Brooklyn Tries Gymnastics

Today Brooklyn tried out gymnastics. Her best friend Campbell and her friend Ava were in the class with her. Unfortunately, Campbell wanted nothing to do with the class and she ended up leaving. She gets in those moods and you can't please her at all. Ava and Brooklyn had a blast. Obviously, Brooklyn has a while to do a real cartwheel but she tried her hardest and it was adorable. They worked on cartwheels, summer salts, trampoline and then they got to play in a big hole with foam squares. Ava and Brooklyn played soccer together and Ava lives in our neighborhood as well so them two together is a sight to see. Both of them were so excited that we signed them up for their class. Both of them will start on January 4th at 330 in the afternoon. I wanted a 4 pm class but they were full so we are on a waiting list for that class. Hopefully, Brooklyn will continue to like gymnastics and her best friend Campbell will be willing to give the class another try.

The Kids Visit Santa

This afternoon the kids visited Santa with the exception of one, Madison. Madison wanted nothing to do with Santa. Logan was the same way last year so hopefully all three of them will sit on his lap next year. Brooklyn and Logan did real well and the picture came out adorable. I have pictures for everyone unfortunately I don't have one to post on the blog. Both of the kids at the same time told Santa they wanted big boy/girl bikes from Santa. I guess we will have to wait and see if the kids were good enough to get bikes.

Brooklyn Gets Recognized at School

At Carroll Elementary they have this system in place for kids who do something good for someone else. Today Brooklyn was recognized for her good deed that she did last Thursday. One of her classmates dropped his backpack at the time they were suppose to go their stations and Brooklyn stayed behind and helped Elijah put his stuff back in his backpack. Daddy and Mommy were very proud of her for doing a kind gesture and recognizing that someone needed a little help. Every Friday they have this thing called Friday morning Live and it's a cool little assembly where they do all kinds of stuff. It was my third time to attend but daddy's first time. Brooklyn's name was called out in front of the whole school. She was really happy to hear her name but more importantly on how proud we were to hear her name.

A Bad Experience

Many of you probably didn't that our washer broke the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. We haven't had our washer 6 months and spring had popped out of the washer and I didn't know how to fix it. I thought I fixed but when I saw water gushing out it was not a good thing. I called Samsung on Friday and the referred us to Callahan's. They are located in McKinney and they were suppose to call me on Monday. Did they call me, no! I had to call them to schedule my appointment. The technician came out on Tuesday afternoon and he couldn't get the spring back, come to find out he knew nothing about these washers. He told me that we would have to get a new spring and that he would have the office call me that afternoon to schedule another visit later in the week. I didn't hear from them for two days. I called them and they gave me the run around. They told me they had to order two parts and that their shipments don't come in till the afternoon. I complained at Samsung and I complained at Callahan's. I wrote a letter for both of them and sent it to the BBB. On Friday, I finally get the call and they told me they could come out on Saturday. I said fine and then an hour later she calls me back and tells me the tech has a family emergency and couldn't come till Monday. I was pissed off at that point. I asked her will it be first thing in the morning and she told me they don't schedule to appointments till Monday because there could have been some emergency calls over the weekend. They didn't consider my problem an emergency even though its been 10 days. Finally today comes and the tech calls me around 9 am. It took the tech 5 minutes to fix the washer. The washer could have been fixed on Tuesday. There were no parts that had to be ordered, etc. I was livid with the situation. The tech was very nice and it wasn't his fault. He did tell me the tech that did come out has been fired, I am not sure if that happened or not but regardless this should not have gotten this far. I am not sure why they kept giving me the run around on coming back out. Regardless don't use Callahan's for your appliances to get fixed! My poor family had to do all my washing up until now. Thank goodness for family because if I didn't have them I wouldn't want to know how many piles I would have. Thank goodness we have enough clothes for the kids.

Brooklyn Has fun At Her friend's Birthday Party

Brooklyn went to Cassie's, one of her friends at school, birthday party last night. The party was done at Sugar and Spice in downtown Mckinney. I never knew this party existed but the girls got to play dress up, they got their hair done and their nails done. They had a dance party, a fashion show and a tea party. I thought it was so cute and they had a blast. It;'s a great place to have a girl party for sure! What I didn't realize is she didn't invite all the girls in her class. She only invited a couple girls and Brooklyn was honored to be one of them. Cassie's parents told me that she talks about Brooklyn all the time. I was very pleased to hear that. Enjoy the pictures I took. I apologize for the pictures color. It was very dark inside the room.

Mommy Eats Lunch with Brooklyn

At Brooklyn's school, the parents or anyone can eat lunch with his/her child. Brooklyn has been asking me to eat lunch with her and on Thursdays I am always at the school doing some volunteer work for her teacher, Mrs. Womack. I started the day by eating lunch and she was so excited. They eat lunch early, at 10:30. She gets to pick out two friends to sit at a special table with her. In fact, there were 3 kids who wanted to sit with us. All three of the kids ate their lunch well and they were well behaved as well. I thought it would be cute to take some pictures of them so enjoy the pictures. Her friends names from left to right are: Bella, Kelly, and Makayla

Logan Has An Admirer

On Friday, I received an email from one of Logan's classmates. Her name is Leila and she adores Logan. Supposedly she is always talking about Logan to her mommy so she wanted to know when we could get together and have a playdate. On Friday in carpool lane, her mom was right behind me and Logan gave Leila a big hug and a kiss on her cheek. It was adorable. I guess it's already starting with the girls. I will keep everyone updated on this.