10 on Tuesday

1. This week is going to be insanely crazy here at the Rogers' house. We started with cheerleading practice after school today. Tomorrow we have ballet after school then Ava cheers at her first game. Wednesday is Harrison's 1st birthday and the kids start off their day at the doctor for a recheck. Thursday is Thanksgiving and then this weekend is Harrison's birthday party! It is going to be nonstop!
   
   
2. A couple of weeks ago Ava's group at church performed for Youth Sunday. They had been practicing for months. Ava was sick with strep, but she had been on antibiotics (or anti-bot-ics as she says) and wanted to go. She did great at the hand bells, but covered her mouth through most of the sing and even flashed her underwear at the congregation. Embarrassing!

3. We have been putting up our tree slowly over the last 2 weeks. We got it up the second weekend of November, but are just getting around to decorating it.

4. Ava told Bradley that after we put up the tree, we were going to rock around it! Love her!

5. Our house elf, Englebert, is back for the holiday season. Ava is super into it this year and is so excited to hunt him down each day.

6. Ava's first ornament of the year was Princess Tiana. Harrison's was Jiminy Cricket.

7. Last year we finally got a tree topper. Mickey and Minnie!

8. Harrison has been super tired at night lately and a couple of times he has fallen asleep at the dinner table.

9. We are close to being done with Christmas shopping! YAY!

10. We spent last weekend in Nashville at Uncle Timmy's house for Thanksgiving. It was delicious and we had a great time. I will post pics from that soon!

Football Homecoming

Ava and I attended the high school's Football Homecoming a few weeks ago. Ava was excited because her Cheerleading "Big Sister" was on the Homecoming court. Ava was even more excited when she was chosen Homecoming Queen. Here is a picture of Ava with her Big Sister, Katherine and one of her being silly while hanging out with the band.

More Scenes from October

Here are a few more pics from October that I never got around to posting.

He likes to sleep with the blanket up over his face.

The Pumpkin Patch

On the Thursday before Halloween we finally made it to the pumpkin patch. We usually go fairly early in the month of October, but talk about last minute this year! We have been so busy that I just couldn't squeeze it in. So I decided that if we were going to go, we had to do it one afternoon and there was pretty much only 2 days until Halloween. So after school we loaded up and Aunt Bethany even got to come with us.

Harrison took off and ventured from pallet to pallet of pumpkins, Ava wanted every pumpkin she saw, and no one really wanted to cooperate for pictures.

10 on Tuesday - +Halloween Wrap Up

1. Last Thursday we attended the Fall Festival at the high school. Ava's favorite thing, crawling through a tent searching for a rubber spider amid a bunch of trash. She played 3 times. Guess who found the spider.... Yours truly! I played, too! :)

Ava eating her cookie creation.

2. Last week Ava's school raised $14,000 for the PTO. Part of that money came from what they call the Funky Junky Funtober Sale. Ava and I made cookies to sell at the booth.

3. Pumpkin Carving is a big deal here! This year we carved the Harry Potter symbol, a Mickey Mouse, The Princess and the Frog, and a regular Jack O'Lantern. Too bad our Cheshire Cat from the Halloweenie Roast didn't last.

4. I made this to add to our holiday decor...

5. Harrison and Ava have both been sick and running fever. Today I actually took off work to stay home with them. I am hoping they are on the mend.

6. I have finished my first class in my Masters program and currently have a 4.0 GPA. So far in my 2nd class I have made A's on all assignments! :)

7. In less than 1 month, my baby will be 1!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it! His birthday party will be the weekend after Thanksgiving.

8. Ava is participating in this year's Little Choctaws cheerleading squad. Her first performance is November 23rd. I am anxious for that!

9. Ava will be singing in church for the first time this Sunday. She will be singing with other members of the church youth group for Youth Sunday.

10. That's all I have!