Right before our Christmas break Dean’s school blessed us with a Christmas carol concert. It was precious! I love watching all of the babies sing. Of course, just like last year, Dean was more concerned about me than singing with his class. Once he located his “number one fan” he happily started singing with his class but chose to sing his carol to Ms. Molly instead of the parent audience! Oh that boy is something else!
Miranda was sweet to share her video.
I arrived at the concert a little late and wasn’t able to get the best seat for pictures with my camera. The low light and distance were not the best combination. Note to self: Bring Matt’s Nikon next year!
We enjoyed the Grapevine Parade of lights with the Mclarens and Glenda again this year. Dean and Gavin were so much fun! They were excited about the lights, the floats, Santa and Baby Jesus. The parade was about an hour and a half long and the boys were troopers. Deans favorite were he high school bands. He loved the loud music but more specifically the drums! The evening was a great start to our Christmas season! Merry Christmas!
Each year Dean’s school hosts a Thanksgiving dessert party for the parents and students. I enjoyed attending this year and sharing a yummy dessert with Dean. It is a great way to move into the Thanksgiving break. Dean’s class sang a few songs for the parents (video coming soon) before enjoying their yummy treats. We are continually thankful for the ECDC!
For Dean’s third birthday everyone was invited up for Camp Hopkins. There were a ton of activities going on this weekend. Hopefully this post won’t overwhelm too many of y’all!
On Friday, November 4th Dean celebrated his birthday with his class at the ECDC. They have a party the first Friday of each month and celebrate with ice cream, party hats and fun! Dean enjoyed spending this time with his special friends as well as Addison and Leslie Walden.
After Dean’s school party we headed home to see Uncle Layne and Logan. In addition to celebrating Dean’s birthday there were events planned to celebrate Layne. One part of Layne’s birthday celebration was the NASCAR truck races on Friday evening. Matt, Logan and Layne met up with some friends and enjoyed watching the trucks run in circles. A second day of races were enjoyed on Saturday with the entire male family – Layne was in heaven! While they were enjoying the races Dean and I spent time with Granny and Pop. Granny and Pop came up early on Friday in order to go to the Winstar with Glenda. After a full day of fun for them we enjoyed Babes chicken and a relaxing evening. I was thankful for the time with my grandparents and their help getting things ready for the party. I know Dean enjoyed having them here for the night.
At exactly 5:00 PM Camp Hopkins began. Dean enjoyed having his friends from church and school over to play in our backyard and enjoy a performance by Mr. David. The birthday celebration was a blast! Matt and I were able to enjoy the party and hang out with Dean’s friend’s parents thanks to our awesome servant team of grandparents and Glenda! I think Camp Hopkins was my favorite birthday party. I’m sure they will continue to get better and better but for now, this was the best! Happy 3rd birthday Camper Dean!
Here are Matt and Dean cheering the Rangers on to a game 5 win!
Dean sported his homemade Rangers hat all over the DFW area. He made it at school for their Rangers pep rally and wore it over to a neighbors watch party Saturday night. On our way to the party we stopped to share some treats with Ms. sharon. She let Dean cut a few lemons off her tree which Dean thought was pretty cool!
