Elizabeth and Emily got started back with their teams. Elizabeth ran in her first track meet this past Friday. She ran the 2400 Meters (1 1/2 miles). She finished in 3rd place. She was 5 yards behind the girl that won the race. We were very proud of her...first race and being so close to winning.
Em had her first soccer game of the season. They ended up in a tie, 0-0. Em's team controlled the whole game (the ball crossed into Em's defense twice in the whole second half). It was fun to see Em out playing hard and having fun.
Erin had fun at the soccer game...she & Reagan were playing. Erin thinks Em wins every soccer game, so she was surprised it was a tie.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Valentine's Day 2009
Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day and weekend. Erin and Dad went to a Daddy/Daughter dance Friday night @ Academy. They had a lot of fun. Erin loved getting to see her friends and dance with them. Her favorite dance tunes were the Cha-Cha slide, and 2 songs by Taylor Swift (picture to burn and our song). Should have heard all of the 2nd & 3rd graders belting out the lyrics to all 3 songs...too funny.
We are finishing up our first 6 weeks at Academy. It looks like the grades did not drop with the change in schools. Everyone has adjusted pretty quickly and gotten into a good routine. There is a lot more homework at our new schools, but the girls are doing great. Em is back in soccer. We start our season in a couple of weeks. Elizabeth finished basketball season and is now in Track & Field tryouts. She is thinking about running longer distances since she is cursed with the Chavez speed. We have a cotillion dance next Friday, so the girls are off to shop for a dress for the Hawaiian theme. More updates to come...
We are finishing up our first 6 weeks at Academy. It looks like the grades did not drop with the change in schools. Everyone has adjusted pretty quickly and gotten into a good routine. There is a lot more homework at our new schools, but the girls are doing great. Em is back in soccer. We start our season in a couple of weeks. Elizabeth finished basketball season and is now in Track & Field tryouts. She is thinking about running longer distances since she is cursed with the Chavez speed. We have a cotillion dance next Friday, so the girls are off to shop for a dress for the Hawaiian theme. More updates to come...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Our New School - Academy
We have gotten started at our new school - Academy. We've been going about 2 1/2 weeks & I think we are starting to get settled. The change was not as bad as we had feared it might be...especially for Elizabeth. Here's the latest:
Erin - Erin makes friends so easy, she makes Em look like she struggles. She misses her friends at Thornton and asks about going back every now and then. She is still loving dance class. She got an acoustic guitar for Christmas (pink). She is really interested in playing & tries to work on her guitar book every night. We may try and get her lessons if she keeps up the interest. Erin made her first Reconciliation this past weekend. In a couple of months, she will make her First Holy Communion...exciting stuff!! She's excited to get the bread at mass.
Em - still loving school and all of her new friends. She has a friend spending the night this weekend - Macie. Em had to write a poem for her English class. The teacher submitted all of the poems to a writing contest & Emily was one of the winners. She is going to have her poem published in a Celebration of Poets...we just got a letter tonight telling us that "her poem was one of high merit & was chosen for publication." Em will be a published author soon. Em is ready to get back to playing soccer as well.
Elizabeth - E has made the transition to Academy really well. There were 3 girls in our tumbling class that go to Academy that helped E the first day and made her feel better about the change. E had basketball practice the day before school started. Went really well...coach told the girls it was E's first day and to help her with finding classes, show her around, etc. Thought that was really cool coming from a coach. E is playing on the B team...they hadn't won a game all year. With E playing, they haven't lost a game....5 straight wins. E keeps telling them she's their good-luck charm.
Melinda - the change was as hard for Mel as anyone. She is so used to having at least one of the girls with her at work, she feels weird without anyone. She is looking into the possibility of working at Academy...will keep you posted.
Erin - Erin makes friends so easy, she makes Em look like she struggles. She misses her friends at Thornton and asks about going back every now and then. She is still loving dance class. She got an acoustic guitar for Christmas (pink). She is really interested in playing & tries to work on her guitar book every night. We may try and get her lessons if she keeps up the interest. Erin made her first Reconciliation this past weekend. In a couple of months, she will make her First Holy Communion...exciting stuff!! She's excited to get the bread at mass.
