San Marcos's Glass Bottom Boats: The Meadow Center

Saturday Fun!

With all soccer games over by 9:30AM, we had an entire day for fun!

September's Saturday Morning Art at Southwest School of Art

Secret Keepers - Purple Party Girls' Night Out

This was a special evening of just girls' time with a Christian author - Danna Gresh. It was absolutely perfect content for the girls at 9 years old. The 2.5 hour evening was a great amount of time for some cheesiness in a fun way which effectively communicated positive messages to our girls about continuing to dress modestly, setting high expectations for themselves and looking for ways to stand up for others in a world that can be so mean. There was lots of dancing and singing and I loved who they shared the meaning of the color purple and although it had a "princess" theme, I especially liked how they correlated a princess to being smart and athletic!

Delaney is 4 1/2!

Thursday night, while the rest of the family was at soccer practices, Delaney and I were relaxing by the pool and we started talking about the important things in life to 4 year olds, like 'when they are going to be 5' and 'what they want to do for their birthday.' It led us to do the math and we realized that we had missed Delaney's half birthday 6 days prior. Although we have historically always celebrated half-birthdays in our home, this one had snuck by. It was so cute to to see how excited she was about it and when Carter walked in that evening, he came up to her and this is how the conversation went:

Carter, walking in from soccer practice: "Hi Mom and Delaney, how was your night?"

Delaney: "Carter, guess what, I have something to tell you."

Carter: "What's that Laney?"

Delaney: Whispering to Carter, "I am not 4 years anymore. I am 4 and a half!"

Since 4 1/2 is SUCH a big "thing," we celebrated a week late with Reece's pancakes in the morning and a cookie cake that night at the Perkins' house.