October Update

Jacob

He is doing well in school and is really loving being in ballroom. He started the tutoring program at the library and enjoys reading with his tutor. He entered the reflections contest at school but I'll post on that more a little later. He has been working towards getting his bear, he even talked with Grandpa Chipman about what it was like when he was a cub scout. We are hoping to have his bear done by January but our pack is in the process of getting set up so hopefully that will get done soon.

Amara
She is still loving school and has only missed getting a 100% on her spelling test twice. She also is being tutored in reading at the library and has made several new friends there. She was one of Jacob's subjects in the reflections contest and also had her own entry. We had a really good time working on her Halloween costume.


Ethan
He loves going to school just so he can play on the playground and with his best friend Paysen. Like the older kids he too is being tutored at the library but also gets special tutoring by Paysen's mom (starting today). He decided he and Jacob needed to remodel their room. He cleaned their room and moved out some toys to the playroom and then moved the lego table and chairs in. Now I often find the boys playing legos at their table instead of sleeping.


Keira
She loves going to preschool (taught by Paysen's mom) and is mad that she doesn't get to go everyday like the big kids. Her teacher is very clever and comes up with the cutest crafts for the alphabet. Here she is wear her "D"inosaur feet. She has made "F"lamingos and "E"laphants from her own picture. She knows all her letters and sounds through F. We got to go to Cornbelly's on a fieldtrip. It was pretty cold but a lot of fun. She wanted to wear Soren's owl hat.


Soren

He is growing way too fast for my likes. He had his first taste of squash this week. He loved it. He is very clean when he eats. I don't have to use a bib, I just usually do for just-in-case. Unfortuneatly he is sick again, this time his first cold. He is still as happy as ever but isn't sleeping well at night but his napping is getting much better.

Jake and Jill

Jake got to spend all of October at home and not traveling, but did end up working every Saturday. He did get to take of Fall break and we went to the movies and out to dinner and watched movies at home on our new tv. I spent most of the month working on Halloween costumes. We decided to make Jacob a Ben 10 jacket this year. I died a jean jacket green and made and glued white stripes and then ironed on a 10. I bought Amara a southern Belle costume but when I got it out of the package it was plastic white sheeting so I made her 2 more layers and sewed them on. I finished sewing her costume at 10 pm on the 30th. We also glued flowers on her hat. I was estactic that the weather was so nice and warm for trick-or-treating. We went for about 2 hours with stops at Great Grandma Harvey and Grandpa & Grandma Chipman's houses.