The REAL Biggio & Berkman....

Nicholas and his best friend Grant are on the same T-ball team this Fall. Their team name...the Astros! They have played very well, hitting awesome and learning how to slide into home base. Making sure they get their white baseball pants really dirty!

We have played many games and all have been so enjoyable. Nicholas is really enjoying this sport and succeeding at it already. Papa says he may have found his sport!!

Halloween Costumes..Part I

So Nicholas wants to be a RED Power Ranger..not just any color, but the Red guy. So, here he is trying out his costume and giving mom some action shots! Brother, where is your costume?

Go Astros!!

Jaime took Nicholas to see the Astros play at Minute Maid Park! I won these tickets in a raffle they had at a party we went too during Hurricane Ike. Jaime said the seats were wonderful, right behind the dugout. Nicholas enjoyed catching a t-shirt from the mascot and another ball he caught from a player. Though he cannot stay the whole 9 innings, these are memories Jaime and Nicholas are making together. In a few more years, there will have to be 3 tickets to the games!

The IKE vacation....

Well, it was coming.. Hurricane Ike and we just couldn't stay. You could say I am a fraidy cat when it comes to storms. And they said this was going to be THE storm of the year. So, Jaime and I loaded up the kids (and Toby too) and drove to San Antonio. We arrived late at my friend Pam's house. She welcomed all of us and even the dog. The weekend was gorgeous- weather was beautiful, sunny and even breezy! That saturday, we took the boys (and Pam) to Breckenridge Park to ride the train, to the Japanese sunken garden and down to the Riverwalk. The weekend was so relaxing, even though we were worried about our friends and family back in Houston. Needless to say, we had an unexpected vacation with the kids and had an enjoyable time staying at my friends' house. Then, back to Houston......

Girls Gone WILD!

No, not really...but had a blast visiting my BFF in San Antonio. Pam was a teammate of mine at Pine Forest. She moved to SA to work for her old company and really loves it! Stephanie, Lindsey, Pam and I had a blast- shopping, sleeping in late and partying down at the riverwalk saturday night! She even had a cute little puppy, Bella, that we played with all weekend. It was a fun filled weekend and can't wait for our next visit!

My sweet Kindergarten boy...

Well, today was his first day at "big" school. Last night I was thinking back on all those memories of him as a little boy. And now he is growing up! Nicholas enjoyed his class and loves his teacher, Mrs. Cahill. She really is a great match for Nicholas and her personality is loving, fun & very similar to mine. I asked Nicholas what he liked about school today, he said " well, we got to go outside to recess, and I got to be the restroom monitor. I had to tell Mrs. Cahill which kids were talking." Besides from being shy, he really had a fun day. I asked if he will go back tomorrow and he said, "well, I guess. I really had fun, especially at the YMCA!" Nicholas goes to the Y after school for an hour until I can pick him up to hang out in my room.

And another day tomorrow..we are both looking forward to it. Here are some pictures from today- if you notice one where he is bent over to the side, Jaime took this one because it resembles all the "first day of school" pics my mom took of me when I was young..I was always posing w/ hands on hip!

A big splash!!

Well, we couldn't end the summer without a big splash!! Jaime and I took the kids one more time to Sea World this week. We stayed at our cousin Mary Lou's house- she was a wonderful hostess! We arrived late Tues night and got tucked right in! Our day started early with pancakes and bacon that ML made us. Then off to Shamu world!
Straight to the water park, Nicholas and Jaime dove straight into the wave pool! Nicholas loves this part and the waves are only active for 8minutes! Gabriel and I just sunbathe in the kiddie area waiting for Nick & Jaime to finish. Then Jaime and I tried our best to get Nicholas to go down a waterslide...with much hesitation, he finally tried the big Sidewinder! This was a ride on a tube that holds two people. So, Jaime and Nick went on the ride and from then on, Nicholas was sliding down every water slide he could get on!!
We were really proud of him for trying new things! You could tell he was proud of himself too! Even Gabriel went down the slide (a much smaller one) sitting on Jaime's lap- boy, he thought he was "hot" stuff!
Two days of splashing around and walking the park, we are now back and getting geared up for school. I guess its "see you later hamu" until next summer!