November is my birthday month, and this month is shaping up to be a busy one! We didn't even do everything I had planned, and it was still pretty full.
Last Friday we went to the community trunk or treat in Wolf Pen Creek. The kids got candy from local businesses, did bounce houses and the petting zoo and rode a barrel train. It was fun but overwhelming as there were so many people! Hannah was Belle, William was "William the conqueror" and Robert was Batman. All were adorable!
Saturday Francis was able to enjoy his birthday present with his dad, Gershom and Dave: going to the A&M football game. My in-laws came in early and we had lunch with them and played with them in the afternoon. My mother-in-law and I made a trip to Toy R Us and managed to get some costumes on clearance. William was particularly excited about the Pikachu costume we found for him. It was missing the hat so we made one and he is getting a new hat in the mail. Robert got a transformer costume and Hannah got both Minnie mouse and Elsa costumes. Everyone was overjoyed and insisted on wearing their costumes that evening. when the men left for the game around 5, My mother-in-law and I took the kids to Chuck E Cheese (in costume) where we met up with Audrey (who is amazing and helped it be man to man coverage!). Turns out Chuck E cheese was giving away free tickets to kids in costume, which was an added bonus. Woot! We had pizza and played games until we were tired and all headed back to the house. After putting the kids to bed, the three of us ladies watched A Royal Night Out on Netflix. Super cute movie! And a great night!
Sunday we went to church, had a brief break and then headed back to church in costume (as pikachu, Optimus Prime and Belle) for Fall Fest. More bounce houses, games, candy, food and snow cones filled our night and fun was had by all. Francis and I had to split up and take turns with Hannah because she knew what she wanted to do (play games and eat candy) and the boys just want to do things like ride the mechanical bull. All in a great night!
Monday was Halloween/ Reformation day. We have recently studied the reformation in CC and were able to watch a cartoon about Martin Luther on Amazon Prime (called Torchlighter's Heroes of the Faith). It was informative and interesting, and possibly a little over the kids' heads. But they liked it and seemed to understand at least some of it. I learned a lot too! One of our neighbors rented a bounce house and had hot dogs for whoever wanted them, so we walked that evening (Pikachu, optimus prime and Minnie Mouse) to their house and bounced and played games in their front yard. We hadn't met them before, but it was fun to meet many of our neighbors! On our way back, our kids got candy from anyone sitting out in front of their house. Even with just those few houses, their buckets were full! And so many families were out. It was fun to greet and laugh with those around us. We got back to the house early enough I even passed out some candy too.
Tuesday was CC field trip day. We made the hour drive to Dewberry Farms. Almost all of William's class was there and many kids from the other classes both from our campus and the other 2 campuses in Bryan/ College Station. We rode the hay ride, did zip lines, rode race cars, played in the hay and playground, picked out pumpkins, and did so much more! It started to rain around lunch, so after eating in the covered pavillion we headed home. All three kids fell asleep on the way back. It was a CC miracle!
Yesterday we were going to go to the Renaissance Festival for their special school days, but plans fell through. We ended up going to Walmart and Story time at the Library which more than filled our morning. On the way home every car in front of me was turning into vote. I was so glad I already had last week! Today was MOMs day. We had a speaker on Random Acts of Kindness. Very inspiring.
School is still going well. William is reading at least one book at bedtime each night. We've been checking out the early readers from the library and he is only needing a little help here and there with them. Robert has just as much of a thirst for knowledge as William and will not let me skip his "school work". A more dedicated 3-year-old you are not likely to meet. His vocabulary is more expansive than many kids his age. Sometimes it takes me three or more tries to figure out what he's saying because he picks words that I didn't even know he knew. Hannah's personality comes out a little more every day. She got her first little pony tail this morning thanks to her teachers and she was strutting her stuff when I picked her up. She says "yeah" or "no" when you ask her is she wants something and yells "more more" from the back seat if she runs out of snack while I'm driving. I love her to pieces and it's fun to see her grow.
Aaand Hannah's up from nap. Until next time!
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