Fall Is In The Air

Well, it actually still feels a lot like summer here. The high today is 95 but we have had a few fall-like days. But it is the end of September and fall activities are in full swing around here. We have settled into our back to school routine. The girls love their new school. It makes me so happy that they enjoy being there and love their friends and teachers. They are learning SO much. This past week, they brought home two little books that they had made and "read" them to us. One was about colors and one was an "I can" book (I can swim, I can run, etc.). They had written most of the words in the books (without tracing) and then read the words to us. I'm so happy that they are learning so much and that they love to learn (for now anyway!). They are also taking gymnastics this year. They love jumping on the trampolines, swinging on the bars, and walking across the balance beam. For some reason, I haven't taken a single picture of this yet but will soon.

We have made two trips to Fayetteville for Razorback games. We went to the first game during Labor Day weekend and then the Alabama game last weekend. Although our beloved Hogs are a huge disappointment this season, we still had a blast both weekends. For the first game, the girls went with Ben and I to the game. This was actually their first Razorback game to go to with us. They have been to one other one with Mom and Dad and a few tailgates but they have never actually sat in our seats with us before. They loved it. Their favorite parts were the fireworks when we scored a touchdown (thank goodness we didn't take them to the Alabama game or they really would have been disappointed) and the cotton candy. They did great at the game but Ben and I didn't get to see a whole lot of it, because they asked a MILLION questions the whole time. They wanted to know every little detail of what was going on around them which is no different than how they are all the time, but there were lots of things going on for them to ask about and it's really hard to concentrate on watching the game when they are CONSTANTLY talking to you. : ) We decided not to take them to the next game which was a good decision since it ended up being a terrible game and raining the whole time. Mom and Dad came up and watched them while we went to the game. Like I said, the game was terrible but we had a lot of fun tailgating and spending time with our friends without the kiddos.

Grammy and Pawpaw came to visit one weekend and we put them to work. : ) Grammy made some super cute curtains for the girls' rooms and she recovered our dining room chairs for us.  One major project that we have been working on is decorating our downstairs (entryway, living room, breakfast nook, dining room). It looks really good and is finished for the most part so I am going to take some pictures and devote a whole post to it. I think I have been saying for a year that I was going to do a post about our "new" house, but I promise that is coming. I have also been back to the Dr. a couple of times so I will post about that too but in a separate post. Here are some pics from September.........



playing Baggo at the tailgate

 

Loved seeing the Chic-Fil-A cow at the game. Macy wouldn't stop petting him.

 

This giant blow up Hog was at Mom and Dad's hotel

Macy is pretending she is camping at Cabella's

Swimming at the hotel

Ava. So grown up.

We met up with the whole Cockrell clan for brunch on Sunday. This is my sister in law Jacqueline, my cousins Sara and Amy, and Amy's two girls Ellia and Marys. As you can tell from Ellia and Macy's faces, we were looking right into the sun. Not the best picture but at least it captured that we were all together.

This was at home yesterday. Ava asked me to "send our family of a picture of her acting like a cheerleader."

Macy eating some of Eddie's delicious ribs at the Nalley house last night. Yummy!