Em - still loving school and all of her new friends. She has a friend spending the night this weekend - Macie. Em had to write a poem for her English class. The teacher submitted all of the poems to a writing contest & Emily was one of the winners. She is going to have her poem published in a Celebration of Poets...we just got a letter tonight telling us that "her poem was one of high merit & was chosen for publication." Em will be a published author soon. Em is ready to get back to playing soccer as well.
Elizabeth - E has made the transition to Academy really well. There were 3 girls in our tumbling class that go to Academy that helped E the first day and made her feel better about the change. E had basketball practice the day before school started. Went really well...coach told the girls it was E's first day and to help her with finding classes, show her around, etc. Thought that was really cool coming from a coach. E is playing on the B team...they hadn't won a game all year. With E playing, they haven't lost a game....5 straight wins. E keeps telling them she's their good-luck charm.
Melinda - the change was as hard for Mel as anyone. She is so used to having at least one of the girls with her at work, she feels weird without anyone. She is looking into the possibility of working at Academy...will keep you posted.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Christmas Morning
Is there anything better than Christmas morning? The look on the kids faces after the gifts they have received is incredible. What we enjoy the most is the kids are truly thankful for anything they receive. They don't take it for granted. This is our favorite time of year. We have a lot going on today...over to Nana & Papa's for Christmas and dinner. Hope everyone has a safe and merry Christmas.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Christmas Eve
It's finally Christmas Eve and we are excited about tomorrow! We have had a great couple of days leading up to Christmas. We have gotten to spend a lot of time with family hanging out. We had a makeover party a couple of days ago. The girls had so much fun and looked considerably older with makeup. We went to Nana & Papa's house yesterday for enchiladas (they were incredible). Today, everyone came over to our house to decorate cookies for Santa. Everyone had a great time. Some very creative people designing cookies I tell ya. Erin ate one of my favorites...still not sure how she got icing behind her head. Guess will have to chalk that up to one of the great mysteries of life. We are settling to go to bed so the big guy can come visit. Hope everyone has a GREAT Christmas eve and a better Christmas day.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Christmas Break
It's been so long since I've updated the blog, I may have forgotten how. Things have been incredibly busy at the Chavez house. Thank God we made it to Christmas break. Here's a rundown on what's up with each...
Erin - Erin is doing great! She loves school and her teacher, Mrs. Gauna. Erin and Dad have read all of the Junie B. Jones books through 1st grade. We have to look and see if they have any Junie B. Jones 2nd grader books. Erin is still loving her dance classes (hip-hop, ballet, and tap). Erin is doing really well with gymnastics - she is looking good with her handstand snap-down. Erin keeps talking about taking karate. We may try and do that as a family if we can find the time to wedge it in.
Emily - Em has been a little lost with soccer season being over. She's used to going to practice twice a week and rushing around those days to get everything done. Can't tell you how nice it's been not to squeeze practice in during the weeks. Em's team played in a couple of tournaments and did pretty well. Em competed in the ready writing UIL competition and she finished 5th overall. We were really proud of her (she still believes she should win everything). Em is busy with Christmas parties with her new friends and buddies from the soccer team. The girl has a crazy social calendar to make up for soccer.
Elizabeth - E is doing great. Looks like she will finish the semester on the National Junior Honor Society again for all A's. Her spanish class was a struggle. The teacher speaks broken English, so it's hard to understand him. He's a nice guy, and he loves E. E's basketball team played in a couple of tournaments (won 1 and placed 2nd in the other). E is having fun playing. Burdened with the Chavez height, it's not looking like she will be able to dunk the ball anytime soon. E is still 1st chair in band. She had a solo during the Christmas concert - sounded terrific.
Melinda - nobody is more ready for the Christmas break than Melinda. She is still involved in too much. She is looking forward to relaxing at home for a while.
Eric - Eric has been on Christmas break for a week, but hasn't stopped working. His new territory in Fort Worth looks like it will take most of his time. Eric is looking forward to spending time with the family and not dealing with work.
