Busy times in the Daniel house

So this week has been action packed for the Daniel clan. Duke turned 37, Dale had his first football game, Reid; Macy and I went to the pumpkin patch....this included with the regular work, practices, ballet, and such has kept us hopping.

So Duke.....is 37, but feels older some days and younger others but is crazy busy all days. He has been given control of another subdivision, in another side of the city....which is only 15 miles away, but it takes much longer given San Antonio traffic. Plus he is maintaining all that he had too.....ok we have laughed at the thought of a 40 hr work week......sure ...monday-wedensday....given that 12-14 hour days are pretty regular for us....which might very well be a goal to strive for in the next few weeks until he figures out a schedule of some sort....either that or he can try to expense a helicopter...or better yet a clone.....I JUST BETTER NEVER GET THE "B- TEAM" DUKE if that were to ever come to pass.... He had his birthday on Friday, and the kids and I got him gifts. Dale decided he needed the Fantastic 4 movie, Reid picked out a digital 20 questions game, I surprised him with a Longhorn hyde, and Macy, sweet Macy, she picked out a "pretty chickie, for Daddy," which was a black crow with red beady eyes from the Halloween section at Target....and she insisted he needed it and that he would love it.....if he loves it as much as her then it will be very well loved. We also baked him a heart shaped brownie and gave him cards....Dale actually picked a card that said DUKE on it with a GI Joe guy, Reids was a huge spongebob card and a pop up card he made at school that has a saw that pops out of a box? a little random yes, but he KNEW daddy would like it b/c he uses a saw sometimes, and Macy gave him a giant Hello Kitty card....it was a close call between Hello Kitty and a Your the best 3 yr old princess ever card....kid picked gifts are the BEST.

The gifts

The cards

Reid Macy and I went to Love Creek Orchards in Medina on Friday with his pre-school class. They did a hay ride, made scarecrows, played in a huge hay maze, made a craft with apples, cloves, and cinnamon....smells great, also groomed horses, sang songs, heard special stories, and enjoyed a petting zoo....Macy like the horse and petting zoo the very best and Reid liked taking pictures with my camera and playing with Max....his little buddy at school. Very fun times.

Macy loving holding the chickieReid only holding the chickie b/c Macy just did it and he is bigger than her and thinks he should not be scared.Macy and her Baby punkin....it came home with usApple craftThe very well groomed ponyThe donkey she lovedHay mazeMacy pulled as many stickers off the pumpkins and stuck them all over me and her.Our not so scary crow

Dale had his first football game today, we have a pretty good team kids 6-10, and some talented kids, the throws, catches, runs, and kicks were impressive and he was a big playmaker! He grabbed more flags than I could count, and scored 2 touchdowns, one was called back b/c it was a "no run zone".....I dunno his coach was perplexed as well, but he ran so great, screaming down the sidelines.....with all these bigger kids just chasing him and grabbing wind....it was really neat and he was on cloud 9. Little man can cut and spin like crazy and he is smaller so, it is hard for them to grab his flags. He said the other day....we might actually win a game this year, we lost all the games last year....and he was right they won...20-12 a great day to be a Longhorn..both big and small. Here is his teams website.... Longhorns-StoneOak

Dales Touchdown Run

I also promised some better pics of Macy doing her ballet and I got a few this week, it is hard to get them and not totally distract her...but she really likes it and loves wearing her BALLET...yep not ballet clothes...just I want to wear my ballet.