Monday, October 26, 2009

Manic Mondays


This Monday was a teacher planning day, so that meant no school for the kids. I wish I could of said it was a nice relaxing day and that we all got to sleep in and be lazy but that is just not my life now is it?

We all had eye appointments and Caleb and Elora saw the optometrist for the very first time. Unfortunately that took up most of our afternoon. Elora did very well for her age and didn't make a peep even though she was severely nervous and scared. Dr. Ned was very nice to them all. Caleb we found out has been squinting to see far and needs a prescription for glasses so he can see the board. That took us totally by surprise since he never complains and his teacher has never mentioned anything about him complaining he can't see. Dr.Ned asked if his grades were good and I said yes and he too was a little confused but he did say that Caleb was only to wear it in class when looking at the chalk board. Andrew also needs a prescription for glasses and isn't as bad as Caleb and also needs them just for reading the chalk board in class. This weekend we are going to shop around for some glasses and see who can offer us the best deal. Yup soon there will be pictures of the boys in their new glasses.

After our appointments I stopped and got the kids some Sonic for lunch since they were so good at the doctor's office. We came home and I let them be kids. Thankfully my husband helped me clean the house some yesterday so that all that needed to be done today was some sweeping and some laundry.

Mark has duty until midnight and the kids have been playing hard all day since it was a nice breezy 74 outside. Looks like Fall might finally be in the air for us! Tomorrow is the Kindergarten zoo field trip and I can't wait!!

The Boys and their Costume


Just a few pics of the boys in their costumes

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Caleb as Venom this year

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Andrew as a Vampire

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Bring on the Candy!

Pumpkin Carving


Since it is our favorite time of year and we make do with what we have which is no real pumpkin patches we still found a good deal on some larege carving pumpkins. I picked up one for each child and let them have at it. Here are some pics of our carving fun!

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Andrew

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Caleb

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Elora

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Before the gutting began

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Caleb with his pumpkin

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The end result

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Elora being silly

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Fall Festival

Today started off a nice day. Woke up to Elora rock banding it out with the drum sticks, well at least pretending to lol. The kids and Mark played a little Wii after breakfast, we got the house picked up some, and went off to have some fun at the Fall Festival.

This is our 2nd Fall here in Jacksonville and it is still in the 80's. The humidity is low so it was a nice day and the clouds were out. The kids enjoyed the many jump houses, bull rides, surf board rides, and food. They had a little bit of everything for everyone. After wards we wanted to go to a pumpkin patch but there aren't any in the area so we ended up finding some really nice looking pumpkins at Foodlion when I went to go get my milk lol. Came home and enjoyed some meat ball subs, enjoying the snuggles my daughter gives and watching a movie of her choice. What a perfect Saturday!

Some pictures of our day:

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Who's a Daisy..Elora is a Daisy!!

Elora was so excited about being a girl scout and I found out she could be in kindergarten! Woohoo! She is a Daisy and is very proud of it!

Here are a few pics of her in her troop!
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Elora at her daisy teddy bear picnic!



.::.The Witch is in.::.

This year Elora is going to be a witch and a super cute one at that. I got to make her tutu myself and she looks adorable!

the witch is in

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It's that time of year again...

Of course its my FAVORITE time of year.

::.Halloween.::

Fall has always been my favorite time of year, no matter where we lived. In California the leaves would change the pumpkin patches would be full of children learning, laughing, and exploring. In Virginia the leaves were beautiful, the pumpkin patches were amazing, and the air was crisp and cool. Here in Florida it is a different kind of Fall. There is no certainty of cool weather, no changing of leaves, and unfortunately no pumpkin patches, but you know what it is still my favorite time of year.

School has started back up and the kids are back into the swing of things. Activities are going on, and lots of things to keep us nice and busy.
Elora is loving kindergarten. She is bright, happy and smart. Her teacher compliments her every single day, and is even kind enough to leave voice mails on our phones letting us know how much she enjoys Elora being in her class. It's very reassuring that Elora is on a good path at school.

Caleb is doing well also. He is learning to rotate his classes like Andrew does, his teacher is great. She takes tons of photo's and emails them to the class, she also emails the parents her agenda for the week and they even have class pets names "munch & nibbles" that Caleb got to bring home this past weekend. They really enjoyed that. He is smart and sometimes gets bored which leads to talking which we are working on lol.

Andrew is doing okay. He isn't trying to hard which is what our "problem" has been in these past few weeks. So we keep on him about that. We'll know more in the up coming weeks when he makes his doc appointment to get tested for a few things. The OT came to school and worked with him on Monday so we should be getting an updated IEP addendum soon.

It's amazing how fast the time has been going here in Mayport. We are almost done with October. I have been so bad about posting on the blog site. I need to be in the mood and unfortunately just haven't been. Not to mention just being plain busy. I had a surprise birthday party for one of my best friends. I enlisted her husband it to helping me and she was definitely surprised so I was glad. We've been hanging out with our families together quite a bit which is fun. Kids have been going to Freedom Friday's and we have been hanging out, going to dinner, and just relaxing while the kids have some fun.

This Halloween's I have been more relaxed about things. Andrew is going to be a classic vampire with a great cape, white face and fangs. Caleb is going to be Venom from spider man, and Miss Elora is going to be a witch! I even made her tutu this year! I will spray paint her hair pink and load her up with glitter like she wants lol. She is completely excited. I will have pics of them up soon.

I am waiting for the weather to get a little cooler so I can get the fall picture taken. I can't wait. Hoping this weekend might be the weekend.

Everyone keep safe and stay away from the sickies!