Zech's UFC Debut!

Zech has been attending a Mixed Martial Arts class at the Fighters Forge in CC, TX. He is really enjoying it. Coach Pat is an excellent teacher and handles the kids very well. They practice Jui-Jitsu on Mondays, American Boxing on Wednesdays, and Thai Kickboxing on Fridays. The video is of a sparring session between Zech (age 5) and classmate (age 7). Zech is very aggressive in the beginning and shows very good form while on the ground. Zech did an excellent job passing the guard of the other boy, and then finishes strong when the other boy ran away.

Day at the zoo

train ride...it was loud!
what a beautiful butterfly
So cute

Monday Sept 22nd, we took Dad back to the airport in San Antonio and took the kids to the zoo. We had so much!

Marshmellow guns

So, my Dad came to see me last Friday. Surprise! I hadn't seen him since January so it was nice to see him. Anyways, he, Gary, Zech, and Gabriel took a trip to the hardware store for some PVC pipe. After Ammon's party, we assembled our guns and fun ensued! We played outside for a while and then went to attack the Syphus's! It was so much fun!

Ammon's 1st birthday! finally

Ammon's 1st bday pictures and videos to come

Sorry I'm so lame! The pirate party was loads of fun but with having my Dad in town and taking him back to San Antonio today, I have had no time to upload and fix my blog. Why can't I get a cool template and get my playlist to work too? Is it just me? Uuuggggghhhhhh! OK, more tomorrow! I promise.

Ammon took his first steps today!

My little boy is growing up so fast. With his 1st birthday rapidly approaching, he decided enough is enough with this crawling around! He loves being with his brothers and gets frustrated not to be able to do everything they do!
He took about 4 steps before I got my camera out and then was tired of performing. But here he is in all his cuteness!

Dinosaur Day

Today in Heavely Homeschool, our subject is dinosaurs. I went to Barnes and Noble yesterday to pick up Mary Pope Osbourne's "Magic Treehouse" books 1-8. Zechariah loves them and I found study guides online to go along with each of them. Hello! School is done for me-I love it!
So, we read the book, "Dinosaurs at Dawn" in circle time, took a quiz review, colored dinosaur pictures, and made a dino diorama. The kids had a blast. Then we played Dinosaur land in centers. Now it is recess, YAY!