Bruins

Friday night Clint got to announce his first High School Football game.  It was fun to be back where I spend many a Friday night while I was in High School.  Clint did great of course and the kids and I had fun sitting in the bleachers with our friends and family.  Lane and Marlee spend most of the game cheering with their pom poms.

Lane made fast friends with Miss Regan.  She is a Kindergartner so what she did Lane copied.  They had a great time together.

Clint had so much fun being up in the booth announcing.  We are so thankful he has the opportunity to get to announce and pursue his new career in Real Estate.   He is loving his new job and he will always love announcing and working with athletic teams.  Getting to work with the Bruins will be a great hobby for him.

Pre-K Lane

Lane had a great first day of Pre-K and a great first week!  He loves going to school!!  The first day I took lots of pictures.  Lane wasn't very excited about it, but he cooperated a little bit. 

You can't tell that he is excited at all, can you?

The line to get into his classroom was very long.  Lane had a hard time waiting to get in.

Once he finally got in he knew exactly where to put his backpack and lunch bag.

And he went right to a center that he thought looked like fun without a second look back. 

Marlee on the other hand is not too crazy about Lane leaving her to go to school.  The first day she moped around the better part of the day.  She was so bored she fell asleep in the middle of floor, something she has never ever done before.    Lane knew I was sad that he was going to school so he told me "Mommy don't be sad, Marlee will take care of you".

I miss Lane terribly and cannot wait for him to come home from school.  But, I do love having one on one time with my Marlee.   She has been so much fun, her little personality really shines when she has all of the attention.

Tomorrow's a Big Day!

Today has been a hard day for me.  My sweet Lane starts Pre-Kindergarten this year, he's ready and excited but Momma's not.  Tonight we went to "open house" at school.  Lane had a great time checking out his classroom and playing with some of the kids in his class.  Of course I had him take a picture in front of his very first locker.

 Here he's sitting in his spot for circle time. 

 This is the reading area.  I think this will be a favorite area of Lanes. 

The common area outside of the Pre-K classrooms has a fun play scape.  Marlee might be a little jealous of all the cool things Lane is going to get to play with.  I'm thinking she is going to miss him like crazy.  We'll probably both be crying tomorrow wishing Lane was home with us.

Lane is sooo excited to start school.  We went to have a one on one session with his teacher last week and you can see how excited he was.  We've been talking about school for quite a while now, but today every time we talked about it I just couldn't hold back the tears.  At one point he said "don't cry Mommy, I'll come home when school is over".  He has such a sweet heart and I don't worry for one bit that he'll do great.  I just want him to be happy and I hate to think that he's going to run into things we haven't prepared him for.  I know that's a part of life, I just have a hard time dealing with it when it comes to my baby. 
If you think about us tomorrow please say a prayer for us!  His school is a full day, he's to be there from 8:50-3:35.  Today I watched the clock and it's a long time!  I'll be sure to report back how the day goes.

Life in the Backyard

Since we moved to OK we've been staying at Grammy and Grampy's until we close on our house.  The kids love to play outside in Grammy and Grampy's backyard.  They want to be outside morning, noon, and night.  Lane loves to help Grampy, who always has something to work on.

They make quite the pair.

 Lane does lots of driving.  Marlee will go anywhere he brother will drive her.

Daddy loves to go out and throw the football around with the kids.  Marlee is just learning and Lane's an old pro.

Marlee will also go anywhere her brother will push her!

 Best buds!

Kids Fest

My Parents have wanted to take Lane and Marlee to Kid's Fest at Woolaroc forever, but because we lived 8 hours away the timing never worked out.  But, you can bet that this year Grammy and Grampy were all over going to Kid's Fest.  It was a super hot day, but we all had a ball!  We began our day at the Mountain Men camp.  A group of men really live there on the land and do demonstrations.  I saw one of the men letting kids shoot his shotgun.  I told Lane and he was ready to go! 

Lane and Grampy waited in line and I thought Lane might change his mind the closer he got, but he didn't.  He was really excited to take his turn.

 Lane looks like a pro!

Marlee found a tree swing that she thought looked like fun.  She is one brave girl!

Lane tried pulling a cart while his Sister swung.

The kids were excited to get their faces painted.  Lane knew he wanted something orange.  I helped him decide on a horse after giving him several cowboy related options.

Marlee got a sweet pink flower.  The face painting lady let Grammy do it.

After face painting we went to paint a rock.  Marlee had to do it all by herself.  She got her rock completely covered in paint before we left.

Lane had Grammy and Grampy help him.  He picked his colors and went for it.  He was very proud of his finished product!  It's out on Grammy and Grampy's back porch all the time.

After the rock painting, the kids went for a train ride.  They thought they wanted to sit up high on the front car, but decided to sit a little further back with Grammy.

Marlee had a great time waving to everyone as the train went by.

Grammy and Lane stopped to catch a magic show.

We found a booth that let kids paint little ceramic things.  Lane spotted a boot and was inspired to paint it all green!  He say's green is his favorite color 98% of the time when asked.  He was meticulous!  He wanted to be sure every spot of that boot was painted green.  I think he would have worked on it for an hour if we had let him.

After the boot painting we went to find the line to ride the covered wagon.  We found a shady place to sit while we waited and Marlee decided to relax.

Lane got the best seat on the wagon. 

Miss Marlee insisted on sitting on her own side of the wagon.  She really enjoyed her freedom on the ride.

We spent the whole afternoon at Woolaroc and stayed busy the entire time.  By the time we got back to the car and got the kids loaded into their seats they were asleep within minutes.

Fun with Rylee

We got to spend a fun day with Miss Rylee.  Now that we are here in Bartlesville all the time we'll be able to see her for playdates more often.  We had a cookout for lunch and went to the splash pad.  It was a warm day, but the clouds and wind made it a little bit cool with the water.  Marlee wasn't too sure about getting wet.

Lane had a great time running around with Rylee! 

Marlee spent more time posing for pictures than she did playing in the water.

The best part of the day?  Snack time.

We can't wait to play again Rylee!

Movin On Up

We said goodbye to our life in Round Rock and made the big move to Bartlesville, OK.  We have contemplated making the move for a couple of years now and the time was finally right.  Clint provided us with a wonderful life working in Baseball, we had so many opportunities that we wouldn't have had otherwise.  It was hard to say goodbye, but we are excited about what our future holds.  Clint is making a total career change, he's going to be a Realtor and we have a contract on a house just four doors down from my parents!  It sounds really close, but don't worry, we can't see each others houses from our respective houses. 

Lane and Marlee are over the moon to be so close to Grammy and Grampy and honestly Clint and I are too!  And it will be really nice to be so close in December when baby Musslewhite #3 is due!!!