Thanksgiving Feast

Both kids had Thanksgiving Feasts with their friends at school. Each made a place mat with 5 things that they were thankful for.

(bus, I pad, friends, school, teddy bear)

Mom got the usual introductions that she gets each time she (Brennan, his best friend, Ryan, she's a girl, Ryland, Aiden G and Aiden R ... Blair, Regan, Carly). After their snack, the kids sang a few songs and each said what they were thankful for. Reece said he was thankful for his teacher and Mom and Dad are too - she has been great and Reece really likes going to school.

 

These Boots are Made for Walking

Every time Madelyn wears boots we get a mini performance of "These Boots are Made for Walking" (Mommy and Daddy are scared).

Happy Halloween

This year Reece decided he wanted to be a robot (and so followed sister). The costumes ended up being less than comfortable but both kids seemed to like them and their haul of candy. Reece's favorite thing about Halloween was 1) Aunt J and 2) being a robot so the night was a definite success.

Pumpkin Carving

With our resident construction managers on hand and power tools the job went quickly ... however, Mom apparently forgot to take a picture of the final product : - (

School Parades

The robot costumes were not comfortable enough for school (barely comfortable for Trick or Treating but that is another entry).
Reece was a construction worker and wore his ensemble all day long.

For the parade at Madelyn's school we selected something from our dress up collection. We settled on Alice in Wonderland. She was the only child who wanted to wear their costume all day and she wore it until it was time for bath.

Sidewalk Chalk ... something else messy to occupy our time

Now that the weather is nice we have been using a lot of sidewalk chalk. Reece makes a variety of hop-scotch paths. 

the Merry Go Round never gets old for some