Thanksgiving

I printed out cute little journal pages with Thanksgiving decor on them. My plan was to have the boys write the things they are thankful for, and scribe Megan's comments. Maybe this week we'll get it done.
The Christmas Tree is up. Jonathan and Megan did most of the decorating. Eric put the required ornaments up so I could get some pictures. After supper we all watched "Home Alone".
Hit another deer driving home from Minot Friday night. Almost exactly 5 years from the last time we hit a deer driving home from Minot. Almost is the same spot on Hwy 83...just a little south. The damage was all on the driver's side. The worst part is if you roll the driver's window down, it really doesn't roll back up....no coffee shop drive thrus for me....therefore Don and I will switch vehicles until it is all fixed. I'll need to have him take off the Bush Cheney bumper sticker from 2004, as I work in the school distict and will be tarred and feathered for being a conservative.
I'll post some pictures soon.

Snow!

We now have snow....

Prior to me grabbing the Nikon D40, all 3 kids were on one sled racing down our front lawn. By the time I ran inside and grabbed my camera, the moment was gone. Megan was cold.

Pre-school

Megan's new favorite past time is playing school at home. Usually she is the teacher, but Friday night, I got to be the teacher. We made a turkey. We also belted out a few rounds of "ABC", and played with our alphabet puzzle.

I never took a finished picture of her turkey...oh well.

Raingutter Regatta

Pack 153 had their Raingutter Regatta on Thursday night. Eric won 2nd place for our Den. No one passed out from all the huffing and puffing propelling their sailboats. 3 of the 6 Wolf cubs were near tears when they were eliminated from competition, including our other son.

What we have been up to

This has been a long week....5 whole entire days of school and work for Mom and the kids. No days off. We are doing our best.
Yesterday on the way to school, Eric was happy to hear it was Wednesday, as it is the first day of the week that we have nothing to do after school. Friday is of course better than Wednseday because he gets to stay up late, play video games, and sleep in Mom and Dad's bed. He then said that November is his favorite month because we have so many days off of school, giving him more time to play and stuff. I love 8 year old perspective on things.

The downside of selling $1500 worth of Scout popcorn is you have to pass out $1500 worth of popcorn. We try to do a little each day.

The Raingutter Regatta is tonight. The boys practiced "sailing" their boats. Each will earn belt loops for bowling, video games, and astronomy, and pins for soccer and video games.

Halloween, pt 2

Walmart in Park Rapids had their Halloween costumes 90% off. We now have Ironman, Spiderman, Wolverine, Wonder Woman, and Astrid protecting our home, for an average of $1.50 a piece. So, Whiplash, Green Goblin, SabreTooth, Cheetah, and all dragons better stay away from our home.

Things from October

I turned the calendar to November yesterday. It is blank for 2 weeks. October was not like that. Scouts is in full swing, both boys sold enough popcorn to be honored during half time of a Dakota Wizards basketball game in December. Soccer is done.

Eric actually helped carve pumpkins this year. He tolerated Halloween much better this year.

Jonathan was kind enough to pick out an easy pattern. He carved for a bit before passing the pumpkin saw on to me

Megan helped make a Princess Pumpkin Head

The kids with some good buds from Des Moines. We met for fun in Park Rapids. The kids played for 2 days with not a single argument.
Meg and her BFF at The Slumber Party in early October

Happy Halloween