley and AG think alike I guess. 

 

 Maddi turned one and they had the perfect little "You are my Sunshine" party with breakfast for dinner and decorating sunflower pots and all sorts of fun. 

 

Ty was hamming it up with a mouth full...

   

 For playgroup we went to see Curious George at the Fort Worth Children's museum.

 

Ty with Ryland hugging George 

 

I think all their favorite thing was this caged stuffed animal space. I am thinking we may need some chickens that lay eggs around our house. 

 

Of course we went through the rest of the museum too.

   

Water play in November....only in Texas 

 

Ty was loving the train table 

 

Brother / Sister cattle herding 

 

Ty on the bed of nails

   

Brothers and sisters on the turtle 

Maybe my FAVORITE thing we have started in November is Brother / Sister Gymnastics! We intended to start in mid-september after school started and we got into a routine but, Kinley had her accident and we couldn't use her hand in activities so we started in November. It was so hard to keep Ty out of the gym all last year while Kinley was taking. He would dart inside if the door even cracked. He has been a little reserved at the beginning of class so far now that he is allowed in there but he warms up quickly. He is loving being with his buddies Hudson and Druz while Kinley is in class with Aslynn and Tatum. I think this may be one of the only combined activities they get to do together and it is just so much fun. These pics are super grainy because they are from far away through a window. I need to bring my big camera some day to take pics. 

 

Over the summer while we were out of class they put up the Legacy wall at Gymnastics Plus with pictures of people who took class there who's kids now take there. It's crazy how we've come full circle. 

 

 We also threw a surprise baby shower for Kinley's teacher Ms. Jessie. Donna is the room mom and she organized the whole thing. I helped a little by doing party favors for the kids, centerpieces and a couple shower games.  

So many moms helped that we literally threw that room together in 5 minutes. The class left for a "nature walk" and came back to a full on baby shower! 

 I think Ms. Jessie was genuinely surprised...which is a miracle because Kinley knew about it for the entire week and didn't tell her. She can.not keep a secret. She just grins ear to ear when she knows something. She kept saying "I will just tell Ms. Jessie we are having a birthday party...not a baby shower." No, Kinley...just don't tell her anything. Just say "hi Ms. Jessie."

   

Jessie opened gifts while all the kids played games and ate some snacks.

   

There was a pin the bottle on the baby game for the kids to play. An estimation game where they guessed how many M&M's were inside a baby bottle, and paper baby bottles for them to decorate and give to Ms. Jessie for her baby book.

We love Ms. Jessie so so much and will miss her tons while she is on maternity leave!
More November and fun times during the holiday season to come!