Firefighter visit

Jack's teachers emailed me this picture of his class today. The firefighters came and put on a puppet show for the kids. I'm sure he'll have a lot of fun facts to share with me this afternoon.

Lazy Sunday

Dave and I went to a costume party last night and didn't get in until the wee hours of the morning, so we're having a lazy Sunday today. Jack takes computer lessons at school every Tuesday and absolutely loves to navigate around the kid websites to play games. Dave remarked how well he does on the computer considering that he can't read many things on the sites yet! Never thought about it but it's true. Theo loves to sit next to Jack and just watch him. It's awesome because there is no fighting or squabbling and they both are learning things.

I bought a yummy Louisiana orange and cut it up for the boys at lunch. We haven't had oranges in a while so it was a real treat for them! I enjoyed the complete silence while they sucked every last bit of juice from the oranges. Nothing beats Louisiana oranges.

Trunk or Treat

Today we had my Mom's club's Trunk or Treat. Spiderman and Bumblebee made their appearance again and enjoyed collecting treats from each car's decorated trunk. I'm on the board this year of the Mom's club and spent most of my time setting up the event, so my trunk decorating was minimal. Oh well, maybe next year! Ha ha, I always say that! There were fun games for the kids to play and little crafts to do in between eating and trunk or treating.

I got to paint faces for the kids today! I only gave them choices of a spider, ghost, princess tiara or butterfly. Jack got a ghost and Theo got a spider. One of the Mom's club members is a performer named Grannie Gertie. Grannie Gertie reads books and tells stories to kids at schools and indoor play areas, etc. The kids loved her story about an old lady who wasn't afraid of anything. Theo just about fell asleep in the car and Jack wasn't far behind. That's a true sign of a good time!

Afternoon project

I guess you could say that I have a small halloween obsession. Tiny actually ;) I got this haunted house a while back and was just waiting for the right time to put it together with Jack. We didn't have anything going on today, so we went to work. Theo kind of hung around and confiscated the candy corn decorations! Jack had a blast putting this together. I think we did pretty darn well for having a 2 year old running around us!

Smarty pants

I got Jack these Discovery Toys match games a few weeks ago and finally gave them to him. My close friends know that I store away things for a rainy day, or a lazy Sunday in this case! There are reading and math workbooks that involve visual discrimination, object recognition, addition and subtraction, and logic. The best part about this "toy" is that there is an answer key that Jack pulls out after making his choices to check his work. He loves that part. We had to pull him away from this before he finished an entire book in one sitting. Go Jack!

Oktoberfest!

We traveled to Mid City today to the Deutsches Haus Oktoberfest. There was a polka band playing the "chicken dance" and the kids loved dancing and playing. We got the boys their own little German hats and I got a flower headband. Our friends Betsy and Travis and Sarah and Matt came along with their kids. Cousin Cameron and some of her friends joined us later too! We had a blast and loved hanging out with our friends. The place was packed by the time we left. Jack and Theo were so exhausted by the time we got home that they were actually begging to go to bed!!

Halloween sneak peak

We are enjoying fall temperatures here finally so we made a trip over to our local pumpkin patch this morning. I decided to put the boys in their Halloween costumes since I never manage to get cute pictures once the day is upon us. Poor Theo's mask kept riding up no matter what we did, but he could still see, despite what it looks like. Jack loved wearing a mask and was even more excited to be in his costume. He's Bumblebee from Transformers and Theo is Spiderman. You'll get to see these costumes again on Friday when my Mom's club has it's Trunk or Treat.