Special Times

This weekend was finally filled with some time to just hang out with the kids-our favorite thing to do.  The  only down side was that we were a family divided...in a good way!  Brayden had his cub scouts "Dad and Me" camping trip this weekend, and consequently I had a Girls day/night out, with an exception to James.  Ron had a good time with the boys out in the Osage camping, although I am sure it was pretty crazy!  Sounded like they played a lot of kickball, did some hiking and lots of playing.  Brayden came home with a tree frog and lot of story's about jumping off avalanche cliff.  The only downside of their evening was the horrendous wind leaving a couple tents a little out of sorts.  I enjoyed the day hanging out with the kids-so nice not to have any obligations to be at or accomplish at home.  We ended up at the aquarium-always fun, very interesting as there was a beautiful underwater photography exhibit through-out, it even caught the kids attention. My fun memory from this visit...there is usually one was centered around the cuttle fish tank.  This fish was new to us and I couldn't see it in the tank.  I had told Becca there supposed to be cuttle fish somewhere in the tank but all I saw was a bunch of seaweed.   After looking for a bit we spotting some little bumps hiding at the bottom of the tank.  I thought they were shy but Becca looked at me and said, "nooo, mom!  they are cuddle fish!!!  they are just cuddling with the seaweed"  and gave me a look like what was I thinking, I had just told her they were cuttle fish!  We ended up the day poking around at the mall ( my never shy Andrea made sure ever check-out person knew it was girls night out)-turned out the girls are mesmerized by all that glitters, bows, headbands, watches....and most of all dresses!  I usually steer clear of the dress section-a little too girly for my taste-not for Becca.  How could I resist!  Somehow we ended up in the dressing room with the girls twirling the dresses, oh I have to admit it was so much fun seeing them giggle.  I guess they will be the two sparkle girls this holiday season! 

The Choir that Becca and Brayden have been a part of this year at church sang for the intro to the church service this Sunday.  It was very special seeing Becca sing, Brayden was disappointed when he found out he had missed their performance.  I love that their choir director has taken the time to teach these kids, there are a lot of things going on on Wednesday evenings and it is so nice she and thankfully a couple other kids enjoy singing and take the time to come.  We continued our Sunday by going to a performance by the Tulsa Youth Symphony.  The concert was geared towards kids-perfect.  They played just little excerpts from pieces with the conductor stopping to explain the piece.  Ron thought it was the perfect length for himself as well!  They also introduced each instrument which was also a lot of fun to watch with the kids.

They turned the Microphone on for the performance....silly Becca!