Big Boys Don't Need Naps!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Here are some craft that my younger kids made at preschool the last couple of weeks and the cards where the teachers typed up what they said when asked what they are thankful for...Sophie was quoted the other day say "...kindergarten is just fun, fun, fun ... bunches of crafts ... fun, fun, fun. BUT, first grade ----NOTHING!!!!" So, after seeing brother and sister's crafts she set out to making some of her own at home.Then this morning, we make name cards for our Thanksgiving dinner.... Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!

Sophie has been in a phase the last few months in which she likes to "make" books. Sometimes she thinks of a topic and makes the book; sometimes she finds a few pictures that she has drawn that have a similar theme and makes them into a book; sometimes they are books for herself and sometimes they are for others (car book for jason, colors book for Allison). Here is a book that she made for mommy and daddy....

I pray she never loses her creativity.

Performances -- Part II

Friday morning was the Annual Pumpkin Pie for Parents at Jason and Allison's preschool. Jason got into it quite a bit this year, but as many of the 2-year olds do, Allison just stood around most of the time.

For our friends who have had children that attended Rainbow in the past, I hope this next pic brings back some memories for you of the Turkey Tango...

Then all the 4-year old classes played the bells...

And, lastly we enjoyed the pumpkin pie!!!

Performances -- Part I

Thursday night was the First Grade Autumn & Thanksgiving performance at Sophie's school. The day was a bit hectic as Sophie informed me just a few days before that she was supposed to wear fall colors which was not really a problem until she insisted that they were supposed to be solid. We have several fall colored tops, but NONE were solid! Have I ever mentioned here before that Sophie is a RULE FOLLOWER! Most of the time this is a very positive thing, but sometimes...... Anyway, even though I knew many of the children would not be in solid colors, Jason, Allison and I headed out that morning in search of some solid colored tops. This was not as easy of a task as I thought it would be, but we eventually found these turtlenecks. Jason chose a red one and a yellow one saying "they are both fall colors and Sophie would look pretty in both." Sophie picked yellow.

We then headed home for lunch and naps. After nap, poor little Allison woke up with a fever which would put a bit of a damper on the evening....should we just draw straws to see who stays home? (Thanks, Nana...we'll break out the video over Thanksgiving!)

Then, we lost John! Ok, we didn't actually LOSE him. I knew he was at work. I just couldn't get in touch with him. He was supposed to be bringing pizza home for dinner, but as time was running out and the pizza had already been ordered online for pickup, I loaded up the kids and we went to get the pizza ourselves. Daddy finally made it out of work and met us at school. He got to eat his pizza in the parking lot.
Sophie seemed nervous up on stage until she found us in the audience. Then she relaxed and had fun....except when you could see that she was getting irritated at the kids around her who were doing things that they were not supposed to be doing like talking, turning around, not watching the music teacher .... I did mention that she is a rule follower, right???

I Love Tylenol

Last night Allison woke up coughing and crying. I went up and got her, hugged her, consoled her, and rocked her almost back to sleep. I layed her oooh so gently back in bed and she appeared to be drifting off to sleep.

But of course, at exactly the moment MY head hit my pillow she burst back into tears and wails. This time it was clear that her throat was hurting her while she coughed. We gave her a dose of Tylenol and went through the hugging, consoling, rocking, gently laying... All have now enjoyed a restful night's sleep.

I thank God to live in this time period where we have the blessing of simple pain killers.

Boy Scout Popcorn...

The Boy Scouts have all delivered their popcorn now. It turns out that my darling husband purchased, from various scouts he knows from the neighborhood, our church, and his office, ..... SIX tins of popcorn.

The best part of this is that none, NONE of my children will eat any of it. They were all so excited to give it a try after dinner tonight. Sophie chewed and swallowed one piece with a scrunched up nose and then declined any more. Allison chewed some then proceeded to make the worst face that I have seen in a while. John got her a napkin and let her dispose of her 'treat'. After watching both the girls, Jason stared at it awhile, gave it a few sniffs, then gave it a lick, .... and that was enough for him.

John now gets to provide his team at work with some snackage for the next couple of weeks!!!! Go TEAM!!!