MDEsquare: November 2015

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Holidays in Gruene, TX

Perfect tiny house for our (future) commune.

These chimes are glorious and I want one or two, for our (future) commune. :)


Granpop in front of the antique store.

Gruene's own brand of Santa

Cowboy Kringle

Plan your own visit, you will love the historic little town of Gruene.

Haiku

This beautiful boy

full of life and excitement

can make water dance.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Thankful for Everything

We are incredibly thankful, for everything.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Graduation - Gold Belts

The boys graduated to Gold Belts today!

Requirements:

1. Front punch, step front punch

2. Back punch, step back punch

3. Front-front kick, step front-front kick

4. Front sidekick, step front sidekick

5. Front roundhouse kick, step front roundhouse kick

To document their strengths and weaknesses at this time (Gold Belt):

Everett
Strength - He understands the rhythm and is fluid in his movement.
Weakness - flexibility

Emory
Strength - He's flexible and has high kicks
Weakness - delayed movements and low energy

We are so very proud of Ev and Em and especially excited to watch them advance in Tae Kwon Do.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Happy 100th Birthday Mimi!

We celebrated Deona's grandmother's 100th birthday November 15th.

Arlington's Mayor, Jeff Williams, proclaimed November 15th, 2015 "Roberta Watts Day"!

You can imagine just how excited Mimi was to receive this news.

Mimi with her three children (Deona's dad on the right).

Mimi with her granddaughters, Kelly, Deona & Dondi.

Mimi's great-grand children.

Mimi will be a great-GREAT grandmother next summer; AJ (Mimi's oldest great-grandchild) and his fiance' are expecting!

Grampy with his four crazy grandsons.

Such a fun and memorable day celebrating a remarkable lady.

Happy Birthday Mimi!

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Guiness Book Cup Stacking Event at Parker

GUINESS BOOK CUP STACKING EVENT HAS STARTED!

Everett is participating in this year's Guinness World Records event today at his school today. Guiness requires that all participating schools and organizations have at least 25 stackers from each school for their participation to count towards this year's record attempt.

Everett loves speed cup stacking; I think he has found the perfect sport for his athletic type. ;)

If you look closely you will see Everett (on the stage, very right).

We are sooo very proud of our Everett.

I love this boy.

I apologize for the poor quality in these photos.

Guess it's time to dust off the 'ol Nikon (with the zoom lens and settings), we have an athlete in the house! ;-P

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Emory's First School Field Trip and Bus Ride

Today was Emory's very first school field trip and it was to the Opera house! The play was based on Eric Hill's book "Spot". Theater Terra brought Spot to life through the use of puppets and actors on stage.

afterwards, a picnic lunch with classmates on the Strand.

Such a fun day; I know Emory will remember this day forever.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Parker Lip Dub

This is a Lip Dub video at the boys' school. Look closely and you will see Ev at 2:50 (on the right; he's holding the letter "O" in "Mexico")and Em is at 3:19 (on the left holding a blue pool noodle). The media art students from Ball high school (where Deona works), produced this video. Such a fun day for all the students and staff at Parker elementary.