We fit in a lot last weekend!

 Somehow Blogger jumbled these pictures up a bit - but you can see we had a busy weekend.  My parents came for a visit.  The kids got lots of treats and we all had fun.

Nate and I escaped for a trip to Iowa City on Saturday.  Neither of us had ever been to night game at Kinnick Stadium - I guess we were bad luck!  It was a lousy game, but a great day spent with Hawkeyes.  We visited some our our favorite bars & tailgated with friends.  The best part of the day was the Iowa Marching Band - that's how lousy the football part was!  While we were gone, the kids played with Grandmom & PopPop.  Everyone was in bed when we made it home at midnight :)

On Sunday afternoon we visited Living History Farms for their annual Old Fashioned Halloween.  The kids roasted marshmallows, listen to ghost stories, trick or treated and enjoyed lots of candy!

Darth Vadar and Hello Kitty are all set for next week's Halloween festivities!

The latest with Kevin

Kindergarten is going great!  Kevin really likes his teacher and he has started to read!  He is memorizing more and more "sight/popcorn" words each day.  If you ask him, he will say his favorite parts of the day are the bus ride with his new buddy Grant, lunch with is new best friend Pailey and recess.  I know there is some learning happening somewhere during the day, but he isn't too good about  sharing those details.  For now, we are so pleased that he's happy and adjusting well to being in school all day long.  That said, I feel a bit sad for him that he doesn't have much time to play at home.  Once Nate is home from work we have dinner then start the bedtime process much earlier than we did during preschool.  The kids are in bed before 8:00 (love that!)

Kevin's Top 5 Favorite things right now:

1.  Anything Star Wars related

2.  Chapter books such as A to Z Mysteries or Magic Tree House

3.  TV show:  still Wild Kratts and Curious George

4.  Food:  Spaghetti & Meatball soup and Pigs in a Blanket are requested a lot!

5.  Legos & iPad

The latest with Katie

Katie:
Katie and I are getting used to our daily routine without Kevin around the house.  When Kevin first started Kindergarten, Katie did not believe me when I told her he wasn't home.  She would wake up and look all over the house for him.  One day she even crawled into his bed to look for him, it was very sweet.

Katie's Top 5 favorite things right now:
1.  Games: Puzzles, puzzles, puzzles!
2.  TV:  Curious George
3.  Food:  Cheeseburger, popcorn, pears, apples, carrots & hummus
4.  Song:  Wheels on the Bus
5.  Book:  Lady and the Tramp (and she just saw the movie)

We enjoyed an afternoon at the zoo last week:

Katie agreed to pose in her new red coat (thanks Grandmom!)

My little punkin' 

 Preview of her Hello Kitty Halloween costume (before she smeared the face paint)