September

Carter (6 years, 4 months) - September brought the official start of Cub Scouts and soccer games.  Carter has enjoyed Cub Scouts will all his buddies.  His den meets twice a month and Dad is one of his Den Leaders.  In soccer, Carter has moved up to the age group where they now play with refs, keep score, and have real goalies.  He has really enjoyed it and even scored a few goals.

Learning how to properly raise the flag

Cute little cub scout!

Two Carters at the football game

Carter's Cub Scout troop raising the flag before the high school football game

Cheering on the Lions as they take the field

Carter scoring a goal at soccer

Parker (4 years, 10 months) - Parker has had a ton of fun playing t-ball again.  He is one of the old guys on the team and it definitely shows as he is running faster and hitting harder than a year ago. Most Saturdays have been spent at Georgia Tech with Dad watching football after the t-ball game.  Parker LOVES the games and being on campus.  He has developed a strong affinity for wearing his GT mask at every game (he thinks its magic).

Goofing around at Anders' birthday party

Parker made a flag costume for Blue Bear

Parker and Mimi made Blue Bear pajamas

Eating dinner in his GT mask

Having fun at Sky Zone

Post game snacks with the Lake Monsters

Sweet neighborhood friends on Parker's t-ball team (and siblings)

Superhero day at the zoo

Someone slept with his GT mask on for a night game

GT game fun with dad

Hanging with Will at the GT game

Cheese dip and GT football - Parker is in heaven

Avery (2 years, 1 months) - Avery is a little ball of personality.  As she picks up more words she uses them regularly, mainly to tell her brothers what to do and demand things from mom/dad.  Thankfully she has developed an interest in sports and asks for "football" on a regular basis.  Avery is high energy and loves doing whatever her brothers are doing and has a fit when she can't.  She is also developing quite the independent streak and insists on picking out her own clothes, her cup/plate and buckling herself in her car seat.  She is also a stickler for things being in the "right place".  And Avery has picked up a fun habit of wearing her shoes to sleep, preferably her tennis shoes or hello kitty rain boots.  

Neighborhood breakfast tailgate

Watching the cheerleaders pre-football game

Best seat in the house

Dance party at the zoo

Hugging Charlotte at her birthday party

First face paint

Sharing candy with EK during a t-ball game

Date night with daddy

Another date night with Daddy

Siblings

Friday night lights - Go Lions!

Showing off their Lego creations

Fun at the zoo

Carter trying to give Avery a kiss on the cheek

September School Pictures

Carter has settled in great to first grade.  He has made lots of new friends in his class and says he is having a lot of fun.  His favorite subjects are fairly similar from last year: P.E., Science, and Math.  He is also doing a number of fun after school activities including Legos, Tennis, Speed and Agility, and Soccer. Highlights of the month were his class' first field trip to the High Museum and the start of boy scouts.

Eric Carle inspired artwork

Checking in on the class caterpillars

Field trip to the High to see the Eric Carle exhibit

Releasing butterflies

Parker is all in for Kindergarten.  Seriously he gets excited for school every day and comes home asking to keep doing whatever they were doing at school  He also brings home a ridiculous amount of art he has worked on in his free time on a daily basis.  Parker has started weekly homework lessons and has fun doing it.  He is working a lot on his handwriting and doing a great job with it!

Rainy day dance party

Super hero day

Acting out ocean animals in a class play

Doing the Ostrich Walk during music class

Playing games during PE

Two birthday celebrations in one day

Doing his homework

Setting up a tea party during cultural celebration week

Pretending to be cars driving down the road

Making ice skates during sports week

Parker picked the outfits for team spirit day

Practicing walking on different types of lines

Making Maracas for a class performance

And Tambourines

Showing off his favorite musical instrument, the beads are his decoration

Making an elephant for animals around the world week

Welcome to England

Putting on a musical show

Making a sloth

Pretending to go camping on the playground

Sweet card from a friend at school

Fall pictures

Avery also had a fun month at school full of art, music, playground, centers and story time.  She loves her teachers and gets excited when Ms. B does her hair each day.  Avery likes being a helper at school and making sure everything is in order, she is a stickler for the rules.

Making hand prints around the world for culture week

Playing with the farm in centers

Learning Spanish

Sophie and Avery

Avery insists on wearing her backpack home every day

Waving Peru flags during culture week

Door decorations for cultures week

Music class

Avery and Charlotte

Harper and Avery

Showing off her mask

Playing with scarfs during music class

Sports Day

Painting a lion mane with a fork

Clayton and Avery

Class picture