MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE

Merry Christmas Eve from our extremely excited house to yours!

Happy 1st Birthday Jacoby!

Look at how far we have come in one years time. It is amazing to think how God just seriously has a plan for everyone and everything. I don't have a whole lot of time to post pics so I will have to do that at a later date, but I wanted to just acknowledge our little man's birthday on the blog. It makes me sad to think of how quickly time flies by - truly I have no idea where the last year went except that we loved and treasured every moment of it.

Fall Fun with Friends and Family

Today was a blast at the park as the kids played with some of their dear friends and I just snapped pictures. Here you go:

And We ARE WALKING....

Look everybody I am walking!

WOW...I am really walking.

Look Mom I can hold something and walk at the same time.

I love this walking thing!

Here I come Kate and Addy!

Okay never mind sisters I LOVE the stairs...

These things are awesome to climb...now I can walk here whenever I want! :)

So I could not believe it today when I turned around and Jacoby was walking right towards me...I got so excited I scared the little munchkin. The girls were thrilled - that has been what they have wanted for some time now. Poor little buddy will be tired tonight as he has walked or slowly tried to all day long...way to go little man!

Are You Looking At Me?

Well, mama....Are you? Looking at Me?

All right you can take a few pictures of me in action...I am moving though so catch up. No time for chit-chat, I have things to do and places to go.

See I told you I was fast...HaHa! You can't even keep up with me!

And that is enough....I am outta here!

Hello, October Reader of the Month!

Kaitlyn got her "Book It" coupon last week because she completed all her reading assignments and tests for school during the month of October. It is a fabulous program through Pizza Hut where they award a certain number of kids each month with gift certificates to Pizza Hut. The Rockwood Fam had dinner last week on Kate. She was so proud and so were we!!!

Happy Halloween 1,2,3

1. Carve your Jack O'Lantern for the big night

2. Gather your friends and get dressed in your fun costume

(Our spooky pumpkins are ready to greet all unsuspecting guests)

3. Go...run from house to house giggling the whole way and collecting way too much candy:)

Halloween 2010 was a blast. The kids loved it and so did the parents although I am regretting some of the latter part of the evening when Brent and I decided to partake in some of the spoils of the evening:)

A Great Visit

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for a wonderful visit. We wish you could have stayed longer, but totally understand that you are trekking cross county! Austin or Bust right? Thanks for all the treats for the house, it has been great having barstools and a dining room table. We are so excited for you guys and your new adventure!

Halloween Gone Wild

The kiddos hanging out waiting for a Halloween Parade - yes, you read it right we had a Halloween Parade!

We needed to stay behind the orange caution tape....SPOOKY!!!!!

Oh little buddy you are just like a stuffed little sausage in your jacket and stroller. You loved the parade though!

Kate and Addy loving the lights and music of the parade. What a fun new way to celebrate this time of year!

Poor Kaitlyn, Addison & Jacoby

This is probably what all of you will be saying after this post. :) At least I know Uncle Ryan will be muttering something along these lines - oh and probably Brandon too.

So the time finally came - the opportunity for us as parents to have a huge impact on our kids lives, something that they will remember. Well I took it man......and ran with it. Brent and I were able to be the teachers for an hour in Kaitlyn's class today - we had to talk about an artist, Wassily Kandinsky, and then plan an activity. PERFECT....totally up my alley. Brent had a meeting at work, but it probably turned out to be a good thing as I am sure I would have embarrassed him!:)

Kaitlyn and I planned for a week in advance - first off that is a great skill in itself teaching her about how doing a little bit at a time rather than procrastination. Anyway, she and I decided (okay mostly me with a little persuasion) that acting like the artist would be more fun for everyone. So Kaitlyn memorized an introduction and then helped me make up a costume. We went in there full force...pretending to have Russian accents (No comment Chelsea), paint brushes, painters' hats and scarves. We even wore Brent and my old graduation gowns for added effect.

It was awesome and you could tell she loved it. We actually were asked to come back to the other Kindergarten class to do our show for them. It just was super fun to be right there with Kaitlyn as she told the class all that she knew about this artist, especially since she was trying to do it with this funny accent (that I promised her sounded Russian).

Oh I am already thinking about what I can do with Addison and Jacoby.....YEAH! I love being a MOM......but I promise once they hit high school I will cool it on the silly activities in their classroom. :)

and 2 Stitches Later :)

Addison's Battle Wound

Ok so it has finally happened: our 1st ER visit where we knew we would need stitches or a cast or something more serious than antibiotics. Poor Addison spent 5 minutes at her dear friend's birthday party at a park when she fell. Addy's little tooth went right through her bottom lip - we knew it was going to need more than TLC so we headed to the ER right away. Addison was very brave as she needed just topical treatment and then have the stitches put in...WOW that was a hard one for dear old Mom....I can't tell you how difficult it is to tell your child this is the best thing for them even though you know it hurts them in the short term. My heart broke a little at that point when I had to hold her down especially since she could see everything the DR. was doing. Thank goodness for true friends too (drumroll please.....Mary Kay) as who else would come and sit at your house in their PJ's until a very late hour so both Brent and I could be there to take Addy home. All in all though, we are doing great and are glad it is all behind us. We get the stitches out at the end of this week. We have had ice cream and slushies so I think are spirits are improving rapidly!!! :)

Break A Leg....

And now presenting Kaitlyn in the role of STOMPER - the loudest elephant.

And now presenting Addison in the role of the LOST HIKER - she jumps in a pond of water and loses her group.

Their stage was so cute with props and all....

Kaitlyn on stage after the narrator introduced her character. Sorry that was all the pics I could get as Jacoby refused to remain nicely seated in my lap...he wanted to move man (totally understand that)....don't worry though Brent got it on video.