Still sleeping...

CallaMae Elise, it is 8:40 on a Sunday morning.  You are 11 days old and last night you slept through the night.  You last ate at 11:45 pm (Saturday night).  I know this won't be a consistent thing sweet girl but I always like to document the first time this happens.  I woke several times to make sure you were okay and your brother joined your dad and I in bed at some point due to a bad dream so I didn't sleep so well but it's good not to get used to that :).  We love you so much CallaMae!  I can't wait for you to wake up.  I'm ready to cuddle with you. 

Preschool

I've talked quite a bit about our "preschool."  All involved really enjoy it.  Here are a few activities we did this past Tuesday.

 The kiddos had to pick out the orange sticks and place them in the orange cup.  We then identified the colors of the sticks not placed in the cup.

 We made bird feeders out of paper towel rolls and peanut butter.  We thought since we would be getting treats for Halloween, we would make a special treat for the birds.  Bennett and Annabelle wanted to make one too.

 We made orange circles with toilet paper tubes and orange paint then added green stems with fingerprints.

We placed pumpkin stickers on top of the orange dots to "hide" the dots.  Then we touch counted the pumpkins. 

We also read pumpkin books, counted pumpkin cut outs forward and backward from 1 to 10, identified and sang the spelling of our names....etc.  Fun FUN!

Halloween 2012

The bottom picture is of Annabelle with her friends at the Colon Elementary School Monster Mash.  She had a blast.  Bennett cut out early as riding Mark and Carol's horse sounded like a lot more fun :).

Homecoming

Darrin is the Sophomore class sponsor.  This is the float that his class made.  The theme was phobias.  They earned a second place.

Spectacular Saturdays

Like Father Like Son

The boy loves science.  Bennett's library book choices are usually non fiction, having to do with animals.  And his science assignments are pretty well thought out.  Love that about my boy!

September Student of the Month

That's our Annabelle!  Annabelle was chosen as the lower elementary student of the month based on her character.  It's what we desire most as parents, to have kind, caring, and responsible children.  We are so proud of her!