Sunday, November 25, 2012

Halloween, Thanksgiving and more!

Well, here's to playing catch-up on what we've been up to this fall . . . more book character day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Chicago and more!
Tiger Lily at "Book Character Day"

Yum . . . . chicken!

All of the baby "Cubs" ready for the parade!

Carving the pumpkin

Audrey is ALL in!

. . . and Eva not so much!





Unkie Will and (soon to be Aunt) Hayley joined us on Halloween. Their dogs Maddie and Hughey came too (dressed as pumkins too, no doubt!) Grammy and Boogie were there too, but didn't make any of the pictures :(

Tinkerbell!

The ONLY picture of Tiger Lily and Tinkerbell together on Halloween.


My students sang the national anthem at a minor league Hockey Game!

Mr. Landers conducted the group

Christmas Photo Shoot preview (no professionals here - just me and my camera)



And now back to Thanksgiving attire. In attendance this year, the 4 of us, Grammy, Boogie, Guy, Melanie, Naomi, Joseph, Sally, Mike and David. A fun day!

BUBBLES!




Bobby Bear spends Thanksgiving Week with us (the preschool class mascot!)


Jeff and I took a trip to my college reunion in Evanston - GO CATS! (A special thanks to Grammy and Boogie for keeping the girls!)
We got to go see the game along with Becca, Dan, Avery and Charlie!


Back at the Alpha Chi house!

A MILLION toys and it's the laundry baskets that are the most fun!


Eva's first trip to Monkey Joe's! (Audrey's preschool friend Elijah happened to be there too!)


Elf on the Shelf has come to the Foster household! Audrey named him "Bobby" - he keeps showing up in the weirdest places!

And the tree is up!

A play date at the Yorks



Golf! With Collin and Ashton (Daddy would be proud!)

Melanie, Naomi, Joseph and Guy came by and brought treats! We love it when they come to town. Audrey and Joseph played while Eva warmed up to Naomi pretty quickly!
 

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Fall Festivities continue!

It should come as no surprise that we've been busy this fall! With Marching Band, Fall Festivals, Football and more - check out what we've been up to!
Our annual trip to Mitcham Farm!
 
The Jones and Norton families joined us this year!


Tonya and sweet Charlie

The girls could not get enough of feeding the animals. They were the bravest kiddos out there! (Even Eva loved it!)

Wow that horse was slobbery!



Sweet pumpkin :)

Little cowgirl!




This was the scene of the day - everyone going back for more of the slide!

Our friends/pastor at our church, Bryce and his Audrey

Audrey went down the slide MANY times this year - even by herself!

And of course, Eva did it too - has to keep up with big sister!
The final activity of the day was the corn maze  - fun but exhausting! (especially for the little ones!)


Picking out our pumpkin at the Pumpkin Patch near our house





GO DAWGS!

Book Character Day at school (Audrey missed it because she was at preschool)
Eva spotted me and came running! (This is how she greets me every day when I pick her up from school - BEST part of my day!)

Mrs. Kathryn in the Book Character Parade (aka - Will's mom)

Another sweet friend, Georgia, dressed as our favorite - Sister Bear from the Bernstain Bears!
We love laundry (NOT!)
Our dear friend Weezie had a BIG birthday, and we got to celebrate with her!
Uncle Gwathmey came down for Weezie's party - it was great to see him and Judy!
Looking through the gate at the top of the stairs - wants a sweet kiss!

I had the privilege of attending a workshop at Ron Clark Academy. Here is Ron Clark   (with a bunch of people I don't know). He's started this incredible school for grades 5-8 in Atlanta. His school is full of fun, high achieving, polite, intelligent, creative kids. It was quite remarkable!

Mr. Clark conducted part of the workshop sitting on top of the lockers. (Standing on top of the table was another favorite perch for Mr. Clark.)
Ok - back to the girls! Eva's first haircut! (Don't worry - just a trim!)
She was very good!


And the finished product (playing with Audrey's LeapPad to keep her entertained!)
We loved going to see Daddy's band compete!


Sweet girls in their matching dresses made by Grammy!
Audrey's first time singing in "Big Church." Her preschool choir sang "The Lord is Great, Everybody Sing" and one other song (video to follow!)



At a Friday night football game!


The Pace Fair!



(Getting a decent picture of them together is tough these days, but here they are in front of the "Castle")

Grammy came too!


Mission accomplished!

What mess???

Arabesque!