Nursing school is finally over for the semester and I graduate in 5 months! FIVE MONTHS Y'ALL!!! I'm finally going to be a Registered Nurse soon. Next semester we will only be precepting so this was the final coursework semester of nursing school. What began in 2012 is finally ending in 5 months in 2016. YEAH!!!!
Anyway, here is a fast look back at the past 6 weeks for us:
Halloween was in the house...but it thunderstormed the entire time. Caleb made his and Jansen's Five Nights At Freddy's costumes and they got to wear them briefly.
We set up our canopy in the front yard and handed out candy to the 200 or so die hard trick-or-treaters that braved the crazy weather.
Then we ended up staying in and having our own little Halloween party, just the 4 of us.
I helped my mom fix her wig for a costume party she and my dad were going to...and she won best costume!
Vivian celebrated her 10th doggie birthday with us. Sweet poodle face.
My mom and I went to the Nutcracker Market (first time ever for me) and stayed the weekend in Houston together to shop. We had a great time and I got some awesome goodies.
I finished my final SIM lab in nursing school and I had the bubble guts....
We had a Thanksgiving lunch at school and had so so so much food!
Thanksgiving break hit and I got do spend time with my family! The first thing I was able to go to was Breakfast with Mom at my boys' school. Fun times!!!
My mom and I went to the Mums and Mistletoe Market and I actually won a raffle prize! Once we arrived, I saw this metal JOY sign that would look amazing on my front porch. If it was still there when we finished looking inside, I was going to buy it. As soon as we got inside, mom and I bought some raffle tickets, knowing full well that I never win anything. After spending $2 and 30 minutes later, I heard my name called over the loud speaker for a raffle prize. When I went to pick it up...it was the JOY sign I wanted! How cool is that?! I love it.
I had a girls night out with some friends
We bought Caleb a Privacy Pop tent for his bed in hopes that he would stop coming into his brother's room at night to "sleep" on his floor. He loves it and he is sleeping all night in it. That is an amazing accomplishment for Caleb!
My classmates and I attempted to work a booth at our Festival of Lights to help recruit students into our nursing program, but a storm blew through so quickly and strongly that we bailed on it.
We had to purchase a new Christmas tree this year. Josh wanted a skinny, 9 ft tall tree with multi colored LED lights. I wanted a full, 7 foot tree with white lights. We found the perfect compromise on a medium fluff, 7.5 foot tree with LED lights that can switch from white to multi colored lights.
Then it was time to get started on the decorating...yes even before Thanksgiving.
My Aggies played their final regular season football game of the year.
We adopted a little girl from the Salvation Army tree and all she asked for was a tennis racket, bows, and a purse. We picked a teenager because that age group often gets overlooked. I hope she likes everything!
Thanksgiving day rolled around and I taught Jansen how to make broccoli and rice casserole. He pretty much did everything but put it in the oven. He also wanted to make a cheese plate, so we googled fun ideas and he put this together. His smile is the best!
He and Pops didn't make it very long after lunch....
The hubs decorated the house and it turned out amazing! I love that it looks like a gingerbread house...and the pictures just don't do it justice!
Then out of the blue...we bought a Texans golf cart. Merry Christmas to us!
I finished up finals and Josh and I celebrated with a night out. Who doesn't love the Palm?!
Then we went to an Ugly Sweater Party....and although my sweater was too big, it was definitely not ugly. Golden Girls forever!
It was a very busy 6 weeks. Now I look forward to spending time with family and friends and getting ready for the holidays. We are hosting the Powell Family at our house this year. I can't wait!
Man, it is really getting difficult to keep up with all the kids' things and my nursing school stuff. After clinical this week, I went to get supplies to make shirts for the boys for the week....and they turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. Who needs to know that I was up late trying to get everything put together for them, and then get all my school work done????
Monday was neon day. I didn't have to do anything for this day thankfully
Tuesday was nerd day....I made these
Wednesday was camo day and I didn't have to do anything for this one either
Thursday was 80s day...I made these
and Friday was Disney day...I made Caleb's shirt
Fun, but boy am I glad it's over!
This weekend was a time for me to catch up on some school work while still spending time with the kids.
It rained...all.weekend.long. which was good for me but drove the kids crazy. They HATE the rain. But for some strange reason, they embraced the rain and spent quite a while outside playing in it.
That totally counts as a bath, right?!
Then we spent some time pumpkin carving and roasting the seeds. I have never roasted pumpkin seeds before but they turned out delicious. Caleb even ate them. He thought they tasted like popcorn, which is one of the foods he is missing since he got braces.
Jansen chose to do a Patrick pumpkin from SpongeBob Squarepants. He loved the idea of carving this year, but when it came down to it, he was MIA. Caleb was ready to jump into action and got started on it.
It turned out pretty good.
Any day that I can spend with my kids being creative is a great day!
As usual, I have been swamped with nursing school and trying to balance it all. That never works but it is a good effort. Anyway, I have been feeling guilty about not spending enough time with my boys, and so I decided not to any school work this weekend and just hang out with my kids. It may bite me in the butt this week on my exams but, well, it will be worth it. I'll stress out later.
Jansen spent Friday night with a friend, so when I went to pick him up, we picked up his friend as well to go with us to Froberg's Farm.
Wow...I have to admit, this was really fun. Froberg's is in Alvin, which is about a 30 minute drive from our house. This working farm is the same one where we went strawberry picking several years ago. In the Fall, they create a festival every weekend complete with a corn maze, hay ride, and a ton of other fun activities.
It cost $16 for the kids to get a wrist band for the hay ride and corn maze, plus it gave them 12 tokens. The tokens could be used for the flower picking, and any of the carnival games (face painting, duck races, bean bag toss, basketball hoops etc), and they had a ton of snacks available for purchase.
We arrived 15 minutes after they opened and got a front row parking spot, and we were able to get right on the first hay ride. We got to the corn maze, grabbed a map, and started to navigate this huge maze. Jansen started with the map and he got us right smack dab in the middle of the maze. So his friend Elijah took over with the map and he got us back to the start. Then Caleb took over and got us through the maze. It took a while, but it was really fun!
The boys actually wanted to go pick flowers from their garden, so the employees a pair of scissors and a solo cup and the kids went crazy. They picked some gorgeous flowers! It was nice to be out enjoying such a beautiful, cool day.
The kids played around with a few of the activities there and we took some more photos.
Then we hopped on the next hayride back to the main building. There, the kids bought drinks and sno cones, played a few games, and ran around. It was packed by that time so we headed into the farm store to pick out goodies. They had some much fresh produce to pick from, jams, jellies, fresh pies, etc. It was so nice. The kids picked out some squash and a couple huge pumpkins to decorate later.
It was such a nice day. It was totally worth the time away from my studies!!!!
Now that my boys are both in the same school again, it makes it a lot easier for us to participate in the theme days. Since it was their homecoming week, Clute Intermediate had a Spirit Week that my boys participated in.
Monday was crazy sock day. They did not participate.
Tuesday was Blue Out day.
Tuesday night was the homecoming football game and Caleb's first time to play in the band at a game.
Wednesday was Twin Day.
Thursday was Favorite Team Day.
Friday was Super Hero Day.
Fun times to have them both be able to participate at the same time :)
