Michael is knocking it out of the park in first grade, receiving accolades for his mature (for the most part) behavior. On this night, he received a citizenship award from his teacher, Ms. Thornton. Michael has also shown the traits of a little leader, earning the title of "SCA representative" for his class. SCA meetings are once a month and nothing makes Michael more happy (or make his chest puff out more) than the chance to leave class for a little while and learn about school happenings. I'm told the group also gets to eat a salty snack. I think that's Michael's favorite part.
A few weeks ago, we all took a walk around Michael's school. And look at these shirts! You couldn't miss us. It's a great story because the walk was organized by one of the school's employees who lost 100 pounds!
We exercised, we walked and Joshua tried to keep up. Thank goodness for that smile. I'm told he was smiling inside helping Akong rake the leaves last week. Jason and Michael apparently would help here and there, but my little engine that could, Joshua was picking up big piles and dropping them into the bag without stopping. He's determined, that one.
Jason's birthday bash has also kept us busy. I cannot believe he is 9 years old! He wanted a specific group of friends in attendance and he was very particular about the activity. We went to a gym that has a rock wall and the boys...
the young...and the young at heart...climbed up to the very top.
It was so cute to see Jason and his buddies together. Just to see what his teenage years will be like, I made a point to hug and kiss him as much as possible in front of his friends. It may be a difficult few years for him.
We, of course, had to pay a visit to Mr. Jack. It seems I wait longer and longer between cuts. If only he made house calls...
We simply had to get their hair trimmed since Halloween was coming up. The boys had big plans for the big day. I make sure to ask the kids what they want to be for the big candy fest, I know I do. But, I suppose they just remember what's in the closet. Joshua, once again, wanted to be Curious George. No budging.
His parade at school was one of the cutest things I had seen in a while. He refused to sing the songs with his class in front of us parents. But, not to worry. He sang quite loudly for us after the performance was over.
You'll notice one other repeat costume. Jason wanted to be a Storm Trooper and it is likely the last year we'll be able to squeeze him into that outfit. Michael surprised us all by wanting to be a penguin. A penguin! At first, I tried to find a used one on ebay. No great options there. So we decided to make one of our own.
The result turned out pretty good. Michael was thrilled and he told me to put it in his box. This is a costume you may see again next year.
We were only out for about an hour. Take a look at the candy stash! We are still enjoying the sugar.
The other outdoor activity that has occupied our time: BASEBALL! Jason's first season in kid-pitch baseball is over. Michael had a great first season in coach-pitch.
Jason's team made the playoffs and came in second in the league.
As much of a nailbiter as those games were, we wouldn't have spent our time any other way.
Whew! A busy fall leading into what I know will be an equally busy holiday season. Here's to counting our blessings!
Love you all!
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