Piano Recital

Saturday, December 13th--M. had his holiday piano recital today and played beautifully. The recital was held at the Reformed Church in the sanctuary. He has been working on Good King Wenceslas for a few weeks. He played the song through once by himself and then Ms. Rhonda joined in for a duet the second time through. After the recital, we went to the fellowship hall for cookies and punch. Grandma and Grandpa joined us for his recital. We are so proud of you, M.!

Christmas Party at Raytheon

Friday, December 5th--First of all, Happy Birthday, M.!! Your party isn't until Sunday, however. :) Every year, we go to Raytheon for their Christmas party. We have pizza, the kids decorate cookies, make crafts, look at the model train set, and listen to a ridiculous children's show by the Morris Brothers. We look forward to it every year. Outside, they usually have bounce houses and a train ride. Each year we get the same photo taken with the same background. Here is this year's picture......

Carving Pumpkins

Monday, October 27th--The kids got to carve their pumpkins this evening. This is one of their favorite holiday activities. They make great 'Bleck' faces for the camera when they are cleaning out their pumpkins each year! This year, J. had a very odd pumpkin. It was nearly impossible to cut! The shell was rock hard and K. had to get a hacksaw to cut it. M. was able to use the small carving saw to cut out is jack-o-lantern face but J. just had to draw her's on with marker and K. had to cut it out. Yikes! But, as usual, the kids had a great time and turned out some fabulous faces.

M. Plays the Piano

Sunday, October 19th--M. had his first piano recital. M. has only been in piano for a few weeks but every year, his teacher has a Halloween piano recital just for the kids. M. even got to play a duet with his teacher for the recital after only two weeks! He was very pleased.

Costume Party at the Park

Sunday, October 19th-- Today we went to a birthday party for one of M. friends from his soccer team. It was a costume party at the park. This was the first opportunity of the Halloween season the kids got to wear their costumes so they were very excited. S. enjoyed the swings while J. and M. played games, had pizza, and played on the playground.

The Pumpkin Patch

Friday, October 17th-- We went to the pumpkin patch today. J. had a play date with our favorite little guy, J.L., so he joined us in the fun. Every year, we hit at least one pumpkin patch for photos and so we can choose the best carving pumpkins. The kids love to run around and play amongst the pumpkins. This was the first year for S. and he had a field day playing with...and eating, the hay. This year we went to two different pumpkin patches. The first one we went to had a great set up for photos along with rows and rows of large pumpkins to chose our carving pumpkins. Our second pumpkin patch is really a farmers market that always has fabulous and interesting gourds, 3 for a $1.00. We all try to find the most interesting gourds and add them to our Thanksgiving cornucopia centerpiece.