Thanksgiving clinic

Cooper had fun at a Thanksgiving clinic this past weekend!!

Ralphie relaxing on day 2

Ralphie arrived! Friday...

Kids were wondering what Jake was barking at this morning! He came with an arrival letter and they are excited to see his return! 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

So much to be thankful for this year!! God Bless! Love to all my friends and family today and everyday! 

Rainbow Loom Craze

So the newest craze among kids is the Rainbow Loom! The boys love theirs. I love it too because they will sit and work on a bracelet for hours. It gets them off those video games! 

Braedyn has become quite skilled at it. He will watch YouTube videos on how to make new ones and start working! It takes a lot of patience. I tried and quickly became frustrated. They are hard until you get the hang of it but I won't even attempt to make the ones Braedyn is making. 

His class is on an economics unit and he has to come up with an item to sell and market. So he decided he would do the bracelets... An assortment. 

What clever idea and whoever came up with it is making money!! I posted a few pictures... 

Our Elf On The Shelf Arrival Letter which will be arriving friday morning!

Braedyn, Cooper, and Jordan Jacobson

 

I’m back from the North Pole

I missed you my dear

Santa sent me again

To be his eyes and ears.

 

Every night I will fly to

Give Santa advice,

Whether you were naughty that day

Or wonderfully nice.

 

The rules are the same

And I hope you agree

I can’t talk to you

And you can’t touch me.

 

But no worries my sweet

There is fun to share

You never know when Ralphie

Will show up somewhere

 

Ralphie

Realization

Tonight was an icky, cold, rainy night. They were saying roads and driving will not be fun. I really did not want to drive to Raleigh, So I decided that I would stay home. Hockey practice was tonight for Cooper and I never miss it. It was nice of a teammate who lives close by to offer to take him. So I got him dressed at home and dropped him over at the house and had a weird feeling of seeing him go.  He hasn't been the one yet to get rides places or even have a sleepover. Having him be at practice without me was an awkward feeling. I then realized it should be- I have never missed one - I have taken him to every practice and been at every practice and game since he started at 3 years old and he's now 7 1/2. He must have thought it was weird too. 

He came home and took his shower, put on his Jammie's and came out to sit with me and said "I love you mom". "I missed having you be there tonight." So it's worth all the miles and all the stress I deal with this year. It makes me feel better! 

I also feel pretty lucky to be able to be there for my kids in whatever they do! Mom will always be there biggest fan!!