Fall Festival

Before Thanksgiving, Jonah's elementary school had a Fall Festival. We weren't going to go, but decided to last minute. It was a typical carnival and the kids had a lot of fun going around to the different games and winning tickets. We also ate lunch there.Here are the kids fishing.

Later on Jonah met up with one of his friends from his class and they went on the big slide together a few times. We cashed in our tickets and got some cool prizes.

Jonah got a few parachute men (he's unhappy because they got tangled together for a few minutes) and Eden and Levi got sunglasses. It was a nice little outing.

Preschool's Newest Student!

Can you believe it? I still can't. I had my last appointment with the preschool on Tuesday, and I found out that Levi got accepted to the program! I think it must have been a stretch to get him in, because they said that he is above average in every category besides articulation and expressive language. At that point, I thought that he hadn't made it in, because they told me with Eden and Jonah that in order to qualify, your child needs to be below average in three areas. It was a stretch for Eden to even get in, and I knew Levi might not get in. But he did, and I am so excited for him!
His teacher is Miss Kim, a teacher that we have never had before, but I heard is great. Levi started on Thursday and rode the bus with Eden. He was super excited to wear his new Ironman backpack.

Eden was so excited that Levi got to go on the bus with her!

All ready to go!

After he left, I felt so lonely! At least I had a ton of errands to do before going to pick up Jonah, so I didn't have too much time to think about it. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but anyone who knows me know that I don't like being alone. Maybe I can learn to like it. At least I am really excited for Levi. He's going to learn so much and have so much fun!

Some other random stuff- Levi falls out of his bed at least once a night. I am always finding the poor kid on the floor, like this:

Jonah has been writing a lot lately. I find stuff like this around the house. A receipt he wrote on the back of. Five, The, Walmart, And, The Sir, Help, Hungry, Bank, Feed, How...

I think he copies words he finds around the house. Such a funny guy.

Jonah Turns 6!

Jonah had his birthday party last weekend. I kept it pretty low-key, just a small group of friends and no decorating. I don't think he noticed at all. His only requests were that he have a Lightning McQueen party, have a pinata, and have a number 6 on his cake like a road. We started out playing a few games.

Duck, Duck, Goose...and Freeze Dance.
The kids did plenty of playing outside, then we sang and had cake and ice cream. This is exactly what Jonah requested, even though I had access to a Lightning McQueen cake mold :)
The happy birthday boy...

Then we opened presents. Jonah loved all the awesome things he got.

But honestly, I think his favorite gift was the books I got him. I asked his teacher at school for a list of books they had read in his class. They were a big hit!

With no big trees in the backyard, we rigged up the pinata as best we could using our best white-trash skills. It worked... and the kids got a few good whacks in.

A few kids whacked the pinata right off its rope. So after everyone got in some good swings, we just tore open the bottom and let them have at it.

Tuesday was Jonah's actual birthday, and he came home wearing a birthday crown from school. He was so excited!He got some phone calls from his aunts. I didn't get any pictures of Jonah, but Eden wanted to talk too, of course. She had been eating some of Jonah's birthday cake, and as you can see, that black frosting leaves a mark! It's funny, because she got into the cake a few days ago, and looked similar to this. When I asked her if she had gotten into the cake, of course, she lied at first. I should cover everything I want the kids to stay out of in black frosting :)

And these are just a few of Levi biting the dust while he was playing in the hallway. Poor guy.

Family Pictures

Kayleen has done the impossible again! She has managed to capture our moody, rambunctious family in some pretty great photos! Thanks, Kayleen! We love the pictures.

Here are a few (okay, a lot) of our favorites.