Celebrating

 We have already done a lot of celebrating this holiday weekend.

We started our Friday with hosting Bacon Club for Tuttle's friends at our house. This group meets monthly for breakfast and devotion. One of our neighbors volunteered to speak to the boys about his personal story overcoming obstacles and being successful in life. The boys really seemed to connect with him. I made over 100 slices of bacon, and almost every piece was gone by the end of the morning. I love getting to know this sweet group of boys, and I am thrilled that Tuttle is going to be surrounded by this group throughout high school. 

After dropping the boys at the middle school, I went to the elementary school for Jacob's Halloween party. The kids shared some of their recent journal writing, and then I planned three centers to celebrate. Luckily we had a ton of parents to help, so the activities ran very smoothly. The class decorated cookies, played Halloween Bingo with candy corn, and made yarn mummies. The only disappointment for Jacob was that I would not take him home after the party like many of his friends' parents. It was 10:30am, and we sugared them up. No, thank you! :)

The excitement continued today with two big events. Jay and I had to divide and conquer. Tuttle's baseball team made it to the CHAMPIONSHIP game, and Maggie was attending the much anticipated Piper Rockelle show at The Strand- her first concert!

As a background of Tuttle's team this season, the regular season was full of fun but not full of victories. They ended the season with eight losses and two very close wins. After the first round of playoffs and securing a win, everyone was just excited to make it to the second round. They played the #1 team and WON which placed them in the championship game. The Royals obviously know when a win really counts because they succeeded with a 20-6 score and the championship trophy! What a way to finish the season! Go Royals!

Maggie and I met up with her gym friend Alma and her mom for the Piper Rockelle concert in Downtown Marietta. The girls had been counting down the days to see their YouTube idol. We had the best time watching the show AND meeting the stars afterwards for pictures and an autograph. I know this will be a lifelong memory for Maggie!

The celebrating is not over with Halloween tomorrow, so we are having a low key afternoon with the Georgia Bulldawgs and Atlanta Braves.