3rd Grade Bugz Musical

Braeden's class put on the cutest muscial called Bugz. Each classmate had to dress up as the bug of their choice and Braeden picked a black ant. I am not quite Martha Stewart, but I was pretty pleased with my efforts to make him a costume. The kids did a great job and the muscial was a real hit.

Braeden's Art Work

We are so proud of Braeden that I had to brag for a moment. He came home one day and told me, in a very serious voice, that he had been sent to the principal's office. I was stunned as that has never happened before. I asked him what he did and he told me with a big smile that he had won an art contest for Veteran's Day. That little stinker! His drawing was picked for the school's invitations and stamps for the Veteran's Day Celebration. We didn't even know that he had entered the contest, so we were pretty excited for him. Oh yeah, the school's mascot is the otter!

9 months old!

Our baby is now 9 months old and getting so big. Eden currently has 3 teeth, but it looks like 3 more are coming very soon. She loves to chat and can say hi, dada, and mama. She loves to clap and puts her arms up when we say, "so big". She's been so much fun this past month. She adores the big kids and giggles nonstop when she sees the cat, Nala. Kitty will probably be her next word. Eden still isn't doing a real crawl, but does scoot and swamp crawl to get where she wants to go. We've had a couple of close calls with small items and have to frequently remind the big kids to pick up their little toys, hairclips, pencils, etc. It's been a very long time since we have had to worry about these things. She had her well check yesterday and did great with the shots. She is 18 lbs 10 oz and 28.5 inches tall. She's following the charts of her big brother and sister quite closely.

Our lil Pumkin!

Eden's first Halloween. We had to get some shots of her with a pumpkin. She couldn't stop giggling about the pumpkin.

Carving Pumpkins

We finally found a moment in our busy lives to carve pumpkins the evening before Halloween. The kids got to participate much more than years in the past. They picked their design, traced it on the pumpkin, helped cut it out and did most of the cleaning themselves. Eden was great and had alot of fun watching. Travis said that the roasted pumpkin seeds were my best yet. Yummy! After we finished carving, we took the pumpkins outside to light them up.