Bad, bad blogger!

Sorry that I've been MIA for the last couple of weeks.  We've had some visitors so I kind of slacked off a little bit.  My apologies.  Now that we're done being spoiled by my auntie and her friend, and my mom I can get back to my weekly posts.  Lucky you! 

Here are the highlights of the last couple weeks:





Hannah and her friend Kaylie do a split-V.  :)


• Hannah went to her first cheer clinic.  She was so cute...she's a natural!  She and her friend Kaylie spent the morning with the local high school's drill team.  The following Friday they performed (to the ever-fabulous "Mmmmbop" by Hanson--you know I love it) in the Varsity football game preshow. 

• My Auntie Lhory and her best friend Janet came to visit us.  It was even more exciting due to the fact that this was my Auntie's first time to see us.  I ate lots and lots of Filipino food and the girls had lots and lots of fun playing with them.
• Hannah's school had drug awareness week and they had to dress up with a different theme everyday.  Wednesday was "Join the team in the fight against drugs" and they had to wear jerseys.  Since we don't have a jersey, and in all likelihood Hannah will never have an interest in wearing one, my amazing Aunt Lynne sent us an Ohio shirt.  (Texas only has Texas shirts...go figure.  But I think my dad and Josh would not talk to me for days if I put Hannah in a Texas shirt.  In fact, I had "words" with another mom in the schoolyard once she saw Hannah's shirt.  Only in Texas.)  Thank you so much Aunt Lynne!




It's the great pumpkin!


• We took the girls to the pumpkin patch!  Airy got to go in a bouncy house for the first time.  Needless to say, she loved it!  She has no fear of anything!  Hannah picked out a huge pumpkin, of course.  :)




All smiles!


• My mom surprised Hannah with a visit!  The girls were so glad and surprised to see her.  Hannah had no idea she was coming.  We even gave her a bogus excuse as to why we were at the airport.  When she saw my mom, she yelled, "Yaya!" and flew into her arms.  We had a very nice visit.  I again ate a lot of food. 



YAYA!

• Airy finally said a new word..."drink."  Maybe this will signal a flood of vocabulary.




Girls just wanna have fun!


• One of the presents Hannah got from my parents was the new movie "Barbie and a Fashion Fairy Tale."  So we had a 'viewing party' with three of her friends from school--Alaina (obviously), Kaylie, and Emily.  They made their own fashion dolls, ate popcorn, and had fun.  After that Hannah and Alaina finally got to finish their slumber party.  :)  Alaina spent the night and made it until the next morning. 
• Hannah got her report card...and she did very well!  We are so proud of her!

                                                         Have a fabulous week!

Gifts, past and present

We've all heard the expression, "Now is a gift, that's why it's called the present."  As much as I whole-heartedly believe in that, I believe our past is a gift as well.  It gives us our memories, teaches us lessons, provides us with laughter...it's our story.  And my story would never be complete without my brother.

Aaron and I were always more than just brother and sister; we are each other's best friend in the whole world...we are soul mates.  We always knew what the other was thinking and feeling.  We shared our beliefs, our lives, and our secrets.  We were absolutely a package deal.  When other people would talk about how close they are with their siblings, we'd kind of smile because, really, no one could be as close as the two of us.  One of my best friends told her fiance, "I want our kids to be as close as Jessie and Aaron."  His response was, "Don't count on it...they're not normal."  haha  I guess that's us:  abnormally and especially close.  As long as we had each other, our world was complete.  Every single wonderful memory I have from childhood has my parents and my brother (partly because whenever my mom would tell him to do something, he'd say, "Essie too!).  For that I will always be thankful and blessed.  I am so blessed to have such an exceptionally special person in my life.  This upcoming Saturday is Aaron's birthday.  I will be celebrating my present and also celebrating my past.  :)

Here are some highlights of the week:

All these playdates are exhuasting!

• The girls have a busier social life than I do:  THREE playdates for Hannah, one for Airy...and none for me.  haha Airy was so busy she was falling asleep in the playground swing.  The weather has been so nice we've been oustide a whole bunch.  Oh--Josh did have Friday off so we got to go on a lunch date with Airy.  So I do have a little social life!



We made this shirt!

• This week Hannah's class was practicing colors and the kids had to wear a different color for each day of the week.  On Monday they had to wear black and white.  Hannah didn't have a shirt for it so she and I designed one.  Little diva--I asked her if she wanted to put pink diamonds on it and she said, "Mom-ma.  It's black and white day, not black, white, and pink day." 
• Airy has learned how to shush people--except she doesn't think it applies to her.  On Friday morning, I put my finger to my lips and said, "shhhh..."  She thought it was hilarious so she started doing it to me with a little twist.  She says, "Shhhh..." then yells, "DADDY!" 

I hope you all are having beautiful weather like us...enjoy this Fall-ness!