Christopher's school honors veteran's every year with a little ceremony and then the kids all break off and do different things. Christopher's class did crafts and then played games. He was so proud to have Brandon's dad, Papa John come and get a chance to honor him at the ceremony. Here are photos:

Each class got up and quoted something about Veteran's Day. It was adorable!


 Making a red, white and blue visor.



 Papa John and Christopher


 Working on a star necklace.


 Sophie working on hers.


 Time for relay races!


 Don't drop the egg!!


Both classes wearing the silly hats they grabbed. Christopher hated his hat.


This past Friday the kindergarten class had a Thanksgiving Feast and the parents and siblings were invited to join them. Here are the photos from that:

Sophie and Joshua's class had a feast the day before and they made Indian hats. She wanted to wear it to Christopher's feast too. Along with her "high heels." She had on a skinny strap sundress as well, but I finally convinced her to change into something with sleeves and a winter coat. It was very windy and about 50 degrees out.

 Silly kids!!


 She is such a turkey!!


The Four Musketeers. They are a hilarious bunch! Oh, and I have to add that the other kindergarten teacher had to get onto Sophie for being too loud during the feast. Awesome.

My friend Melissa uploaded photos of their trip to the pumpkin patch, which was rained out and so they went back a second time and we tagged along. I didn't take a single photo when we were there so thankfully she did! The kids were all over the place and so pulling out the camera never happened. Sorry for the last two cheater posts, but it's all I got right now! Click HERE to see them. : )

More Halloween...

Melissa just posted several photos from Halloween and thought you'd like to see them too since the kids are in them. We have LOVED getting to spend so much time with the Khans this year! Click HERE to see the page.

Halloween

Can you believe that I'm actually get a post up on time? I know, me either!! Well, I thought I would drop everything and put this up before it was Thanksgiving and I was farther behind. We had a great Halloween. I usually stress about it b/c I hate spending money on things that are worn once. And if we are friends on FB you know how I was freaking out about Sophie's Rapunzel costume. Well, after 3 separate repairs thanks to Grammie, (note: multiple things needed to be repaired each time) the costume made it to the big day. I actually bought a back up one when it was on sale just because I wasn't sure the first one would make it and since she wants to wear it all the time anyway I figured it wouldn't hurt to have two. Christopher's costume was so cheap, price and quality, I didn't care. Now, onto the events. Yes, events. We usually just have 1 time out for candy, but this year we had several options of places to go so I figured why not? First up, our friends' church. They had their trunk or treat in place of their Wednesday night events. It was perfect! Small and easy to keep up with the kids. Plus everyone brings a crockpot filled with chili, so the food was amazing and the kids had a blast!

 Superman and Rapunzel


 Waiting to eat supper with the Khans.


 Waiting for their turn on the hayride.


 Still waiting...


"What's that?"
"I think it's called a 'Burt'."
 "Hey! I know what that's called, um, it's called a butt."
(Couldn't resist the Nemo reference. Sorry if I butchered it, but I have a bossy 3 year old sitting next to me.)


 They had fun! And Nicholas is shoving candy in his mouth. Hey! He didn't come home with me, so I didn't care!


Sophie and Joshua. 
These two are a mess when they get together. They will full on tackle each other during the big brother's soccer games. Like, get a running start on opposite sides, go full steam ahead, stick out an arm, knock the other in the neck and tackle each other to the ground. So far nobody has needed a hospital. I have a feeling it's just a matter of time.


Sophie's new friend she has made a school. She loves her. I didn't even know they were friends until last week when I came to pick up Sophie and this sweet and precious little girl came running up to give Sophie a hug before we left. Melted my heart. Sophie towers over her. The next day they had a Fairytale Ball at school and they got to wear their costumes. They were both dressed as Rapunzel and were over the moon excited! It was adorable!


 Friday night we had the big kids Sonshine Soccer Celebration. They had a ventriloquist and the kids were laughing their heads off! I don't think they understood half the stuff he said, but it was great!


 Then they got their soccer trophies. The soccer ball spins around and they thought this was awesome.


 "Will you smile so I can take your picture?"


"Really??"

 Our attempt at a photo together. You can tell he prefers his friends to his mom already.


 Saturday morning we had our last soccer game. It was freezing!!! We had a great season and I was so proud of Christopher. He loved playing so much and we can already tell he wants to play defense, even though he has no idea that's what he's trying to do. When we were in the car headed home he said, "I didn't know that was my last game. That makes me sad." I told him that he could play again in the spring if he wanted and that cheered him up. Makes his daddy proud too!


 Sunday afternoon we headed to our church's trunk or treat. I knew it was going to be ridiculously crowded and so I wanted to get there while it was still daylight and be gone before dark. Brandon's parents met us and walked around with us too, which was fun for the kids. They love that they get to see their grandparents so much this year. We never get to do things like sports games or fun events with grandparents, so this year has been extra special. It's usually quick weekend trips or major holidays with the occasional week at the lake. Needless to say, we are enjoying ourselves.


This sweet lady was trying to get Sophie to say "trick or treat," but she just kept saying "please." It as funny! She just laughed and finally gave her some candy.


 Playing a little basketball. 


 This was my favorite stop. As soon as I saw this lovely couple I had to get my kids to pose with them. They are dear, sweet parents of a friend of mine and she was my first grade teacher. I am also good friend with their nieces. Lots of connections. I told the kids, "Come here! You've got to take your picture with them!" and what do you think happened? Sophie BOLTED and Christopher ran right up, put on his best smile and I'm left in shock. They totally switched personalities on me. But I don't care, I'm just glad I got to throw in someone else's grandparents on here! 
(Note: You can find their daughter and her adorable family here. Now she does Halloween right!)


We only went down about 2 rows for candy and then they wanted to go to the bouncy house stuff. Fine by me! The less candy the better! After the slide and a turn through the blow up maze/gym/obstacle course thingy and we headed for pizza. I was so proud of my kids, after 2 nights of trunk or treating they barely filled their buckets. Is that wrong? And it's not because they ate it all!

FINALLY! On Halloween night, we stayed home and passed out candy. Apparently our neighborhood is a hot spot for trick or treating and so I bought one huge bag of candy and when it was out we would turn the lights off. At first Christopher was upset because he couldn't go trick or treating, but then he got so excited about passing out candy he forgot all about going himself. It was hilarious! He would try to plan with Sophie how they were going to scare the kids when they opened the door. One of his plans was to put Nooga on his head and they would both yell. At one point they had their hands full of candy and were walking out towards the sidewalk to find kids to give candy too. I was laughing so hard! We were out within 40 minutes, but it helped that they gave each kid 6 pieces of candy. I told them to give each kid one and I had to be rude to one child because he was being picky. I almost took back the piece he was given. Seriously?!?!? Anyway, the last two kids to show up at our house, while we still had candy, were two boy scouts who were going around collecting can goods for the hungry. I wanted to give them hugs and I was so proud of them. One boy was shaking he was so nervous as he was explaining to me what they were doing.

We had a great Halloween and I am ready to move on to the tastiest of holidays, Thanksgiving!

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