Kenny's 1st Grade Halloween Party

 Kenny's classroom Halloween party was first thing in the morning!  They had a snack station, a craft station and a game station.  Here's Kenny working on his craft. 

The entire school does a parade outside to show off their costumes.  Here's Kenny, "the Clone", marching in the parade. 

Jacob & John's Preschool Creations

 Jacob and John were thrilled with their Wednesday project at school!  Gumdrops and toothpicks make for great fun!

Jacob built the tallest structure in the class.  His teacher, Mrs. Elgard, thinks he'll make a great architect....but Mommy and Daddy are thinking structural engineer:-)

Kids Zone Creations

 Last week was a Lego-themed kidszone at the library.  The boys each made a special creation.  Jacob's was a space ship.

 John's was filled with all the animals and treasures he could dig out....

.....and Kenny's was a knight fight:-)

Fence Building

 Grandpa earned his keep on this trip out.....we put him to work building a permanent fence around our backyard garden. 

 Jacob was anxious to help....

 ....but Daddy and Grandpa did all the heavy lifting. 

 We used a gate from my Great-Grandpa Hedblom's farm, and made a sign with all of our handprints. 

What a happy little garden!  Thanks for your hard work Dad!  And thanks for entertaining the boys Mom:-)

Pumpkin Carving Time

 These hardworking boys had a ball carving pumpkins this year.  Kenny was totally independent, and Jacob and John needed just a little help with scraping and a lot of help with cutting:-)

Park Fun with Grandma!

 Kenny had to show off his new bike and sweet biking moves to Grandma....she had trouble keeping up with this speed demon!

 Jacob liked showing off his brave playground moves....climbing on the OUTSIDE of the slide!

 Sweet John showed off how he woos the ladies:-)

Grandma was so patient and spent lots of time working with Kenny on tying shoes.  They made him feel like a teenager with sweet dance moves:-)

Our annual hike to Devil's Head Lookout

 We had a perfect day to hike to the top of Devil's Head Lookout.  The aspens were at peak color, the weather cool, the sun warm, and the boys FULL of energy. 

No fires as far as the eye could see--thank goodness since these firefighters were lacking focus:-)

Ready to Ski!

These three are ready to hit the slopes....or the grassy backyard:-)  It should be a FUN ski season!

Fall Break Fun

 We found a local gem this week....the Littleton Historic Museum!  It's 15 minutes from our house and FREE!  Mommy liked the blacksmith shop best, but the boys loved this pile of hay and the farm animals. 

We love Wednesday's with Friends!

We love spending Wednesday afternoons with this crew!  Tacos on the patio....life doesn't get much sweeter:-)

Kenny's 2nd visit from the tooth fairy

It was quite the ordeal, but Kenny FINALLY lost his first top tooth.  It had been lose for quite some time...and Monday morning found me cutting up his bagel so he could eat it without having to use his front teeth.  I inadvertently packed an apple for Kenny's school snack, which did the trick!  He came home from school with this new gap, and his tooth in a fun little treasure chest.  (I'm not at all sad that the big event happened at school.  I'm 0 for 2 for dealing with lost teeth...and with any luck it will stay that way:-)

J&J's Ocean Adventure

Jacob and John enjoyed a 2-week ocean unit at school.  The last day of the unit we were able to go and be their students as they showed us all the ocean experiments and "centers" they learned.