Halloween 2009

The pics are a little out of order for the events of the day but you will get the idea that we had a very busy Halloween Day. The kids started off the day by carving the pumpkin with their Daddy. He did most/all the work but they were very happy with the results. Eli stayed very close the entire time and was very interested in what his Daddy was doing. Then we took a short nap and went the church's Harvest Festival. I didn't realize until I downloaded all the pics of the day onto the computer that I didn't get any pictures of the kids at the festival. They played lots of games and got lots of candy. Just as we were getting ready to get on the hayride it started raining(it had rained earlier but we were inside the tent) so we decided to head to the car for home. There was only 30 minutes left of festival time so we figured by the time it cleared off
(if it cleared off) it would be time for it to be over anyway. We came home and got our costumes on and went to Publix. The kids love to go to Publix on Halloween and play the games and win the prizes. Then we grabbed some dinner and went out to trick-or-treat. I made the girls change from the princess dresses because they drug the ground and it was wet. I wanted them to be able to play in the dresses again and I knew if they wore them the would get ruined. They put on their Georgia cheerleader outfits but they told everyone they were in Boomer Sooner clothes so I guess they are little confused about which team is which! Everyone was really tired after the days festivities and slept really good that night!!

Eli's Big Week!!!

Eli has had one exciting week! First he sang in "Big Church" on Sunday evening with his choir group. The video is below. Then on Tuesday he came home with Star Student stuff. He told me he got it in PE so I emailed his teacher and asked if he was supposed to have the stuff. She said that he indeed was the Star Student and that the pass out their rewards in PE so she never knows when they will find out so that is why she hadn't let me know yet. We are so proud of him for being such a good boy at school! On Thursday evening while I was working on homework with him while his sisters where at ballet, I saw his tooth looked funny. I told him to open his mouth and let me look at it and when he did I could tell it was loose. We wiggled it a lot and tried to get it out on Thursday evening because his "Big Boy" tooth had already popped through behind it and it wouldn't come out. But on Friday, I was looking at it and pulled it forward and when I pushed it back it popped right out! He got a silver dollar from the tooth fairy and he is so excited to have lost a tooth! Eli is growing up too fast!!!

Pumpkin Patch 2009

We made our yearly trek to the pumpkin patch. Bobby took lots of pics. You can see that Eli was determined to be a clown! After looking at the pumpkins they had for sale and the few they had in the patch, we decided to get in the car and head to Publix. They had a lot bigger pumpkins that were a lot cheaper! The kids still had fun looking at everything and playing on the playground.

Eli's Community Helper Day

Eli has been studying community helpers at school and on Thursday got to dress-up as his favorite community helper. I went threw out a list of all the helpers I could think of and he decided on being a "Cooker Man." He loves to help me with a recipe in the kitchen so he already had his own special spatula. We borrowed an apron from Grandpa and I found a hat at Michael's. He was so excited to get to wear all of his stuff to school. He asked every morning for a week if it was Community Helper day yet.

50's Day/Football Day

The kids both had special dress up days on the same day. First the boys had 50's day to celebrate the 50th day of school. The dressed in their best 50's attire and learned a little of what it was like in the 50's. They listened to 50's music, ate french fries, had coke floats, had a visit from Zero the Hero, and hula-hooped. They really had a good time and looked cute too! The girls were having Football Day at school. They had been studying the letter Ff and so they all had to dress up in their favorite football team. It was very hard for me to let both of the girls go in Georgia Bulldog attire but it was late notice and too hard to get something OU for them. They know Boomer Sooner when they hear it and even tell people we know that are Sooner fans, "Boomer" on a regular basis.

Daddy Comes Home #2

Sorry it has been so long since I updated the blog but it has been really busy around here this month. To start the month, Daddy came home again! The kids were so excited to go and pick him up. He had a surprise for them! He brought home real lobsters from Maine where they fly into and process back into the states! The kids thought they were really cool when they were alive but didn't so much like the taste of them!

Georgia National Fair 2009

We visited the Georgia National Fair while the kids were out of school for Fall Break. They had so much fun looking at all the animals and seeing all the sights. They could not wait for the Circus but about 15 minutes into the circus the girls fell asleep! We saw and touched lots of animals. Caroline really wanted to see the pigs but unfortunately they were not there the week we went. The girls have been asking to go back to the fair ever since. I can't wait until next year. I am going to get that apple dumpling that I have been wishing I had gotten ever since we left!