Fall Festival Halloween Preview

Brenna's preschool's Fall Festival was this Tuesday.  The kids got to dress-up in their Halloween Costumes and play all the different games that were set up.  There was fishing, painting, bean bag tosses, a corn dig, and lots of prizes that they got to put in treat bags that they painted themselves.  After the festival there was lots of play time and they wrapped the day up with a class Halloween Party.  It was a big day for the kids and they had a great time.  Brenna wanted to be a pink fairy princess just like Pinkalicious for Halloween this year.  So, here's our little pig-tailed Pinkalicious!

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

For our 2nd class field trip of the month, we went to Pumpkin Junction, which is a pumpkin patch sponsored by one of the local churches.  The kids all crammed into the little barn to hear The Pumpkin Parable.

Brenna's First Ever School Picture

Swing Batter, Batter!

Since the weather has cooled off (meaning its on 90 instead of 100), we've been playing more tee-ball.  Here's Brenna in action with big hits and getting Daddy out.

Rainbow Club

I'm proud to say that Brenna earned her first badge in Rainbow Club last week.  She earned it by resiting her memory verse "This is the house of the Lord" 1 Chronicles 22:1 and explaining what she'd learned about how to show respect in church.  We were very proud, not to mention alittle relieved considering she's the teachers kid!

Here's my class of little monsters, I mean sweethearts!

Dewberry Farms

Because we had so much fun last year at Dewberry Farms, even I was excited about going back this year.   Also, I was alot more prepared since I knew what to expect, which was a long hot day of running and playing.  Here's our crew of 5 kiddos plus one 5-month old who cruised through the whole day.  We hit the jumpy pads as soon as we got there, because that was a favorite from last year.

McAlister Family Photos 2011

Pumpkin Palooza!

Enchanted Gardens is a local nursery that's just beautiful.  It truly is like stepping into something enchanted with flowers, fountains, and fish ponds around every corner.  This past Saturday they held their annual Pumpkin Palooza where all the kids get to come enjoy cookies, popcorn, and juice boxes while they create their own unique pumpkins!  Here's the pictures of our crew having some enchanted fun!

Making pumpkins.

National Night Out 2011

This is my third year as co-hostess for National Night Out for our block.  Each year our little block party gets bigger and bigger.  Not in terms of people, because every year the same people come (which happens to be everyone on the street), but in terms of food.  Technically, National Night Out is all about heighten crime prevention awareness (like our local Neighborhood Watch Program) and to strengthen police-community partnerships.  We, however, use this as a chance to eat and enjoy!  And Oh, there was so much to eat this year!  I won't go into all the details, but the women did a wonderful job on the grad foods and the men did great on the grill (well, actually it was a Big Green Egg).

I've often said on here how much we love our street, our neighbors are all wonderful!  God had a place for us when He brought us to Houston, and I'm so thankful for it!

First School Field Trip

Brenna's preschool had it's first field trip of the year last week.  Having just been in school a month, all the kids were very excited to hear there was going to be a break in the school routine for something new.  They got to visit the Rosenberg Fire Station.  Of, course I volunteered for the event.  We walked the kids from the school, three blocks over to the Fire Station, where the fire fighters had some fun planned for them.  After listening to the firemen talk about fire safety, the kids got the spray the water hose and climb through the fire truck.  Here's from pictures from the day.

Fort Bend County Fair

Cool Weather Means a Visit to the Houston Zoo

We visit the Houston Zoo a couple times a year, usually during the Fall and Spring when the weather is nice and the air is cool.  The Zoo always has something new to see.  This time it was the new giraffe feed platform that has been added to the African Forrest.  This is a great exhibit for the kids.  Brenna loved it so much we did it twice.  Here's the pictures from our recent zoo visit and the giraffe adventure.

Brenna's Book

Brenna wrote a book.  She wrote the storyline, did the illustrations, and even bound it herself.  This all came about one morning, of her own creation with very little help from me.  I only had to tell her how to spell "book" and "the end".  I was pleasantly surprised that she had developed her own binding from tape and that each page was firmly secure.  That's my little engineer!  She'll be doing a book signing at the local Book Worm later this month, so keep your calendars open!  Also, listen closely as few of her friends make an appearance in her story.

Catching Up!

Ok, it's been awhile.  We've been busy!  And I have a backlog of about 10 blog posts that need to go up.  So, check back often because I'll be pushing them through over the next week or so.  Until then, enjoy our little hula girl!

Brenna's Very First Day of School

Brenna has embarked upon her journey of Education.  I can't believe that the time is already here.  She looked so grown-up with her back pack and lunch box marching through the hall to her classroom.