there was a very bad blogger. She kept putting off blogging until all of the posts she wanted to make kept adding up. So, today this very bad blogger is going to do her best to catch up. (Although the blogger has to pick Elizabeth up at school in an hour and then go to work!) Hope you all enjoy the catch ups!
Halloween was a great hit this year!! Banastre loved dressing up but he wasn't too sure about Elizabeth's make up. Once we got started he completely forgot about her. As we would walk by other groups of trick-or-treaters he would say who everyone was dressed up as. It was really cute. In between each house he would say, "Come on, I need more candy!!!" He didn't have a nap either so I was prepared for a meltdown. It's amazing what the promise of candy and chocolate from each house will propel a boy to do. After baths, he was finally in bed at 10:00. He's already asking to go again. I say next year, but I don't think he quite understands how long it will be. (I do have a feeling he will be dressing up as a pirate again very soon. He loved it!!)
Elizabeth mad the all A honor roll at school for the first nine weeks. There were only two others in her class to make the all A list. We are extremely proud of her. She has had to work hard this year as Third grade has really stepped up the learning material and intensity. 
We also had a parent teacher conference with Elizabeth's teacher. We went over all the usual stuff and they gave us some of her test results back from the beginning of the school year. The whole school takes a test called the SAT10. Yes, it's a smaller version of the one we all took to get into college. Miss Elizabeth scored a 1421 out of 1500. 706 in comprehension and 715 in math and problem solving. We are so proud of here for scoring this high!! I mean WOW!!!!! They have also tested them with another test and Elizabeth is reading on a 6th grade 3 month level and doing math on a 5th grade 5th month level. Remember, she started Kindergarten early and is actually only supposed to be in 2nd grade this year. So, they are finally going to test her for the Gifted and Talented program. If she is accepted she will have to change schools. We feel this would be great thing for her. The teachers are having a tough time keeping up with how fast she is moving and they keep trying to keep her challenged. In the G&T program she would fit right in! I will let you know how the testing goes.
Potty training is a day to day thing around here. You never know which day Banastre will want to go and when he doesn't. We are still a work in progress. But hopefully he will be done by his third birthday!! (Don't you just love that second pic...he was in full model mode this day!!!Look at the swing of the hair!)
Matt and I have a friend that works for Disney. One night in the hot tub he casually mentions that Disney is hosting a fireworks convention and will be dong special fireworks on the next Saturday night. Not many people know, Jason said. So, we decide we should really go check these out. It's the same night as the carnival I talked about below. The kids were tired, but we decided to hit Magic Kingdom for a few rides and then find us a spot to watch the fireworks. After our usual rides, we headed over to Disney's Polynesian Resort to find us a spot on the beach. Things started out really good. Not many people, but we are an hour early. Found a great spot. Watched the floating electrical parade out on the lake. Kids played in the sand. By the time the fireworks started (20 minutes late), there had to be over a thousand people crowding the tiny beach at the Poly. The smart Tarleton's we are though, we let the kids play in a huge area in front of us. We didn't encourage quiet or sitting still and guess what...no one sat in front of us. We had our own little section of the beach. 
We had a carnival at our clubhouse a few weeks back. (I know, I know, I'm a slack blogger!) The kids had a wonderful time. They both rode the horse, played tons of carnival style games, won lots of prizes, jumped in the bounce house for looooonnnnnggggg periods of time, and then had hot dogs to eat. I was very nervous to let Banastre jump in the bounce house after having had a broken leg, but he did wonderful and enjoyed it very much. As you can tell from the last picture the kids were both hot and tired when it was time to go!!!
