Daily 5

Eli had his a performance this evening it was on the 5 Daily things you should do for reading.

He had his very own line. "Step 3- Read to self. I love to do that!"

He then had to go sit and read to himself for the skit. He was so cute and excited!

Hapkido

This is one of my favorite pics! Our friends have opened their own Hapkido school of Martial Arts. We attended opening day and the boys fell in love. AJ was able to break through 2 child boards at the same time. Eli was able to do a single child board and thought it was the greatest.

Omar had to have a little help. We are excited to start. Me, Omar and Eli will be starting this week and can't wait!

Rodeo Fever

Last year we went to the Rodeo and Eli was amazed watching the Cowboys work their magic. He sat and watched and at the end of it all he said "When I grow up I want to be a Cowboy!" For months he would find Rodeos on TV to watch he was amazed. We were kind of hoping he would out grow it since Aldric and I are definitely not Cowboy people. Well when he found out the Fair was in town he very seriously told us "Did you get my Cowboy gear? I need to make sure I look good." So as you see we had no choice and let me say he looks good...hehe!


Omar then felt he had to follow in his big brothers footsteps!

We went to the Rodeo ready for all the Cowboy fun! We talked a few friends into coming with us.

Shooting For the Moon!

In February Eli made Citizen of the Month at his new school Palm Pointe. They did something that none of the other schools do. The teacher has to write a paragraph on why the child was picked for COM. This is what Eli's teacher Mrs. Sanguinetti had to say:

Elias is a pleasure to have in my classroom. He is always engaged in his learning and i appreciate Elias's kindness toward others. He is a great role model of a Palm Pointe Rocket!! Great job Elias!

I love it. They attach the paragraph to the award so that we also have that to keep.

GO ELI!!!!

Little Angel

Omar had a great Christmas pagent. He was so excited to see his grandma and grandpa there.

He made super cute faces through the whole thing.

Omar's First Day!

Omar had his first day of school today! He was so excited he was up at 7 and wanted me to get him ready. Problem was he doesn't even start till 12:30!

We got to the school nice and early and he got to wait on the bench for his teachers lot let him in.

He started on a great day. He had a Thanksgiving feast.

I really thought he would cry and beg me to stay. He didn't even look back and tell me bye when he went in. Gotta love my Omie!

Omar

Baseball Party!

Saturday was the end of the year party for the Sand Fleas. AJ presented Daddy with his own trophy!

Coach Trevor gave AJ his trophy!

This is our whole team minus a couple and plus one who jumped in when I wasn't looking!

Eli's Thanksgiving Pagent

My little Indian got up there with his class and sang his heart out. He cried for 3 days before it. He kept telling me "mommy I don't want to go to school on Monday." Come Monday he had forgot all about it and he did it with out one single tear!

High Flying!

Thanks to the wonderful Mr. Trevor we were able to go to the air show this weekend.


This is the first helicopter we got in. Eli was convinced the pilot was his Sunday school teacher. The gentleman on the other hand lives in Jacksonville and says he doesn't think he teaches Eli's class. Eli was completely embarrassed.

This is them sitting in the bomber at the top of the page. Omar had the most fun. He said it was so loud he had to squeeze his ears shut so tight he "almost broke me brain!"

Happy Halloween

For being kind of last minute it turned out really well. AJ was Obi Wan, Eli of course is Darth Vader, and for those of you who are not in the know Omar is Master yoda!

Happy 8th Birthday

AJ celebrated his 8th birthday with all his friends at a great park on the river. Thank you to all who came out and made his day!

Welcome Lolly

AJ decided for his birthday he wanted to buy himself a kitty. He saved his money from baseball and his grandma and grandpa helped him out with his birthday money. We took him to the Humane Society today and the minute he saw this cute girl he whispered "I want her." It was love at first site. The best part is Raptor has no problem with her. I think Raptor has always wanted a friend. So, Welcome Home Lolly!

Palm Pointe

It's first day jitters all over again. Today will be his first day of Palm Pointe! He was finally able to sleep in and he was up at 6:20. Wish us luck this is hard for me too. It will be hard to see him go to a big school without his big brother by his side.

Fall Baseball

Fall baseball has started! Ok, it started awhile ago it just took me awhile to get pics!

Gator Of The Month!

AJ and his new principal at the "Gator of the Month" ceremony!

He was nominated by his music teacher.

His buddies Sal, Vinny, and Nick also got 'GOTM'

GO GATORS!

First Day of School!

It was AJ's first day of school as a 2nd grader and Eli's first day as a kindergartener. Not only is it a new school year it is a new school. They were excited to start their year at Allapattah! Go Gators!

This is my boys with their friends who all were excited about being gators!

It's Time To Meet The Teachers

The time has come to go meet our new teachers at our new school!

CEC's Where A Kid Can Be A Kid!

Omar was the first to help himself to pizza. You would think he never has pizza!

AJ and his bud Ben enjoyed their meal.

Eli and his best friend Jules scarffed their pizza so they could go win one ticket at a time.

Three little trouble makers trapped in a cage. To bad I couldn't leave them there.

Summer Haircuts!

Today we decided that we needed to get ready for summer. AJ and Omar wanted their regular old haircuts.

Eli on the other hand had to be different.

He told me he looked like a "real cool dude!"