Happy Halloween

Since Halloween landed on a Sunday of a busy weekend, we decided to celebrate Halloween a little differently; it was still fun with lots of candy. We did a lot of "Trunk or Treats" instead of actual late-night "Trick or Treat". We did it with our church and companies around our town.

Elyse: big baby

Caleb: stick man 

Kallen: Chewbacca

Ian: lion

Maddie: gorilla 

Grandparent's Day

Today has to be one of the younger kids' favorite days of school, "Grandparent's Day".  The kids spend their day performing songs for the grandparents followed by touring classrooms, meeting teachers, and attending the book fair.  The kids are so lucky since they each had one grandparent with them the entire time.  Such a special thing for them to celebrate their love of school with some of the people they love the most in life.

Special thanks to Grandpa, Grandma and Nana for coming up to spend their morning with the kiddos.

Maddie's Field Trip

Today I joined Maddie and the rest of the first grade class at our local pumpkin patch. The day involved lots of inflatable jumping, petting animals, hayride, and pumpkin painting. Super fun day for Maddie and I to share together. 

Ian and Maddie were "Student of Great Character"

In the last chapel of each month the teachers pick a child in their class that represented the "Student of Great Character" for that month.  This month's word was, "INIATIVE" and both Ian and Maddie were chosen for their class.  Thier teachers spoke about how they would do things before being asked.  We were so proud of them both! Unfortunately, Maddie's teacher forgot to send her paper home with her.