Ammy and Papa Watch Brooke and Alex

Posted on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 by Laura

Ammy and Papa did a great job taking care of Brooke and Alex while we were away on our vacation to the Bahamas! I was super nervous about leaving the kiddos, not because I thought that Ammy and Papa wouldn’t do an excellent job, but because it has been so long (never for Alex) since they’ve been without at least one parent. We had WiFi and I sent a picture of us when we arrived to let Ammy know we were safe. Ammy wrote us sweet emails with pictures of the kiddos so we knew they were not only safe but incredibly happy. The four of them had a great time and both kids were better behaved than they usually are for Mommy and Daddy!! Here are the pictures Ammy took. 🙂

October Kindergarten Homework

Posted on Saturday, October 21, 2017 by Laura

This month’s family homework (she has daily homework but one big project a month to complete with your family) was to make a portrait of yourself in fall with encouragement to use 3D items such as puffy paint, felt, stickers, etc. Brooke and I brainstormed and thought it would be fun to make her portrait with leaves and actual fall items. We gathered and stored various leaves, acorns, pine cones, flowers from our yard and other places around town for the last two weeks and yesterday and today completed her homework. I helped her by sketching her and lightly painting in the details so she could glue the leaves over herself. She chose where things went and glued them down, came up with using crushed leaves for her hair, and designed her necklace and headband. Brooke did a great job with her homework!

Brooke’s First 1 Mile Race

Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2017 by Laura

This morning Brooke ran her first 1 Mile race The Spooky 1 Mile. She did great and finished in 10 minutes 29 seconds. Alex had a lot of fun riding along in the stroller. After the race I treated the kids to donuts then we surprised AJ at work. After that we went and played at two parks and they both passed out on the car ride home. Brooke really enjoyed her race and is excited to do another race next month.