For those interested, we did make a decision about schools for the girls. All of the girls will be attending Academy in January. Emily has really enjoyed being there and we were advised to make the move soon. Starting the girls in January will give Elizabeth a chance to tryout for high school cheerleader. We took a tour of the middle school with E. She's nervous about the change from her friends, but it's the best. Erin got to tour the elementary school and found someone she knew from Emily's soccer team (another younger sister, Reagan). Erin had her class Christmas party today, & her teacher was upset Erin is leaving. We are looking forward to making new friends in Academy, and not losing touch with our close friends now. Wish us luck in the new year!
Erin - Erin is doing great! She loves school and her teacher, Mrs. Gauna. Erin and Dad have read all of the Junie B. Jones books through 1st grade. We have to look and see if they have any Junie B. Jones 2nd grader books. Erin is still loving her dance classes (hip-hop, ballet, and tap). Erin is doing really well with gymnastics - she is looking good with her handstand snap-down. Erin keeps talking about taking karate. We may try and do that as a family if we can find the time to wedge it in.
Emily - Em has been a little lost with soccer season being over. She's used to going to practice twice a week and rushing around those days to get everything done. Can't tell you how nice it's been not to squeeze practice in during the weeks. Em's team played in a couple of tournaments and did pretty well. Em competed in the ready writing UIL competition and she finished 5th overall. We were really proud of her (she still believes she should win everything). Em is busy with Christmas parties with her new friends and buddies from the soccer team. The girl has a crazy social calendar to make up for soccer.
Elizabeth - E is doing great. Looks like she will finish the semester on the National Junior Honor Society again for all A's. Her spanish class was a struggle. The teacher speaks broken English, so it's hard to understand him. He's a nice guy, and he loves E. E's basketball team played in a couple of tournaments (won 1 and placed 2nd in the other). E is having fun playing. Burdened with the Chavez height, it's not looking like she will be able to dunk the ball anytime soon. E is still 1st chair in band. She had a solo during the Christmas concert - sounded terrific.
Melinda - nobody is more ready for the Christmas break than Melinda. She is still involved in too much. She is looking forward to relaxing at home for a while.
Eric - Eric has been on Christmas break for a week, but hasn't stopped working. His new territory in Fort Worth looks like it will take most of his time. Eric is looking forward to spending time with the family and not dealing with work.
For those interested, we did make a decision about schools for the girls. All of the girls will be attending Academy in January. Emily has really enjoyed being there and we were advised to make the move soon. Starting the girls in January will give Elizabeth a chance to tryout for high school cheerleader. We took a tour of the middle school with E. She's nervous about the change from her friends, but it's the best. Erin got to tour the elementary school and found someone she knew from Emily's soccer team (another younger sister, Reagan). Erin had her class Christmas party today, & her teacher was upset Erin is leaving. We are looking forward to making new friends in Academy, and not losing touch with our close friends now. Wish us luck in the new year!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
We have been so caught up in the daily routine, someone forgot to update the blog. So here are some of the latest tidbits:
Erin - Erin was very excited about Halloween. She kept going back and forth on which costume to go with. She finally settled on Sharpay. For those of you not in the know (like me), Sharpay is a character from High School Musical. We saw High School Musical 3 at the movies, and it sealed the deal for Erin. She can sing just about every song from the soundtrack to you if she's "feelin' it". Erin is in the middle of her dance classes. That's right, classes. Erin is taking tap & ballet. She is also taking hip-hop. She is a busy girl on Thursdays. She was so excited and showed Dad some of the moves they were going over in her tap class in the entry way to our house. If the dance studio sounds that cool, it must be a lot of fun. Erin is doing great at school. She set the goal of 250 AR points for the year. If she gets to 250 points, she gets to be principal for the day. Erin likes to be in charge.
Emily - Emily had a couple of options for Halloween. She was invited to go to a couple of parties, but opted to hang with the family. She went as Athena. She had the toga and gold leaves. Looked cool. Tried to get her to channel Belushi with "Toga, Toga", but she got a couple of looks like she was losing it. She stopped not long after that. Em is having fun with her soccer team. She is playing well and gets along great with the other girls. Em got a new pair of soccer shoes with her #15 on them. She got an assist with her new shoes in her team's 1-1 tie. Em is doing really well in school. She has decided to tackle the UIL competitions, again. This year she is going to compete in Ready Writing and Number Sense. In Ready Writing, they are given a prompt and have to write about it. She is very creative and does well with this. She is really good in math, so she thinks Number Sense will be fun. She's careful not to say easy because she doesn't know what to expect. Think they have the competition in a couple of months.
