Is it futbol or football?

OK Please don't go into hysterics. No, we have not turned in our boots for cleats, but yes, it is true, we are letting Landon play football.  Now, before you stop breathing let me explain.  It is flag football, and yes, he did tear up when we told him that he was going to get to play on the same team with one of his best buds in the whole world, Mason.  This is probably the only time they will ever get to play on the same team since they play different sports and are in different grades.  Who's Mason? Well, he's the best flag puller on the team.  He had more tackles than any other kid on the team in the game last Saturday.  He's the one a head taller than the other kids, and a grade younger than them too. 

Well, Landon had missed the first 2 practices so the coach only gave him the ball 2 times the entire game.  The first was an incomplete pass.  The last play of the game the coach asks Landon if he could run fast?  Landon said yes, so the coach had Landon get the handoff for the final play of the game.  He ran to the right, did a little juke, and beat the last man, "HE COULD GO ALL THE WAY!"  TOUCHDOWN!!! He scored the 2nd TD of the game.  Way to go Lando!

Landon and Mason after the game.  They only had 5 players because the rest of the team had the swine flu.  Yikes.  They played a man down for half of the game.  Way to go you 2.  You did great.  They had a blast.

Generations

My grandmother is 96 years old. She still lives by herself in a senior apartment and can read without glasses. She can also touch her toes, and will show you if prompted to do so. She has 4 great grandchildren and one more on the way. I was blessed to know 4 out of my 8 great grandparents. My kids love their great grandma. Well, this summer my mom found an old blouse of my grandma's that she couldn't wear anymore and thought it would make a cute outfit for the girls. We took parts of her blouse and made 3 matching blouses for the girls out of the material. We even re-cycled the buttons. Then my mom was hemming my grandmother's sheets and she had some extra material. She took the extra material and together, she and I made matching pants to go with the girls matching outfits. In a way, these outfits are generational, made out of their great-grandmothers blouse and sheets, by their Nina (grandmother) and their mother, and worn by the 3 Blake girls. Pretty special. In order to preserve the memory of the girls wearing these generational outfits, I decided that we should all take a pictures to remember the outfits. Here is how it all turned out.

Schroeder

Each morning to start our school day we all get our instruments and attempt to play a melody while praising the Lord. Kelly, Landon and I are trying to play the guitar, Keaton does some kind of shaker instrument, or sings with our fake microphone, and Kelly sometimes uses the microphone. Sometimes Landon plays his toy flute. Well it is a fun way to start our school day. One day, Kelly put Cailin in front of the toy piano and she totally started playing. So... now this is her instrument. She actually plays it. It is so cute and she really enjoys it. We are now calling her Schroeder.

Christmas in August - Happy Birthday Keaton

Around here at the Blake house, Birthday's start pretty early in the morning. The first event of the day begins with a special one on one birthday donut run with Dad. It is amazing how the birthday person is almost always the first to wake up on that particular day. Keaton and Dad on a Birthday Donut Run.
We had a small cupcake birthday party with all the school friends during one of our summer swim Tuesdays. Notice how all the friends are helping Keaton blow out her candles.


Yumm.

It's good to be 3.

Keaton with a silly face

Keaton with another silly face. What's new?

Choo, Choo. Disney's A Christmas Carol Train Tour passed through Dallas on Keaton's birthday so we decided to make it a train birthday party with the family and enjoy the Free entertainment.

A quartet dressed up like characters from the movie sang Happy Birthday to Keaton.

The Tain from the outside.

1st edition of A Christmas Carol by Dickens.

Costumes from the movie.

Handwritten manuscript of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens.

Another silly face.

The train also had cars with the making of the movie, technology, and an interactive portion where you could take your picture and it would turn you into one of the characters. Maybe I will post these later. Jason and my dad look pretty funny as Scrooge.

We finished off the night at the Gaylord Texan. We walked around the atrium and looked at all of the miniature trains and then enjoyed more cupcakes. It was a fun night and we loved getting to celebrate with Keaton. She is such a fun member of our family. Someday I really want to post what it is like to raise her, but I don't have time right now because she keeps me so busy cleaning up all of her messes. Happy Birthday Keaton!