Gavin's Tall Tale

Gavin is quite a story teller, but usually he tells you things that are very plausible. So when his preschool teachers told me he told them that the police had been to our house, I was a little worried what he'd said. I was relieved when they revealed that the reason Gavin gave for the police visit was "aliens".

Global Warming is Welcome Here

It's November 20th and at one pt my thermometer read 70 degrees. After getting new appliances in the kitchen and laundry this morning, we took advantage of the gorgeous weather.

Jacob pogo sticking.

Gavin scooting.

Wyatt scooting.

Hot (and itchy) Christmas Sweaters

Just got back from a weekend at scrapbook camp at Camp Lebanon, by Upsala, MN. It was a great break. I did a little crafting, a lot of chatting, and even more eating. Plus they feed your soul a bit too, and always in a very entertaining way. It's great to get away and good to be back home with hopefully more patience and energy than before I left, though that's not always how it works. At camp there is always a theme to Saturday night, this year it was Christmas - we chose ugly sweaters. The fact that mine was too short added to the effect.

 

Eva, Alyss, and Me in our lovely sweaters.

 

While I was gone the boys had a fun weekend too. They went to a movie on Friday night and to a trampoline park on Saturday. Sounds like the boys were good for Fred, Gavin who usually won't go to Sunday School unless I am teaching even went to Sunday School on his own. I guess I should go away more often.

Halloween (at last)

We started off Halloween "celebrations" with Trunk or Treat at our church. Jacob dressed up in a Star Wars costume that looked more like a ninja, Gavin was Iron Man, and Wyatt refused to put on the super cute Spider costume that Isaac and Gavin have both worn. At church the kids get to do crafts, hear a story, eat some snacks and then trick-or-treat from trunk to trunk in the parking lot. Fred and the boys had a great time decorating the van to look like a pet cemetary (with stuffed animals) and I had a good time making candy corn inspired cupcakes (sorry I didn't get a picture of my finished product - think multi-colored frosting mounded on top of cupcakes).  





Jacob, Gavin and Wyatt working on a craft.

Gavin and Wyatt out to Trunk-or-Treat.

Fred with the boys in front of our "trunk".

 

On Halloween day my parents came down to go to the Minnesota Zoo. I thought they would have some fun stuff going on, but I didn't see anything special of Halloween that day. It was still a fun day to see the animals without any crowds. We rode the monorail, saw the new tiger cubs, watched the bears cuddle in for a nap, and checked out the animals on the tropics and Minnesota trails.

Wyatt with Grandma and Grandpa.

Wyatt and Grandma on the monorail.

  

Gavin got to have 2 parties at school, one with the AM class and one with the PM class (since he stays all day), so he got lots of fun loot. Jacob got to dress up as a super hero - the only one we had that fit him was Superman and luckily he's my easy kid (in the what am I going to be for Halloween category) and was good with that. Gavin had a dozen costumes to choose from and just couldn't decide on which his favorite was to wear. He ended up as Mario, which is very fitting for the Wii obsessed child. Wyatt would still not put on any costume, not even his spider hat with eyes. We made the round around our cul-de-sac and got lots of candy, unfortunately I bought too much candy and so we ended up with way too much candy.

Mario, Wyatt, and Superman ready to trick-or -treat