Elizabeth - E was too old (cool) to go out for Halloween. She went and watched Temple whip Belton, again. E had fun finishing up the volleyball season and cheerleading. She enjoyed both, but think she was ready to move to the next thing. The next thing is basketball. E made the basketball team again. She's on the B-team this year. She will get more playing time on the B-team, and her buddies are on it with her. E had a fall band concert last week. Lita was able to join us. E had a solo to start one of the songs. We were very proud of her.
Melinda - Mel is finally finished with cheer. More of a pain than anyone would have imagined. The kids were good. The parents and administration were a different story. She has a couple of things left with cheer - one pep rally for basketball and tryouts for next year and she's completely done. Eric will say NO for her next time. She is still very busy with the Math Specialist role, mentoring, and working on curriculum. Hopefully, we can get a couple more things off her plate.
Eric - Eric is still staying busy with work. Eric's company had some lay-offs, so his territory has changed. He will be covering Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, Waco, Temple, and Tyler soon. He will have some more travel, but change is good. He is looking forward to the new territory.
Evidently, the Chavez family has forgotten they own a camera. We have not taken pictures in forever. We will get some taken and posted in the next couple of weeks.
Erin - Erin was very excited about Halloween. She kept going back and forth on which costume to go with. She finally settled on Sharpay. For those of you not in the know (like me), Sharpay is a character from High School Musical. We saw High School Musical 3 at the movies, and it sealed the deal for Erin. She can sing just about every song from the soundtrack to you if she's "feelin' it". Erin is in the middle of her dance classes. That's right, classes. Erin is taking tap & ballet. She is also taking hip-hop. She is a busy girl on Thursdays. She was so excited and showed Dad some of the moves they were going over in her tap class in the entry way to our house. If the dance studio sounds that cool, it must be a lot of fun. Erin is doing great at school. She set the goal of 250 AR points for the year. If she gets to 250 points, she gets to be principal for the day. Erin likes to be in charge.
Emily - Emily had a couple of options for Halloween. She was invited to go to a couple of parties, but opted to hang with the family. She went as Athena. She had the toga and gold leaves. Looked cool. Tried to get her to channel Belushi with "Toga, Toga", but she got a couple of looks like she was losing it. She stopped not long after that. Em is having fun with her soccer team. She is playing well and gets along great with the other girls. Em got a new pair of soccer shoes with her #15 on them. She got an assist with her new shoes in her team's 1-1 tie. Em is doing really well in school. She has decided to tackle the UIL competitions, again. This year she is going to compete in Ready Writing and Number Sense. In Ready Writing, they are given a prompt and have to write about it. She is very creative and does well with this. She is really good in math, so she thinks Number Sense will be fun. She's careful not to say easy because she doesn't know what to expect. Think they have the competition in a couple of months.
Elizabeth - E was too old (cool) to go out for Halloween. She went and watched Temple whip Belton, again. E had fun finishing up the volleyball season and cheerleading. She enjoyed both, but think she was ready to move to the next thing. The next thing is basketball. E made the basketball team again. She's on the B-team this year. She will get more playing time on the B-team, and her buddies are on it with her. E had a fall band concert last week. Lita was able to join us. E had a solo to start one of the songs. We were very proud of her.
Melinda - Mel is finally finished with cheer. More of a pain than anyone would have imagined. The kids were good. The parents and administration were a different story. She has a couple of things left with cheer - one pep rally for basketball and tryouts for next year and she's completely done. Eric will say NO for her next time. She is still very busy with the Math Specialist role, mentoring, and working on curriculum. Hopefully, we can get a couple more things off her plate.
Eric - Eric is still staying busy with work. Eric's company had some lay-offs, so his territory has changed. He will be covering Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, Waco, Temple, and Tyler soon. He will have some more travel, but change is good. He is looking forward to the new territory.
Evidently, the Chavez family has forgotten they own a camera. We have not taken pictures in forever. We will get some taken and posted in the next couple of weeks.
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