Kitchenware and Candybars

Halloween festivities galore this week! On Friday morning, Jack had his school parade, breakfast, and mini concert. Jack LOVES his music teacher, Ms. Jan, and sings the songs all the time but when it came time for the big moment, he was extremely shy and did not really want to stand on the stage. He was very excited about dressing up as Spiderman though, and Lily enjoyed visiting her alma mater for the breakfast.

On Friday afternoon, Lily had her school vocabulary parade - they made their own costumes and Lily chose the color red and strawberry - she spelled it 'strobare' which was a very good effort! After the parade, Kelly, Jack, and I joined Lily in her classroom for her party. Lily was a great big sister and included Jack in the games and story time, he got to sit on the mat with all of the other kids, and when Lily's teacher, Mrs. P., asked the kids what animal they saw, Jack yelled out the correct animal - he loved kindergarten and is counting down until 2013! ;)

We had a fun weekend - movie night with Aunt Kel on Friday and a playdate with a neighbor on Saturday. On Sunday, Lily had her first swim lesson and did very well - she may need to be in a more advanced class, her freestyle is advancing quickly and she is doing pretty well with breathing. On Sunday afternoon, Lily had a gymnastics birthday party, and later we went on a walk/scooter/bike ride - both Lily and Jack went the farthest they have ever gone, they are both getting pretty good. The walk was to distract the kids because they were all hopped up for trick-or-treating, counting down the minutes. Jack decided to be Batman and Lily was a vet. Lily ran from house to house with friends Maddie, Pierce, and Eileen, and Jack and Claire managed to keep up. Jack was excited by every piece of candy he received, and was very deliberate with his choices when offered the candy bowl, Lily was all about accumulating as much as she could - Jack was most excited by the glow bracelet and paper airplanes he received. We covered several streets and were out for a good hour and a half. Once they got home, Jack chose to eat crackers he received, and Lily tried a few things but stuck with a chocolate bar as her favorite.

Today, Lily did not have school, so the kids stayed home and they had a playdate with Maddie and Claire, and then we headed to the mall with Grandma Gail and Kelly - we made some final winter garb purchases in anticipation of snow (Dec??) and our CO ski trip in January.

Lily and Jack want to send out special birthday wishes to Great Aunt Donna who is celebrating her birthday on Thursday!

Enjoy the pics and video!


Jack at his Halloween soiree.


A little stage fright.


Playing in the leaves.


Lily as a strawberry at her Halloween parade.




Jack joining in the kindergarten class.


Clowning around.


The vet and Batman ready for some trick or treating.


Batman checking out the neighborhood sights.


The bounty.


Chowing down on some peanut butter crackers.


An evening in review.