Jakobs first day of Preschool!!

Three and a half years ago I held this 7lb bald, wrinkly baby in my arms and was forever changed. Wednesday we reached another milestone. PRESCHOOL!! Jakob is in a great program offered by the School District at the high schools. Keep in mind our area of Houston and Cypress have 8 high Schools. They offer a lab for Juniors and seniors who are looking to major in Early Childhood development in College. The Lab "rats" are our precious children. Its only 60 dollars a month for 3 hours 3 days a week. The 60 dollars pays for the supply costs. They use a lottery system and its not widely known about. Its a great program. They except 13 3 year olds and 14 4 year olds and I believe there are 18 or so Student "teachers". There is one "real" Teacher who is Fabulous. So they treat it just like real preschool and the student teachers have to come up with lesson plans and activities and such to teach the children. For instance, This week the letter is A the shape is a circle and the color is red. They sing songs and do crafts all around these lessons. So lets go to the first day of school. I was so nervous that Jakob was going to freak out and permanently attach himself to my leg and not want to go. So we did the pep talks all week. Hyping up preschool. When Wednesday came along I drove him to his drop off and the Student came to get him out of the car, He put his little back pack on and started to walk away!! I screamed "what about my hug" So he came running back gave me a quick hug and said "bye mom" And never looked back!! I was in tears until I reached Kohls and realized that I didnt have to run after a 3 year old while shopping.. YAY! So in a nutshell, Jakob love love loves preschool and he is learning so much already and it was only the second day of school so I cant wait to see what he knows at the end of the school year in May.
I have pictures of him modeling his very stylish Cars backpack and lunch box. And then also one from today modeling his School t-shirt. He looks like such a big boy..

Visit from Jennifer and Kaitlin/Airshow

This weekend was super busy. My best friend from high school and her 3 year old daughter came in from McKinney on Friday and stayed till 3pm Sunday.
Our weekend was action packed. Friday night we just hung out and the kids got to know eachother. They played so well together. The last time they were together Kaitlin was 16 months and Jakob had just turned a year. They dont remember meeting the first time. But they will remember it this time.
Saturday we woke up and did some errand running. Then we went out to McDs for some lunch. The kids played in the play thing for about and hour. They would have loved to stay longer but it was time for a nap. After naptime we loaded up and went to the Pumpkin patch. It was in Spring which was quite a drive but atleast it was a scenic drive and not highway. The pumpkin patch was awesome and though it was kinda wet and muddy the kiddos did very well. Here are the pics for that:

Kaitlin and Jakob on the pumpkins

Katharine and I

Baby Kate

Kaitlin on the pumpkins

The Giant ant

Jakob and the not so great pumpkin!

Kaitlin on the big slide

Riding on the train!!

Kaitlin and Jennifer

Giant hay spider and Kaitlin

And on that note it was time go!

Then Jennifer and Kaitlin took us all out to On the Border for my birthday and we had a great dinner. The kids did awesome and kate ate a whole plate of mexican rice. She is a little piggy!!!

Sunday the boys got up early and headed out for the Airshow. This is a yearly tradition that Dustin started last year. Jakob is so into planes also.

So the girls went to the Downtown Aquarium. It was so much fun. Kate was amazed with all the fish. But her favorite part was the White tigers. She kept saying "kitty" "kitty" And she cried when we left! I cant wait to take Jakob there. Since the boys went the airshow Dustin took our camera so we didnt get any pics of the kids at the aquarium but here are pics of Jakob at the Airshow(just for you GG)

Thank you so much Kaitlin and Jennifer for visiting. We really dont see eachother often enough. I cant wait till our next visit!!!

Good night everyone..

New Fall Show review

So every September I look forward to the new shows the networks have cooked up.
So here is my take on all the shows. Please know that I am not a professional critic thought I feel I could be ;)

Cavemen
I felt this show was super lame. They should have stuck with commercials. Even they aren't funny. Now a show about the talking gecko.. now I d watch that!!

Carpoolers
Great concept. Very fresh and witty. Jerry O Connell's Character was hysterical. Each of the Characters were very unique. I will Dvr this one again next week ;)

Pushing Daisys
TOTALLY original. Nothing else like it. If you don't have HD television to watch this I suggest getting it. The colors are very vibrant. If you like Tim Burton type movies this is your show. This aside from Ugly Betty and Greys anatomy is my new fave!!

