Davis at Preschool {November 14 & 19}

Davis had two fun activities in November at his preschool.  The first was a field trip to the fire station.  It was a little disappointing that ten minutes before we arrived, the trucks were called out for a major call and didn’t make it back during the time we were there.  However, the kids still had a great time checking out all of the equipment, and seeing where the firemen eat and sleep.

Checking out the fire pole, and touching the fireman’s suit.

 

Plugging his ears when the fire suit would beep because the fireman wasn’t moving around, and knocking on the glass of the mask.

 

Davis with his class, his teachers, Mrs. Abeyta, and the fireman.

Davis sporting his nice near fireman’s hat, and a picture with his good friend Isaac.

 

The next week, Davis’s preschool had a “feast day” to celebrate Thanksgiving.  Every child brought a feast item to share (grapes, popcorn, crackers, juice, apples, etc.), and they all sat down with all the classes and ate their feast together. 

Davis waiting for the feast to start, and wearing his new leaf hat.

 

Let the feast begin!  And a picture of me and James with Davis.

 

Quick Ashland Trip

When we found out that our Stake Conference the first Sunday in November would be a broadcast shown throughout Oregon, we decided to head to Ashland for a quick trip and watch the conference from down there.  It was a nice relaxing weekend.  The older boys went to preschool with my mom one morning and all of them to ScienceWorks the next.  They also loved jumping on the trampoline!  We walked through Lithia Park one afternoon and saw the beautiful colored leaves.  The weather was gorgeous and it was a nice quick getaway.

This first morning, after waking up, I found these two kiddos looking pretty cozy in Grandma and Grandpa’s bed watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  Ethan and James are about six months apart, and they are becoming quite the buddies.

 

Trampoline time was definitely a favorite activity for the kids, and they went out there a few times during our quick visit.  Their favorite game to play was “crack the egg,” but they also liked taking turns alone jumping as high as they could.

     

The trees at Lithia Park were gorgeous, and brought back many memories of fall walks through the park!

  

      

(James and Ethan never quite got the throw-the-leaves signal the same time as the other kids.) 

  

It was a great relaxing trip, and we also enjoyed not only watching a great Stake Conference broadcast, but we also got to hear both my parents speak at the Stake adult session on Saturday evening.  It was a much needed break from every day life!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween this year started out as a rainy day, but by late afternoon, the rain stopped and the sky cleared for a beautiful evening that was dry and actually quite warm. 

In the afternoon, we decorated some sugar cookies and took them to Shane at work. 

     

After Shane’s work and a dinner of mummy dogs and macaroni and cheese (the ultimate kids dinner), we went trick-or-treating.  We went around our neighborhood, and the boys had fun filling their pumpkin bag full of candy. 

This year, Landon was an astronaut, Davis a bat, and James a monkey.  I only had to make Landon’s astronaut pants, so it was an easy Halloween year for me!  The bottom picture is at our ward trunk or treat the weekend before Halloween.

  

ABC’s

James has recently started singing the ABC song off and on all day.  It is especially because of the Leapfrog ABC magnet game we have on the fridge that I finally bought new batteries for.  He carries it around with him, singing along with Leap, the frog on the game.  Sometimes I find him sitting behind the curtains singing, sometimes in his chair in his room.  I caught a video of him this week singing by the couch.  I especially love his rounded lips for the “L, M, N, O, P,” and in this video, his continued singing despite the gum he’s chomping on and his distracting brothers.