We had a pretty busy Halloween this year. We got Tommy dressed in the morning in his snow leopard outfit and ready to go to school. He was excited to be a snow leopard again this year because his class pet is a stuffed animal named Lana the Lynx. And Tommy the snow leopard and Lana the Lynx are cousins. Got to the bus stop and all the kids were dressed up and super excited to go to school. So we took a bus stop picture and off he went on the bus. I ran up to the school on my lunch break to see the kids line up for the parade. I don't envy the teachers on Halloween. A lot of energy running through the school. They were so cute though. And then after school we got Jake dressed in his dragon costume and we headed uptown for another fun year of trick or treating around all the businesses. And on the way home we stopped off at a couple of houses at Gold Beach. Lots of fun and everyone was exhausted at the end.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Carving Pumpkins
We didn't do a whole lot of Halloween stuff this year with all that was going on with Grandma's memorial and the house and everything. I feel kind of bad for the boys, and I always enjoyed it too. But sometimes there are more important things that need to be done. We did take the boys to the little pumpkin patch on the island and got a couple of the little pumpkins that were left to carve. We also had one fairly good sized one in our garden that we grew. And the boys were happy to finally get to carve pumpkins. Next year we ill do more Halloween stuff.
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Grandma Clarice's Memorial
It was a wonderful fall day. The family met early at grandma's house to pick out mementos to of grandmas to keep. It was so great to see family pick out cherished items to keep with them. One of the entertaining things we found was Barb's old dresses from the 60's & 70's that grandma sewed.
We then went to cemetery to say one last good bye. She is buried next to the rest of the family and we placed some special items in the grave with her.
Then we went to the Sportsman's Club and we had a sweet, comical and memorable time remembering grandma. My favorite is the we brought Grandma & Grandpa's pantry door to the club to have all the cousins mark their kids on there.
Thank you so much to all the family and friends who made it to Grandma Clarice's memorial today. It was a beautiful day of remembering her. This last month I have submerged myself in all of her photos and papers, sorting them and scanning them. I feel like I know so much more about her after all this. There are so many things I wish I could have asked, but I am so thankful she left so much behind for our family story to be passed on through the generations. I am up to about 8,000 items of hers on my computer right now and I am still not totally finished. For those of you who couldn't make it or wanted to watch it again here is the slide show from her memorial. I apologize for the length, but there was just so much to choose from and it was hard to leave anything out.
Friday, October 27, 2017
Sound Check for Grandma's Memorial
We went to the Sportsman's Club to set up for Grandma's memorial. Of course the boys wanted to help set up all the table and chairs. But the real entertainment started when the boys decided to do the sound check on the mics.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Tommy's Soccer
Tommy was super excited to play soccer again this year. He was so confident compared to last year. No dragging mom and dad out onto the field with him. No awkward wondering what he was supposed to be doing. He just got out there and started running around with the ball. He has actually gotten quite good and dribbling the ball compared to last year. And of course he just loves the freedom of getting out there and running. He also had his first rainy soccer day. At first he didn't want to get out of the car when it was raining. But he got out there and seemed to have a blast. Next year he gets to move up to the next level. Thanks to his coach who for the last two years has been so patient and amazing with the kids.
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Caspar Babypants
We took the boys to go see Caspar Babypants again. Fun as always. Tommy really got into it this year and was dancing to the music and everything.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Harvest Festival
Fun night at the harvest festival. They had a bounce house and little games for the kids to play. Tom loved swinging on the rope. They also had a disco dance party which the boys loved. Jake was so sad when he didn't get a cake at the cake walk. Way to torture a 3 year year old by showing him all the yummy cakes and then telling him he can't have one :) But they were pretty excited when Tommy won a trampoline in the raffle.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Little Teachers
Tommy has had a little bit of trouble understanding why he is doing all the things he is doing at school. Why do I have to do work sheets? Why do I have to learn letters? I have tried to explain that he needs to learn letters and numbers and things like that so that he can do even cooler things in life like drive a car. But still I have seen him struggle with interest a little bit. Including his paperwork that came home hardly filled out. But today Tommy seemed excited. We just got this little chalk board handed down from cousin Lena. Tommy went up to the chalk board and started being the teacher and teaching Jake things. It was very cute and he actually got seemed like he had started paying attention. He even wrote out truck when I told him the letters. Then of course Jake wanted to join in on the fun. I was putting some dots on the board for Tom to trace letters and then Jake asked to do dot to dots too. So I had him trace his name for the very first time.
Saturday, October 07, 2017
Firetrucks and Fun Saturday
It was open house at the fire station today. So much fun as always. The boys got to sit in the fire trucks and the helicopter. They did the bounce house and other little activities. The highlight was getting to see the helicopter take off.
Then we went up to the cider fest and bought some fresh squeezed cider. They also had a couple tractors there that the Tommy loved pretending to drive. And after that we went to the park for a while. And after that headed to soccer. Fun filled day for the family.
Tuesday, October 03, 2017
Tommy's Kindergarten School Picture
Tommy got his Kindergarten school picture. It turned out great. I also got the small ones in various looks. Turned out kind of fun.
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