http://tinysuperheroes.com/
Or visit them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TinySuperheroes
More to come when we complete our Mission!! In the meantime...check 'em out!
Have you heard of this company? There was a story on the Today Show a couple of weeks back and I am simply in love with these people. They make superhero capes...complete with the childs initial for kids with special needs. Simply wonderful. Now, you can buy one for a healthy child too but the special needs kids are sponsored and they get their capes for free! It helps them on their journeys. If we lived closer...I would be pounding on their door to join their team. Anyhow, today I received my "Mission #1" packet in the mail. Exciting! It includes the mission card and many "superhero" cards. Each hero card will be stapled or taped or somehow affixed to a package of Halloween candy and passed out to ghosts and goblins. To help spread the word about this amazing group of people. Can you tell I am in love?! I wish I could do something local, maybe an idea will present itself someday. You can visit the company website and sign up or donate today!
http://tinysuperheroes.com/ Or visit them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TinySuperheroes More to come when we complete our Mission!! In the meantime...check 'em out!
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Today we had the pleasure of attending the Teravista Elementary School Fall Festival, which is put on by the PTA. It was incredible. Seriously. At first I was thinking that $25 for a wristband was plain ridiculous but it turned out that complete access to all the stuff they had available was TOTALLY worth it. We were NOT there early enough though and didn't get to enjoy all of the rides/attractions available. Next year, we know to be there right when they open and be prepared to spend the whole afternoon. There was everything from The Home Depot there with building kits (our boys made fire airplanes) to bounce houses to fair games to the huge bungee trampolines and the walk inside inflatable ball. What? At the grade school??!! I love the suburbs. There was a million families there and some of the lines were long but everyone had a blast. Nick, J, and I all got sunburned. Olivia was working under a tent or she would have been burned as well. Thankfully my ergo has a "hood" with it and that kept Reese out of the sun! I never needed sunscreen at home when it was 60* in October....I forget that we are now CLOSER to the sun. Next time, sunscreen. Enjoy the pics! (You may have to click play on the slideshow). This morning while working on our Saturday morning "get the house clean" routine, Olivia caught a little tiny lizard with her hands in our entry way. It was so cute and teenie tiny...I'm impressed that she saw it, let alone caught it with her hands! She yells from the other room, "Uh, I need a third hand please!". HA! She had it trapped. So Nick got a jar and we observed it for a short period of time. Nick named it Geico. Creative, right? ;/ He hung out in the jar for a little bit and then we released it. Its a little strange having a lizard in the house but it is FAR better than a mouse! I think when we decided to move to Austin more people said, "Oh, it never rains in Austin," more than anything else. That statement was even listed on the top 10 things that Austinites say! Let me tell you how that hasn't held true since we stepped foot in this state. I don't mind the rain at all, so please don't take this as complaining. Nick and I just constantly joke about it. I mean, it has been raining almost non-stop for the last nearly 2 months. (On a side note, I cannot believe that we've been here for nearly two months) There is so much rain coming down now that our area and south of where we are is having large amounts of flash flooding. And then in the weirdest ironic twist of all time....we are under watering restrictions for the grass. Not because of TOO MUCH water but because of NOT ENOUGH water. Its crazy to think that in spite of all this moisture falling from the heavens, it is still drought conditions here. I thought I had a photo to share with you of an empty Lake Travis but I apparently deleted it off of my phone. (I apparently had better pictures to take of my adorable kids. :) ) I feel like that analogy could have a spiritual impact...sometimes, no matter how many blessings are poured out on us, we still feel dry and empty. I've got nothing beyond that. Just throwing it out there. Spaghetti. You know.
On another note, Jacob and I are going to be starting "tot school". I've got a million and one ideas and it is time to start putting them into play. The blog. 1plus1plus1equals1.net has a LOAD of great printables and ideas and I am following her lead. I'm being inspired by how much Mike is struggling to grasp concepts like "sight words". It is like it isn't clicking with him...so I want to get a leg up with J, so he doesn't (hopefully) have the same struggle. My thought is that I will also do some of the activities with Mike. I ordered a set of BOB books to start working through with Mike and a couple of sets of my wish list for J. Who knows....maybe someday I will master this homeschooling thing and be able to homeschool J and Reese. My goal for now is about an hour a day, three days a week with J. Of course it always depends on his mood and how cooperative Reese is. I want it to be a fun learning experience and never frustrating or unfun! We shall see. Michael and his fellow kindergarteners (as well as kindergarteners across the country) have been learning about being community helpers. Last week they talked about police officers and Mike came home clad in a hand colored police hat and badge that he wore for two straight days, including back to school. Then came the same scenario with a fire hat and badge. Today was the culmination of this theme, complete with a community helpers parade through the school.
SOUND OFF! Community! SOUND OFF! Helpers! SOUND OFF! Community Helpers! They chanted through the school building for about 15 minutes while the walked the halls and the stairs. It was completely adorable. Each child had to pick a community helper and dress up in costume today. I offered Mike up to be a fireman because we already had the costume but he refused. He wanted to be a crossing guard. Complete with a vest and stop sign. He was so proud as he marched around the school chanting. His class was definitely the loudest and the proudest with their song!! Afterwards there was a lunch so the students and parents could hang out together and enjoy a delicious cook-out! Nick went to both Mike and Olivias lunch periods to hang out with them! |
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