Girls

I knew that Audric would have girls after him when he got older. But it seems like where ever we move there is alway a cute little blond girl that loves Audric. First Kate (whom he says he is going to marry), then Lauren in New Mexico and now Elity. She gave Audric a drawn map to her house, a rubber (an eraser) and a penny. Audric wanted to give her something back so he made this picture for her. Kids are so cute.

Dress-up

Here are some pictures of the kids dressing up.

Third first day of school

Audric has now had three first days of kindergarten. He started kindergarten a year early last year at First Impression Academy Fayetteville, NC, then we moved and he started mid year in kindergarten at Manzano Day school in Albuquerque, NM and now he started at Fordham primary school, England year one, which is the same as kindergarten. He was nervous but fine by the time I left him. Julie was upset, she wanted to go with him. He has to wear a uniform to school it's very cute. He says he had a good day and can't wait to go tomorrow.

He almost had four first days because on the Wednesday before he started I hadn't heard anything from the local school and the one day of home schooling told me it wasn't going to work until Xmas when I thought he would be able to get in. So I decided to put him in at the American school in Feltwell. We did the tour, signed all the paper work, and was going to have him go the next day. That is until I got home and found an email from the Fordham school saying he got in. I felt so bad wasting the other school's time doing all that paper work. They understood being military themselves. Funny how thing just work out some times.

Bowling

I'm not checking out my bum. I'm making sure my kids aren't going to get their heads hit with the ball. Twice the ran into someone else's lane.

Two Strikes for Audric

The kids also won three ticket for free bowling. Audric got two strikes with bumpers but no ramp. I suck at bowling. No matter how hard I try, in fact I'm worse when I try. We had fun.

Church Farm

Without really knowing what or that it was 45minutes away we went to Church farm with some friends. I wish it was closer because the kids had so much fun and the way it was set up all the mom's got to sit and drink tea while the kids play. There was a big barn full of hay and hay bales for them to jump and roll in. A huge sand box, a big wooden play ground inside, crafts, pig races, pony rides and animals to stroke (pet). I can't wait to go back and same with the kids.

Pool pics

end of gym

Audric and Julie's Gym and Karate finished up. Julie made it to her last class but Audric was sick for his. We were going to keep them in it until we left but we were unsure when we would go. I hope they have something like this in England the kids loved it. Bye Albuquerque Little Gym!

ABQ Botanical Gardens

It was a nice weekend to go to the Botanical gardens. Lots of flowers were in bloom. I couldn't help but take a ton of pictures of the flowers and kids. However, I decided to post most of the ones with the kids in it and not all the flowers.

We had to keep reminding Julianna not to pick the flowers. I made the mistake showing her that you could eat the wild roses. The rest of the time she kept asking "can I eat this one"? pointing to every flower. I wonder what people thought when they heard her.

Julie wouldn't go near the cactus.

Grandparent's day

Audric did really good singing on grandparent's day. He's in the front row on the far left. It looked like he sang the whole time. He was very excited to have Grandma Stearman there. But of course he sing for all his grandparents. I've tried many times to get the video of it up on here but it just not working. I will try some more later.

karate

Audric started doing karate at the Little Gym where Julianna does gymnastics. If you know Audric you know that he doesn't like group activities; example: soccer, music, singing... We tried it out because it was free and it didn't interfere with school. He loves it. Tim took him to the first one and said Audric kept adding his own moves. This is a small clip of Audric on the balance beam added his own punches and kicks.

This is a small clip of Julianna during her Gymnastics class. She does so much better since she stopped doing the ballet and tap dancing. When she started she wouldn't do the balance beam without someone holding her hand. Now she jumps off by herself.

Who's kids are these?

I love that my kids are starting to enjoy each other. It used to be 50/50 between fighting and playing next to each other. Now I find them playing dolls, Star Wars, pretending they're animals, hide-n-seek or stuffed animals . Usally it's only at night when Audric reads now he has started reading to Julie all times of the day. I love watching and listening to them play. They are very cute.