Thanksgiving

Roadtrip!

We had a very fun trip to Grandmom & PopPop's house for Thanksgiving.  The kids were sick with bad colds/fever/croup for part of the trip.  They rebounded with the help of some medicine.  Kevin loved playing at the "new" park nearby and was especially thankful the Uncle Brian gave him some of his old baseball cards & figurines.  He also spent a lot of time playing Battleship and Connect 4 (games that Grandmom saved from my childhood).  Katie wasn't feeling her best on this trip, but really enjoyed playing cars in the basement.

As a special treat, Grandmom took the kids to see a children's theater version of Cinderella.  They loved the live performance!  I wasn't sure how they would handle it, but they were entertained.

Nate and I got a rare chance to meet up with good friends. Great weekend - now bring on Christmas festivities (school parties, church pagent, cookie exchange, shopping - lots going on here!)

Catching up

Hold on - not fair - time is moving way too fast!  I think Halloween was yesterday!

Despite the look on Kevin's face, we all had a great time trick-or-treating with the Spradlings.

 Here's a photo of Katie during her preschool class party:

 2 Year Olds - preschool class:

We just attended Kevin's first parent/teacher conference.  His teacher said he is really progressing in reading and math.  Kevin has begged me to take him to Build-A-Bear Workshop for several years.  I told him it's a very special place and you have to do something extra special to go there.  We agreed that when he learned to read I would take him there to pick out a bear.  Kevin is still at the age where he LOVES stuffed animals (**** disclaimer - please do NOT take that to mean he needs more stuffed animals for Christmas!  Seriously, we might actually lose Katie in the house if we bring in anymore stuffed animals). A few weekends ago, Kevin and I had a date at the mall and this is his bear.  He named it "Smart Bear".  Why is Smart Bear in a wheelchair, you may ask?  I have no idea, he just really wanted the wheel chair and I caved.  He loves the bear and we are really proud of his reading.