Just A Few Things

It feels like we've been incredibly busy. However, most of it isn't noteworthy. Here are a few things though. 

Tadd started a co-op preschool when we got back from California. He was really excited but also really nervous. Really nervous. He held my hand tightly as we walked up to the door. He dragged me inside with him and wouldn't let go. After less than a minute though, he was fine. I left. 

He loved it and I'm so glad. He's been so excited to go back every. single. time. 

Kade has been playing fall baseball this year. It's a little less intense which is good because we've finally started him in a more competitive league.  This way he is getting his feet wet with a new level of competition but not with too much pressure. He's loved it and he's learning so much more! He has learned that he loves playing in the catcher position! 

Beach Day

While we were in California a couple weeks ago, we made a trip to the beach. It was a first for Max, and a first for Tadd... sort of. He doesn't remember his first beach experience so it was basically his first time. Tadd is his father's son, he loved it. Every minute. He did not want to leave. Max on the other hand, is my child. He hated the water and did not care for the sand. The water was surprisingly warm, I had my camera, and one very very happy boy. It was a very fun trip. 

A First Grader

Kade has been counting down the days until school starts. He's been so so so excited! 

Maybe we're over the top but you'll just have to get over it. We document things like this. 

Deal. with. it. 

But Wait! There's More!

We had lots more happen in our last month. I guess I just got lazy in my last post. 

Our friend Janine came into town with her three daughters. They recently moved to Sherman, TX which is about 4 hours north of us. We tried our best to show them a little bit of Austin. 

We went to Sound and Cinema movie in the park and Aaron and I had delicious sliders from The Peached Tortilla. Seriously. Yum. 

Raiders of the Lost Arc was the movie. We stayed for a bit and then headed over to the colorful splash pad for the kids to play. Then we took them to Gourdough's. Janine loves donuts so we had to take her there. I couldn't let her come all the way to Austin and not try Gourdough's donuts. 

The next day we took the kids to a splash pad, just a few miles away from our house. Then we headed to Williamson County park to take the kids on a little train ride. 

With 6 kids ages 6 and under and the hot sun, we got pretty beat. We headed back to the house to relax and play at home. 

The next morning, we relaxed. We let the kids play and Janine made yummy cookies with the kids. 

We had so much fun having them visit! We love visitors!

Last Saturday, Kade had baseball tryouts. They say tryouts but really it's more of a skills assessment, then the coaches have a draft. We met Kade's coach at his first practice this week and he seems great! Kade really likes him and I think he'll do a good job teaching Kade to be a better ball player. During the tryouts Aaron and Tadd decided to take pictures of each other. 

During the school year, the school districts do a reading program. If the student reads a certain number of hours, he/she gets a free ticket to Six Flags. Welp, Kade got his free ticket!

Aaron and I decided this would be a great opportunity to have some one on one time with him. He's tall enough to go on real roller coasters so we all got to have a lot of fun!

He was so excited all day! 

Below was the first big roller coaster of the day. 

He really wanted to go on the big one. The Iron Rattler. And we did it. It has a pretty big/steep drop right at the beginning. I definitely screamed.

It was probably the most intense roller coaster I've been on in a long, long time. 

As soon as it ended I looked at Kade. He looked terrified, white in the face. I asked him if it was too scary and he nodded... a few minutes later he was smiling and exclaimed, "I wanna do that again!" He got over the fear pretty quickly. He clearly wasn't expecting it to be so intense. I honestly wasn't either. I think if I had gone on it before he had... I wouldn't have let him ride. But he loved it. And to this day, if you ask him what his favorite ride was... "Iron RATTLER!"  

He wanted to ride some of the smaller kiddie rides so that's what we did. It was a day of fun for him. 

We went on some water rides, to help cool us down. Kade thought those were hilarious. 

While Aaron was getting our dinner, Kade wanted to go on the swings. This was the first part of the day that I became nauseated. But the kid loved it. During the ride, he looked back after I took the pictures of him. He got so worried! He yelled at me to put my phone away so I wouldn't drop it. He's such a responsible kid. Love him!

We had so much fun trying to get on as many rides as possible and soak up one of the last Saturdays of the summer. 

Last night, Kade and I went on our annual back to school date. Just the two of us. We went school shopping, school supply shopping and out to dinner. He kept chanting that his mom is awesome. Then today he told me over and over, "Mom, I loved our date." I hope he loves our dates forever! When we were taking our picture, he told me he wanted to take one with him kissing me on the cheek. Obviously I'm not going to say no to that! He so excited to start 1st grade!