November Memories

And here are a few other November, daily life memories!

Just a couple of cuties ready for MOPS!

On this day, Atticus got SEVEN laps at school for running day. In Kindergarten, he did not like running day at all. This fall, he finally got competitive enough with himself that he wanted to get more laps every week. The coach puts dots on their hands as they get laps and every Monday afternoon, he shows me how many dots. So, this was a big day because he finally got SEVEN laps!

 

 This will show you how many stuffed animals we have. So, over time, it is easy to accumulate stuffed toys. The kids love them, but they have their favorites and they change over time. So, when they are done with some (with the exception of a few that area always a favorite - especially with Atticus who REALLY loves his stuffed animals), we put them in the attic. Then, over time, they remember one they want and we get it down. Well, in the summer they really wanted all of the bags down to go through and look at them and I just picked a month in the future to do it. Well, we got to that month! All of the bags came down; all bags were gone through; we still kept a bunch, but also came up with plenty to move on to another family! So, for future reference - we don't need any stuffed animals! ha!

 They had Decades Day at school and 1st grade dressed up like the 1980's. Vic and I had a lot of fun coming up with this outfit! 

 Atticus worked on mascots and teams facing each other for football. There were so many papers like this all over our house. 

 The Seidels came in for a weekend and Steve and Vic worked on replacing some rotted wood on the shed.

 Atticus made an All About Me poster for school - he was so proud. For his name, he wrote:

A-wesome

T-ired

T-errific

I-llustrator

C-reative

U-pbeat

S-mart

 Everly has recently gotten into pretending and I love it!

 I just loved this picture Atticus made in art class!

Looking cute again for MOPS!

And this may have been the best day ever for the kids! A few days after Halloween, Steve, next door gave the kids the pumpkins (and we did the same) and they cut them and busted them and played until they were in a million pieces on the ground. Then, Steve just cleaned it all up! It was a fun day!