THE MANGUM FAMILY

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Valentine Treats

Nothing says I love you like Red Velvet Chocolate Dipped Heart Shaped Cake Balls

With Love from us to you!!

A couple of weeks ago we had a Primary Talent Show at church. The kids all did a fantastic job & it was so fun to see the different talents, everything from dancing and twirling, roller skating, different instruments, and playing catch. Trevor, Hayley & Jake had a lot of fun performing too.

Trevor was our host, the great Master of Cermonies. He introduced the acts and told jokes. He even had his cousin Alex who was visiting help him out towards the end.

Hayley performed 2 talents. In the first half of the show, she did cartwheels across the stage. In the second half, she dazzled the crowd with her amazing hula hooping abilities.

Jake and his friend Zach paired up as a couple of Jedi's, showcasing their sword fighting abilities. Their performance brought down the house! Good thing we went with the foam lightsabers from Jake's bday party instead of the real hard lightsabers we have.

Visitors

A couple of weeks ago my parents came to visit for the week-end and they brought a special surprise, my nephew Alex.

Trevor and Alex are 2 peas in a pod and love any chance to spend time together. It was so great to have them here for the week-end.

They got to see all the craziness of the week-end, Scouting for Food, Talent Show, UNO games, eating delicious food and even squeezing in time for a little BBall with Michael. Don's parents were able to come down for the talent show too & we had a fun pizza party at the house afterwards.

It was a great week-end, even though it was a little hard to say good-bye!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

School Happenings

Hayley has been busy with her Chinese class at school, performing in a couple of Chinese New Year celebrations, including one at the Chinese Community Center.

She is also picking up a new skill doing cartwheels on the balance beam in gymnastics. It's really fun to see her learn new things.

In addition to being on Student Council, competing in 2 UIL Academic Competitions (Number Sense & Oral Reading), & learning Chinese, Trevor decided to step it up a notch and add Safety Patrol to his daily school actvities. Both Trevor & Hayley love getting to school early & Trevor does a great job on Safety Patrol (& looks great in his vest too!).

Trevor also was named a Character Star Student of the Week for showing respect and coorporation. This is an award that the teachers from each grade level nominates 1 student for. Great job Trevor!

Michael has wrapped up another season of basketball, helping the Greyhounds to another year of being Zone Champs!

In the last year he has really grown & can really play a good game of ball, especially from beyond the arc. I love the days of home games when they dress up. Lookin' good W.M.!

The Olympics

In preparation for the Winter Olympics (and in honor of the letter O!), we held our own mini Olympics in preschool a few weeks ago.

From the passing of the torch relay to the good ole' orange in a spoon race and competing in obstacle courses, we had fun parading around and earning medals.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

9 Months

Luke is a busy 9 month old. He crawls incredibly fast with perfect form. Everything still goes into his mouth. He LOVES to eat (not having any teeth doesn't slow him down at all!). Sticking out his tongue and scrunching his nose are favorite faces. He is pulling up on things (mainly me) and likes to stand. He loves to empty buckets of Jake's toys and laughs hysterically when the other kids play with him. He went on the swings at the park for the first time and especially loved it when Jake pushes him high.

Luke is tall (90%) and lean (30 %) for his age, and of course, his gignormous noggin is just about off the charts (95%).

A lady stopped me at school yesterday and said while looking at Luke,

"Oh dear, you didn't have to birth that big head did you?!"

What can I say, we grow big brains around here :)

The Big Freeze

Earlier this month we actually had almost a week of really, really cold weather. Cold enough to freeze ice on our windshield in the mornings. Since I don't own an ice scrapper for my car, Michael helped clear the windows before school with a cd case we had in the car. Whatever works!

Taking advantage of the rare below freezing temperatures, Michael and his friend Tyler decided to camp outside one night. CRAZY! I was cold inside my house, with socks on (a rarity at our house!), but they had a blast.

Once the days got a little warmer, we ventured out to the park afterschool to meet some friends and get some fresh air. It was a lot of fun.

Of course, through all of the cold spell, Jake still refused to wear anything but shorts. He is a Texan boy for sure. Good thing for him the cold spell only lasted a few days and we are back to 70+ degree weather again!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Boxed In

Who needs toys when you have a box?

So this is why they call it a playpen...hours of fun, no batteries needed!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Ringing in the New Year

The Christmas holidays brought us lots of fun with lots of family. It was awesome!

First we got to play with Aunt Rachel...she "Rocks"!

She was even able to watch Michael play in a basketball showcase game after Christmas. It was great having having Rachel around for a week. ..and of course always hanging out with Grammy & Grandaddy too!

We had a blast playing & eating with our Houston cousins, the Meiers.

Luke has a new best friend named Ashley. Hayley took Adam to town on the Wii, Trevor went to town on the delish food and Jake just took Kevin to town :)

After Michael's post Christmas basketball games, we headed up to Dallas to ring in the New Year with the Bowman clan. My 3 brothers and their families, as well as my parents all gathered together for some awesome games, slumber parties, and of course, lots of food:)

First we celebrated a late Christmas with Grandpa & Grandmommie.