Soccer Pics

1st Grade Field Trip

Today the Specht First Graders took a field trip to a place called Sow Healthy Gardens at a district High School.  They got hands on experience at growing vegetables and - more excitedly - got to ride a school bus!

Excited First Graders ready to load the bus! 

 Arriving at the garden.

 Ready for their tour.

 Killing a bug that harms the plants.

Planting a seed.

 The boys examining the "worm house".

 Looking at a worm.

Getting a lesson on how to properly pull up an onion.

Soccer Saturday

Here are a few pics from last Saturday's soccer games:

Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type

Tonight, Grandma, the kids and I went back to the Magic Theater for the second time in just a few weeks.  This time we saw Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type, based on the children's book by the same title.  Peyton has been looking forward to seeing this play for weeks!  As always, we were able to get autographs and pictures after the show.  We are so impressed with each show we have seen at the Magic Theater!  The company is really a San Antonio treasure!

 With the Hen.

 With the Duck.

 With Farmer Brown.

With the Cows.

2012 Valero Texas Open

On Thursday, Dustin took the afternoon off from work to take Peyton to the Valero Texas Open.  This is becoming an annual event for the two of them!  They had an exciting time!  

In spirit with a military appreciation theme at the event, two Army tanks were set up at the course.  Peyton was allowed to sit inside one and look through the telescope!  


Peyton's other exciting news of the day was that he was given a golf ball by pro golfer Garrett Willis from Knoxville Tennessee.  He and Daddy had watched him tee off.  Then he reached into his golf bag, took out a ball, tossed it to Peyton, and Peyton caught it!  


They picked a great day to go to the tournament.  The weather was amazing and, since it was just Thursday and the first round, the crowds were really light.  

Reagan: "I like pink cars. I want a pink car, but I've never seen a pink car. Or a purple one. So I just prayed to Jesus that He will make a pink car for me."

Peyton: "Mommy, I want you to start serving appetizers before dinner every night."

Peyton (to Reagan): "I'm going to start calling you 'Reagan the Short'."

Peyton: "Are punishments to help you LEARN things?"

Peyton: "Maybe I'm just smart at talking."

Reagan: "Mommy, where did you go when I went to school today?"

Mommy: "I went to Wal Mart, did my Bible study for tomorrow, did a few projects at home and went to the library to help Aunt Stephanie."

Reagan: "Oh. I thought you went home to take a nap."

Peyton: "Where are we in life?"

Peyton: "Do fish go to Heaven when they die?"

Daddy: "I guess we'll find out some day when we're in Heaven."

Peyton: "Why don't we just Google it?"

Peyton: "Daddy, I wish I were you so I would get to go to work."

Reagan: "I don't like regular days."

Mommy: "What's a regular day?"

Reagan: "A day I don't get to go to school."

Peyton: "Mommy, did you know that if you mix hot water and cold water together you get warm water? The hot water warms up the cold water, and the cold water cools down the hot water."

Reagan's Spring School Picture

Touchdown!

Almost eight years later - still loves to sleep in the "touchdown" position!

 September 2004 - 3 months old

 December 2008 - 4 1/2 years old

April 2012 - 7 1/2 years old

Spurs Game

On Saturday night, we took the kids and one of Peyton's buddy's to the Spurs game at the AT&T Center.  The Spurs played the Phoenix Suns and dominated the game from the very beginning.  

 Our seats were on the very top row!  

Soccer Saturday

Our Saturdays are now filled with soccer games! 

 Reagan warming up before her game.

 Reagan scoring!  You can see part of the ball on the far left inside the goal!

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 One happy girl just after she scored!  

 Peyton running through the Upward tunnel before his game.

 Peyton came so close to scoring here, but, unfortunately, an opponent just happened to be at the right place at the right time to block the kick. :(  

Coach Daddy giving out awards after the game.

Animal Project

Last week, the First Graders had to do an Animal Project for homework.  They had to chose an animal, fill out a report on the animal, and then make a poster representing the animal's habitat.  Peyton chose a cat - not surprisingly!  He used library books and Worldbook Online to fill out his report.  For the "Most Interesting Fact" section of the report, Peyton wrote: "It's whiskers help it to get around in the dark."  He enjoyed making his poster - a house with several cats inside!  

Peyton's Book

A few weeks ago at school, Peyton wrote and "published" a book about one of his favorite persons - Mrs. Golden, Specht's Assistant Principal.  I took these pictures of the book; then Peyton gave it to her.  She was thrilled and gave Peyton the biggest hugs!  He beamed from ear to ear in light of her excitement over the book!  It was very sweet!

Easter Day

As anticipated, our Easter Day dawned bright and early.  The kids woke up and raced downstairs to see if the Easter Bunny had left anything in their Easter baskets.  They weren't disappointed!

 Reagan was most excited about ring pops!

 Peyton was thrilled with his garden gnome!

 For breakfast, we made resurrection rolls.

 Reagan rolling a marshmellow in a crescent roll.

 Peyton rolls his crescent dough tightly around his marshmellow.

 Ready for church!  Brett, Stephanie and Gregory met us for worship service, then Mommy and Daddy taught Peyton's 1st grade Kid Zone class.

 After church, the kids couldn't wait to get home and hunt the eggs the Easter bunny had hidden all over the backyard.

 Peyton searched for the perfect place for his Aggie garden gnome.

Later that afternoon, Grandma and Grandpa arrived.  Brett, Stephanie, Gregory and our next door neighbors came over a little later for Easter dinner.  

As Grandma and Grandpa were leaving we broke out the "cascarones" (confetti eggs) - a San Antonio Easter tradition!