I hope your Fall has been as nice as ours! Summer is my favorite season but Fall is a VERY close second. You can't beat Albuquerque in the Fall with the warm days, cool nights, beautiful colors and hot air balloons over the city every morning! It's as close to perfect as you can get I think.
Lets see....
Kyler has gotten the hang of Middle School I think. He's figured out his teachers and the schedule. Honestly, I don't know how he does it. Their schedule is so much more confusing that it was in our day! I have to toot his horn a bit so momentarily bear with me. ;) We had his first parent teacher conference and he has straight A's. In Math he has a 100% and tested in the advanced level. He must have had a light bulb moment because last year, Math wasn't coming easily to him at all, but this year it's really started to click which has been so nice. Less tears during homework is ALWAYS a good thing. :) He tried out for the school's basketball team. About 100 boys tried out and only 15 make the team. He made it to the top 22 which was pretty cool in itself but he didn't end up making the team. He shed some tears but bounced back quickly and is already talking about trying out next year. We decided to forego Little League this Fall and just let him play Club so he would hopefully learn more playing with more experienced players. It ended up being a decent season. When the boys were on, they played great...when they weren't...they weren't. But he learned a lot and the parents were actually pretty calm which was very nice. We love Little League though so he'll definitely play in the Spring and we're still undecided about Club. We'll see. Club starts in January which is just crazy to me and he wants to play a Winter Basketball and something has to give...so it's looking like that something will be Club. ;)
Oh to be Mikaela right now! ;) If only we could all be so lucky. All things in Mikaela's world are just about as close to perfect as they can get. She's at that age where she LOVES literally everything and everyone! She loves school, her teacher, her friends, dance, her parents, even her brothers and her homework! Every day is "AWESOME". I have to say, I love this phase and will take it as long as I can get it because I know the "girl" drama and emotions will come eventually. She's very excited for her 9th birthday and decided to keep it small this year and have her two closest friends come over for girl stuff, movies and a sleep over. She's still loving dance and decided to go with a ballet theme this year. The cake she picked is so cute. Yes, loving this age with Miss Mikaela. :)
Kamden is still our strong willed, quick witted little guy. He drives me crazy and cracks me up on a daily basis. He wrapped up his second season of T-Ball. He was excited about it for about 3 games and then he wanted no part of it. The only reason he finished the season was because we told him he wasn't getting a trophy unless he participated. No way were we letting him have a trophy for merely "showing up". We're so glad that we made him wait to start kindergarten. As his pediatrician said, he needed this year to grow up AND be a kid a little longer and I have to say, that's exactly what he's doing. He went to the dentist this month and our poor, very patient dentist was answering his endless questions. He was making it fun and told Kamden that there were spiders, webs and bugs from the web that needed to be cleaned out so he would have healthy teeth. Kamden asked him what he was doing and the dentist said that he was getting the bugs out of his teeth and Kamden told him matter of factly "You better do a good job and get out the spider and the web too or we're just going to be right back here again". Luckily, our dentist appreciates Kamden's wit and laughed and laughed.
The kiddos are busy practicing for the children's choir Christmas performance at church. Kyler is a part of a trio that's singing a Christmas rap song and Mikaela has a non speaking part in the play. She'll be the comedic relief. She liked it because she doesn't have to talk or sing in front of everyone. Kamden decided to sing with the Preschool Choir. Hopefully, he sings. Two years ago he wouldn't get on stage so you never know with him. He's my only one that my "mom face" doesn't work. I've always been able to make the first two do anything with "the look". Oh the strong willed child....they keep you on your toes. ;)
We went to McCall's Pumpkin Patch again this year. We've gone every year since Kyler was one so it's become a bit of a family tradition. This year, Tiffany and her family joined us and made it all the more fun! It had been a few years since we'd seen each other so it was really nice to get the two families together. We also got to go to our friends' pumpkin stand here in town. They have a lot of fun things to do and the kids had a blast. So, we definitely got our Fall fix this year! :)
Our family LOVES Halloween! It's such a fun holiday, especially with kids! One of the downsides of Kyler getting older is that holidays aren't as fun at school. I think a big part of him missed not having a party or dressing up at school. They did have a dance during last period but he said it wasn't the same. He asked a girl which shocked me. He was smart though and asked a friend he's known since kindergarten and they had a blast together. Mikaela had a parade and a party at school. We made mummy candy bars and jack o' lantern oranges for it the night before which was fun. We also carved the kids' pumpkins that night so it was busy and MESSY at the Glade's. ;) This year, Kyler decided to be a Faceless Phantom, Mikaela a Fairy and Kamden was none other than THE Captain America. ;) They went trick or treating and then handed our candy. It always cracks us up that they like handing out candy as much as getting it. ;)
The wonderful Schimke's took our kiddos for a sleepover at their house in September so Mike and I could celebrate our 12th Anniversary and both our birthdays. We didn't do anything wild and crazy and just went to dinner and a movie but it was oh so nice. It's amazing just how nice a QUIET dinner and a movie can be when you have 3 kids. ;)
Mike and I are doing good. Always working towards that evasive goal of "balance". It's hit or miss most of the time but right now we're doing better than usual. Those of you with kiddos know how hard it is to have and keep a hold of. ;)
I think that's all our news for now! Wishing all of you a very Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving! You're all on our list of things we're so grateful for!
Sending Out Lots of Love and Hugs,
The Glade's
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