thanksgiving feasts! (kindergarten and preschool)

Naomi had a Thanksgiving “feast” at preschool; there was white bread, green beans, sliced cheese, turkey lunchmeat, and applesauce.  Pretty funny, but the kids loved it.  Naomi even asked for more green beans!  She made a pilgrim hat, and looked adorable in it.  Some of the teachers put on a puppet show about the pilgrims, and the kids thought it was a riot; they laughed the whole way through.

Chris also got to have a “feast” in kindergarten, but they asked the parents not to come for that.  They had three classes in one room, and I guess there wasn’t space for any more people.  It was one where everyone brought something to share.  He said he had a lot of fun.

family pictures 2010

katie (and me too, i guess - mostly katie, though!) started a photography business!  here's the link to the website: www.katiewillsonphotography.com.  She's been taking our family pictures for a few years now, and i love the way these turned out!  the ones with the sun flare are my favorite, i think.  i totally slacked on the christmas cards this year, so no one's really seen these yet.  consider this our family wishing yours a (late!) happy holidays!

Click here to see the pictures.

halloween 2010

Friday, the 29^th, our ward had a trunk-or-treat party.  They went a little crazy, and had three bounce houses, food (chicken salad sandwiches, corn dogs, chips, cookies, and hot chocolate), games, and prizes.  We had a great time!  We’re really feeling like part of the ward, and that we know most everyone.

On Halloween, we took the kids to a few houses around Jonathan and Katie’s house.  It was a big family affair, and a fun way to do it.  Chris was Batman, Naomi a fairy, Jacob was Mario, and Lily was Princess Peach.

preschool fall festival 2010

At the end of October, Naomi had a fall festival at preschool.  She got to dress up in her costume (a fairy), and have lots of fun stations.  After all their morning fun, another mom and I put on a class party for them.  Everyone takes a turn planning a party, and I figured it would be nice to get it done at the beginning of the year.  We had pizza, played a few games, decorated cookies, and made fall wreaths. 

our beautiful fairy

with her pumpkin

yummy pizza for lunch

her class all dressed up

lost a tooth!

chris lost his first tooth in the middle of october!  it had been loose for a while, and it fell out one night while he was wiggling it.  the tooth fairy was generous with the first tooth and left $2.  he's lost one more since this, and got $1 for that one.

soccer

Chris’s soccer season ended at the end of October, and I finally got some pictures of him playing.  He had a good time, and improved his coordination a lot in the process.  We put him in indoor soccer for the winter, and he's improving with that too.

kindergarten field trip

In the middle of October, Chris went on his first field trip.  He got to ride the bus  with all the kindergarten classes to a local pumpkin patch (a different one than the one Naomi went to for her birthday party).  Naomi and I were able to come along, which was fun.  They had some stations they got to go to, a craft, a story, a science one, a maze, a hayride, and they each got to choose a pumpkin.  It was a fun day, and I was glad I was able to come too.

his class

the whole class
 

i was trying to get a picture of the two of them together....

chris kinda looking at the camera...

naomi definitely not....

no thanks, mom...

no more pictures, please!

couldn't even get one of just naomi looking at me.  :)

naomi's preschool open house 2010

We got to go to Naomi’s preschool for her open house; we got to see her room, and all the projects she’s been working on.  We had a bit of a laugh about one of them; each child had a cutout shape of a person (like a gingerbread man), with “I’m special because…” written on it.  The teachers had helped each child fill in why they were special.  All the other kids had put things like “Jesus loves me”.  Naomi’s was the only one that was different.  Hers said “I’m special because…I love yogurt!”  Funny girl!  She really does love yogurt!  She's having a great year in preschool, and learning a lot.  She can now spell her name, and write it out too, along with knowing her letters and counting to 20 (with a little difficulty around 13).

all the way back in october...

so, i've been slacking here on my little 'ol blog - big time!  i'm still catching up from back in october.  i'd love to get all caught up to the present, but mostly my goal is just to record the things going on in our lives. so, as long as i get pictures and memories down, i'm not too stressed about how fast it happens.

at the beginning of october, naomi was invited to a birthday party at a pumpkin patch.  she had a great time with her friends.  they fed the goats, cows, sheep, and chickens, picked out pumpkins, went on a hayride, had a yummy lunch, and played.  a fun way to kick off the fall.