Trick or Treat

Here are the little goblins for this year. Addison was a dark cheerleader, Landry a mermaid and Landon was a transformer. We ate at Mission Burrito before going to my parents and heading out.

 

 

Our friend and neighbor Murphy met up with us. She was the perfect Belle!

 

Addison and Landon were running house to house. Landry was ok just to walk! She tripped over her mermaid tail a couple of times, one time yielded in tears.

 

With Nonnie and Papa. They were outside with tables and fellow neighbors. Nonnie of course provided some snacks.

 

We made out with quite a bit of candy. We sorted it the next day and divided it up between the three. 261 pieces of candy after several were already consumed! We had 15 sweet tarts, 10 Reeses, 6 bubble gum, 26 suckers, 20 starburst, 20 tootsie rolls, 6 licorice, 8 nerds, 2 skittles, 2 sweetarts, 18 whoopers, 1 milk dud, 1 pixy stick, 15 m&ms, 1 swedish fish, 3 gobstoppers, 17 laffy taffy, 9 misc. hard candies, and 81 chocolate candy bars. I was surprised that we didn't get any gummy  lifesavers!! A good time was had by all!



Believe

Last year around Christmas time I was at my parent's house and my nieces were watching a Justin Bieber video. Addison, Landry, and I all got sucked in to the video and ended up putting it on Netflix at home. Landry, in particular, really loved the video and watched it every day for at least a month. Needless to say, when we saw he was coming in concert, we knew we must go! I had to work the day tickets went on sale so I told David he must get them! At first when he tried to buy them, it said sold out. He just kept trying to put tickets in his cart and after MANY tries, he got us three seats!!!!! We were so excited!

 

 

Here we are on our way to the concert! Landry was very cute. She waved her light stick before the concert and chanted, "Justin, Justin, Justin...." before he came on stage. He did play a lot of songs from his new album that we didn't know, but when he did play the songs we knew, we all sang along! He put on a great concert and we all had fun! David and Landon had some boy time and went to Chuck E Cheese! 

Texas Kids Triathlon

Addison did her first triathlon! It was a USAT sanctioned race which probably wasn't the best one to do for her first race. I couldn't go into transition and help her set up her stuff. They had volunteers in there, so I just had to call someone to help her. Crisis averted!

 

Landon and Landry look on.

 



 

Before the start. Madison (daughter of a friend from work) was supposed to do the tri with her, but backed out. I was afraid to tell Addison in fear she would back out also.

 

Her cheering squad!

 



The princess bike racked and ready to roll. I did see one girl do the race with training wheels.

 



Addison was in the very front of the line of swimmers. A lady grabbed her and shoved her into the lane to start swimming.

 



 

Addison was in tears after the swim. I thought she would stop. I didn't know what was wrong with her. She was upset the lady shoved her into the water. I would be too!

 Her swim time for 50 yards was 1:44 (rank 28/40).

Her very first transition was rough. I gave her running shorts to put on and a tshirt. She couldn't get the shorts up because she was wet and had a hard time with her shirt. I should have just given her a race belt and told her to throw shoes on. I had to hollar at a lady to help her. She was in there forever and kids were in and out! T1 time 5:24.





 

Rolling out on her princess bike for a 1 mile trek. Bike time 6:43 (8.9 MPH/rank 26/40).

 

 

Half mile run around the track and looking strong! Run time 4:56 (9:52 pace/rank 25/40).

 

I'm so proud of her for sticking to it and finishing!  Total time was 19:17 (rank 33/40). Way to go Addison!!!!

Pixie

There's a new girl in town and her name is Pixie. David and I did a lot of research in finding the perfect dog for our family. I wanted a running partner. David didn't really want a dog at all. I did however get him to agree to a bichon frise. I think it helped his friend James in Louisiana had one and he liked their dog. So, we searched endlessly for a breeder we liked and David found one about five hours away. We were torn between "pink" puppy and "black" puppy. I told David to meet them both and decide after getting to know them. Someone else buying a puppy the same day got there right before David and changed their mind and bought "black" puppy, so Pixie came home to us! She is so sweet and loves her stomach to be pet!

 

Go Flyers!

This is Addison's first swim meet! She was hesitiant to join swim team, but I think she's having lots of fun.

 

 

Her first race ever! So cute up there on the block. She swam 25 yards free in 44.13. Way to go Addie!

 

Look at that form on backstroke. She won a ribbon for 6th place with a time of 39.98. Way to go Addison!



Gonna Shine

Addison took Jazz Funk dance her Kindergarten year. She started off in a Ballet class, but didn't like it after two class so we switched her. I think the Ballet class moved too slowly, and this girl needs constant motion! Her dance recital was to Sharpey's "Gonna Shine" from High School Musical. It was a very cute song for the girls and their outfits were colorful and funky! Addison wasn't feeling well a couple a days before the recital. Turned out to be strep throat. She was running a 103 fever the night before. I didn't think she would be able to do her recital, but she woke up and said she felt ok to do it!

 

This is her buddy Danielle. Danielle also was on swim team with Addison, so the two spent a lot of time together!

 

 

Nonnie and Papa came but Addison wouldn't take a picture with them. Addison's not much for being the star of the show. So Landry took a picture with Nonnie instead!

Mercer

Today we picked up one of Addison's BFFs and headed over to Mercer Aborateum to play! It's much prettier in the spring of course, but we still had lots of fun. I took first shift and David went for a run. Then I went for a run and when I got back, there were three cop cars and David had everyone loaded. As it turns out, a van dropped off some girls and they started fighting. A woman called the police, and then the kids took off. Really, at a park? We ventured to go to the aborateum at that point and do some exploring. There was a lot of walking involved, and I think everyone got tired! Mission accomplished! We'll head back in the Spring when the flowers are bloomed!

Happy 6th Birthday Addison!

Time really does go by too fast! Addison is six years old! She choose to have her birthday party at The Little Gym. She loves this place. This is her third birthday party there! It was neat to have her birthday and birthday party fall on the same day! It makes the day extra special when you can celebrate with all your friends!


Addison loves to sing. Her favorite artists now are Selena Gomez, Hannah Montana, and Taylor Swift. So, I made a CD with all her favorite songs so she can sing away on her new Barbie Karaoke!

Landry and Landon weren't feeling so great, so they spent their time in my lap. They ended up going home early and didn't get cake. Weeks later they are still asking about Addison's party and if we're going. Poor things!

With her friends Delaney, Katelyn, and Kasey!

Get your swords up!

Glad she picked the princess cake. The day will come too soon when she is too cool for princessess!

Cool candles we found. The flames were the color of the candle!

Me and my birthday girl! I just love her to pieces!

Landry slept through the fun!

Papa and Nonnie!

A special blanket that Nonnie knit. Addison loves the baby blanket that Nonnie knit, but I don't let her use them. So, she asked Nonnie to knit her a bigger blanket she can use. They picked out pretty yarn and Nonnie knit away adding in a little faux fur. Addison loves it and I don't fuss at her for using it!