Darla's award

Darla was recognized at the Hunt spirit assembly last week. They selected 2 students from each class to recognize for "Outstanding Behavior" and Ms. Muto chose Darla from her class. We went to the assembly and they gave her a Hunt Hound dog tag. We are so proud of her and the great job she's doing in Kindergarten. By the way - that's her "boyfriend" Price next to her in the blue shirt/white turtleneck. At least she likes the boys that behave in class!

While I'm on the subject of Darla, she cut her own hair a couple of weeks ago. I knew this day would come, but just didn't know when. She got a piece of gum stuck in her hair and decided to cut it out. She didn't tell us, she thought we wouldn't notice!! I don't think she realized that even if we hadn't seen the chunk missing from her hair, the huge pile of hair in her trash can would've surely given her away!

Now Bo can open doors!

My last entry was that Bo could walk - in just a few days he's now figured out how to open doors. He is growing up way too fast!

We had a great Thanksgiving. Last Sunday we went to Terrell and had lunch at Mom's - it was a nice afternoon, but very sad without Mimi there. This was the first big holiday without her. She always made the dressing every year and it was never cooked all the way through, so I actually felt a little guilty eating my mom's dressing and enjoying it...I've thought about Mimi a lot lately. There's a picture of her in the kitchen and it sits low on a table, so Bo can get to it. He always picks her picture up - he'll go around a dozen other ones to get to hers. I don't know what it means, but I feel like he's telling me that she's watching over him. She loved little boys so much!

Thursday we went to Durant and had another great meal. Darla decided to stay at Nanaw's for the rest of the weekend, so Bo and I headed home. Renay was nice enough to come over and babysit so I could go see Twilight...it was a great movie! I miss Darla and Brent, but Bo and I have had some good mother/son time the last few days. I talked to Darla today and we played "guess which room I'm in" on the phone. I would go in her room and make Butterscotch make noise or turn the sink on in the kitchen to give her clues. Brent talked to her earlier today and supposedly she's kept Nanaw hostage at the house and won't let Nanaw put clothes on...Darla wants them both to stay in their PJ's all day!!!

Bo is walking!

Bo is walking! He's been taking steps around the coffee table and stuff, but he's finally walking on his own around the house. He is so funny when he takes off because he puts his hands straight in the air and screams and laughs. Brent calls him little Frankenstein because of the way he walks... I'll try to get a picture of it to post on here.
Bo also has 6 teeth now - 4 on bottom and 2 on top!
Darla told Brent last night that she broke up with Evan Brady (a few weeks ago) because he wasn't very good at being a boyfriend. She told him that when she would talk to him or ask him something, he would just run off. So, her new boyfriend is Price - she told her Daddy that he talks to her so that's how she picked him. I sure hope her standards for boyfriend material will get a little higher as she gets older. I haven't met Price yet, but I'm signed up to volunteer for the Thanksgiving Feast on Tuesday, so I'll have to check this guy out then.

Historical Election - Nov 4, 2008

Since this blog is about what's going in on our lives, I couldn't leave off the very historical election we had Tuesday. Barack Obama became the first Black president in United States history. This election has consumed most of the country for months. Whether you agree or disagree with the new president, it definitely goes down as an election I'll never forget.

Halloween

Halloween was fun. Amy & Mik brought Anna and Mia over so we could trick-or-treat together. After a couple of pictures, we were on our way! We left the house around 7p...Bo was already tired. He only made it to one house, got a Butterfinger, and then he was done. I brought him home and he was asleep by 7:15. I sat out on the front porch passing out candy so the doorbell wouldn't wake him up. Darla stayed out with Daddy, Memaw and Anna so she got plenty of candy!