The week of Sept 15th

Andy had a busy week but luckily he had Mimi and Uncle Bob to help out in the evenings since I was out of town at a conference all week. Matthew had soccer practice Monday evening. On Saturday at noon, Matthew played in his soccer game on defense and he really hustled to get the ball and block the kicks. He has improved. Audrey had a fun week with a teddy bear picnic where she wore her pjs to school, she loved it! They had to take care of their bear and Audrey was happy to tend to her stuffed animal. The weather warmed back up and we enjoyed the pool this weekend. On Friday night, we celebrated Bobs birthday. He flew back on Saturday morning and Mimi flew back on Sunday. We were happy spending time with them.


Happy Birthday UB!


The soccer team



Monkey bars at the park

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The week of Sept 8th

It was another busy week at the Bruce household. Matthew had soccer practice Monday evening. Uncle Bob came into town on Thursday and Mimi came Saturday morning. The weather changed on Friday from 95F down to 60s. We went to Matthews soccer game and froze with the wind blowing. What a change from a couple of days ago when we got in the pool. Matthew has been practicing math drills at school. Andy was coaching him on how to do it fast. By Friday, Matthew finished all problems in 3.5 minutes and got them all right! We were so proud.



Uncle Bob practicing flash cards


Ready for school


A walk in the neighborhood


Audrey in her pink cowboy boots


Matthews new game partner- uncle Bob

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September

The weather still feels like summer but it is already September. School is in full swing and the kids are adjusted to the new early morning schedule, mama is still struggling with this one! This weekend was the weekend for birthday parties. We had 3 of them and the kids had a blast. Saturday was also the first soccer game and Matthew scored a goal!














She's a mini me!

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Back to school

Last weekend, we noticed that everyone's heads were itchy.  I knew something wasn't right but I didn't know why.  We realized that Audrey, Matthew, and myself had lice.  Yuck!  We did the treatments and washed tons of laundry.  I kept Matthew home from school on Monday to make sure we got it all.  It was exhausting and I lay awake at night worried about those bugs.   I wondered if the bugs were living on Rusty so I took him to get dipped at Petsmart.  Andy joked that the bugs would say "let's jump on the puppy train, next stop, Andy's closet" I wouldn't let the kids into Andy's closet because Matthew had laid down in there previously so I told Andy it was "infested".  Andy was also freaked out and he had all the carpets cleaned.  We think Matthew brought it home since it seemed to be the most progressive in his hair.  And one of his classmates admitted to having it over the weekend, too.  

 Frozen birthday party

Audrey's First Day in her new class with a uniform

Matthew's First day of 1st grade

Matthew started school on Monday, Aug 18th.  It was hard getting back to the new early schedule.  No more sleeping in!  We went into the classroom with Matthew and he seemed excited and ready to learn.  He knew the drill.  He recognized some friends from his kindergarten class or from his after school program.  His new teacher is Ms. Tehan.  Matthew says that her mom, Mrs. Tehan comes for treats sometime.  She showed up Friday with popsicles.  During the week, Matthew came home with addition exercises and handwriting exercises.

Audrey had a good week.  She had a dance class on Tuesday - it's been 2 or 3 weeks since she had one.  Audrey's end of the year party was on Thursday.  And then she was out of school on Friday.  She will start her new classroom on Monday.  We are excited to learn that she will have Mrs. Andersen.  Matthew had Mrs. Andersen and really enjoyed her teaching style with tons of arts and crafts projects and fun events like a dig for dinosaur in the sandbox, teddy bear picnic, and dress up pictures. Audrey went into her room a couple of times this week for transition and she squealed with excitement at the princess costumes.

 1st day of school

 On Wednesday, Matthew lost his front tooth

Audrey's party on Thursday

The week of Aug 11th

It's crunch time to get ready for school.  We spent the weekend buying Matthew new school uniforms so he will be ready for his first day of school.  Audrey will also need uniforms since she will be moving up into the level 3 class soon.   Andy and I talked about taking one last trip this weekend before the summer ended but we decided to stay home because we had so much to do.  I printed all the school calendars to keep track of all the dates.  I bought Matthew a calendar for his closet and I wrote all the important dates on it so Matthew could read it and figure out which day is a jeans day so he can dress himself.    Andy took Matthew to run some errands and I took Audrey to the Grapevine Mills Mall.  I bought her 4 pairs of shoes for going back to school.  She was a good shopper, as long as I kept her fed (chic-fil-A for lunch & pretzel in the mall)  She's my mini-me.

Matthew's friends invited us for an event for all the boys- ice skating at the Galleria.  Matthew didn't want to ice skate and I wanted to take a nap with Audrey so we just showed up as it was ending.  Matthew and Audrey just wanted to get an ice cream and watch the ice skaters from a distance.  That worked for me!

The week of Aug 4th

We are trying to enjoy the last few weeks of summer before Matthew starts school on Aug 18th.  He has been having fun at summer camp at Bent Tree.  He has been to the pool, aquarium, and parks.  His best friend, Justin, is in the class with him.  And his teachers are the same ones from his pre-K class.  I asked him if he wanted to stay home with me last Friday but he wanted to go to school.  It makes me feel good to know that he is enjoying it.  

After another week of the sinus cold, I took Audrey to the doctor on Saturday.  The doctor said it was just a cold but it seemed like a long one.  I was thinking it was strep throat but she didn't test positive for that.  The boys went to the grocery store while Audrey and I went to target. I bought Audrey hot pink cowboy boots.  She wore them to church with her dress and she looked so cute.  I will have to take a picture of her wearing them.