Bionic Woman
I watched the first episode just out of curiosity. I actually liked it. The second episode however bored me. I am not into the whole Robot saving the world against other robots thing so I wont be watching this one again.

Private Practice
I was really excited about this one but it bores me now. Greys anatomy it is not. It is more like a soap than anything. Not very original in my opinion.

Big shots
Totally original. Its a Sex in the City for married Men. I thought it was great! If you are touchy female you might not like some of the masculine and non feminist remarks but it was very quick and witty.


And that is my review.

Disclosure: the opinions expressed in this blog are of the author exclusively. If you disagree... good for you!

Video and Pictures galore

I know you guys are probably tired of all the pictures..But its my blog.. hehehe. So heres some more pictures!!!And a video of Jakob singing "Jesus is my super hero".


Take 1

Take 2

Morning Moves

The Kiddos had the Fever this morning... The dancing fever!!
So here they are dancing to the hit... Leap frog banjo song

Pictures galore!!

The only time Jakob ever smiled and looked at the camera.
Jakob singing in front of our church congregation(he is in front 4th from the left)

Weekend Review

As usual the weekend was fast and furious.
Saturday we got up early and got paint for the kids rooms. I was tired of the pink in Jakobs room. As soon as we got home I started painting. I had no idea how long it was going to take. Usually we could paint a room in 2 hours. Well that was before 2 kids and we weren't trying to cover up bright pink. So needless to say it took us all day to paint a 10x11 room. I would paint for an hour then Dustin then me. At 2:30 one of Dustins friends came over for Dustin to wax his car. Then Miss Kiera came over while her daddy went to work.
While all this was going on, We left Jakob upstairs watching a movie. Now if anyone knows Jakob he has never been one to get into stuff. He just kinda does his own thing and doesn't really get into stuff he is not supposed to be. Well we were reminded Saturday that we have an unpredictable 3 year old. We were outside with the babies and we hear a thud. I run inside and Jakob is crying. My first thought was "oh no he fell down the stairs" But that was not the case, I asked him what happened and he said he fell and hit his head, I asked where he fell, He said from the LADDER!! Dustin and I just looked at each other and our stomachs sank. We ran to Jakobs bedroom and he was trying to be so helpful by painting the spots we hadn't gotten to yet. So what he did was get a paint brush, climb to the top of the ladder, dipped his brush in the paint( that was on the top of the ladder) And climbed down and painted the bottom of the walls, Although most of the paint got on the base boards he had the right idea. So anyway I guess while he was coming down from dipping his brush he fell back and hit his head on the wall. He was ok just scared. And the room was not nearly as bad as it could have been. Luckily we had put a drop cloth down so there was only a few paint spots on the carpet. And Dustin was able to just wipe the wet paint off of the base boards so it really wasn't as bad as it could have been.
Then Sunday was church as usual. After church I had a planning meeting for our wild west fun fest on Halloween. Then Staci, Aaron and Ashley came over and Jenn and Kiera as well and we cooked out. It was nice and relaxing. I sure am going to miss these impromptu cookouts once the twins are born. But that's ok, I just cant wait till they get here!!
Today was another busy day, Mondays are laundry day at the Schoen house and boy did we have some laundry. And then Jenn came over to watch Kate and Jakob while I went to get my licence renewed. Then I watched Kiera while she went to PT. So its been a busy weekend and Monday.
Tomorrow, I have parent orientation for Jakobs school. I am so excited about him starting preschool. He is going to love it so much. And I am going to love the time not chasing a 3 year old around. Friday we have meet the teacher . That will be lots of fun.
Then later Friday Jennifer Thompson( My best friend from high school) And her 3 year old Daughter Kaitlin are coming in. I think Saturday we will be going to a pumpkin patch . Sunday I am not sure what us girls are going to do but the boys will be going to the airshow. Which Dustin will have lots of pictures of for sure ;)
Well that was my weekend. I have random pictures that I ll post later, My grandmother got on to me for not having enough pictures of Jakob but every time I bring the Camera out he turns away or runs. But I got a couple shots today.

I hope everyone has a great night.. till next time...

Tasha