Independent little mama!

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Big Boo Rama

Raegan and I went to the trick-or-treating event downtown this afternoon. Zane opted to go to the skating party for sixth graders (can't go to a dance until next year - thank God!), so it was some fun mommy-daughter time for us girls! Zane got some candy that he didn't even have to work for, and there were a few bags of teddy grahams in there, so Raegan even gets something! :)

It was hard to buckle her in her carseat with all of the fluff at the bottom of her costume!

So happy to stop by and see Granny at work!

Unimpressed Raegan

This not for my head - this is for chewing!!

Raegan was a bit skeptical of actually getting to take candy....

but when she realized what it was, it was a different story! (I didn't let her eat it, but holding it kept her happy. Don't judge me! lol)

Ooooh, now what am I getting?!

I'm done! Take me home Mama!!!!

Footies!

 Raegan is 14 months old today. How time flies!

Footies!

Worn out after a FUN day with Granny!

My sides, they hurt!

You may notice that I've added a sidebar on the right side of my blog, that lists the most recent entry to the blogs I like to read the most. I'm going to be adding a new one that I found tonight, because it is absolutely hysterical. Like, I-can't-drink-anything-while-I-read-it-because-I'll-totally-end-up-spraying-it-all-over-my-computer-hysterical. In particular, check out this post about trying to juggle everything and be an adult. (There is some swearing, if that bothers you.)

Give me my privacy!

Raegan loves shutting herself in her room to play (or get into things she shouldn't be!) It used to be that if she shut herself in she would cry because she didn't like being alone, but now she loooooves it. Preview of years to come perhaps? :)

Zane's fall conference

Zane's parent teacher conference went very well tonight. Middle school is a lot different that elementary school, because he has 8 teachers now instead of just one (plus specials and reading) so I wasn't really sure how the conference would go. The teacher that's assigned to do conferences with us is Zane's social studies teacher. It's kind of strange that he talks about the other classes too, because he knew about the subject matter but wasn't always sure what the assignments in the folders meant, but it worked fine. I would rather not have to go around to 8 different teachers, I'll tell you that!

Mr. E. told us multiple times that Zane is very organized in his class. Woo hoo! After such a struggle last year to get him to turn things in, he appears to be doing much better. Well, not in art, where he had multiple NHIs (Not Handed In), but in the other 7 subjects yes. Luke and I both feel (and I think Zane's mom does too based on what she was saying to Zane) that it's a bit ridiculous that Zane has a B because of not handing in his work in an elective that he chose to take. If it were a B based on his work, fine. But in looking at his grades on assignments, it appears that his B is solely because he had maaaaaany assignments he didn't hand in. We've always told Zane we expect A's and B's because he is intelligent and perfectly capable of that. :)

So Zane has 6 A's and two B's. And two of those A's were 100%, and another was a 99%!!!! Awesome! So far, middle school seems to be going well for him, and we are very proud of him!!!!!

Shenanigans!

This is what Raegan thinks of our baby proofing attempts

Raegan has gotten in the habit of shutting herself in her room and playing. (Preview of her emo pre-teen years.) This is what I found when I checked on her this afternoon.

I think we are going to have our hands full. :)