Year: 2013

Every year, our church does a Sunday Service that is performed almost completely by the children.  They practice songs all year and spend weeks learning their parts.  Our boys were given such short lines this year that we made sure they had them memorized.  The Primary Program Sunday also happened to be Bobby’s first time […]

Ricky had been bugging me to take him to a haunted house.  And while I adore a good spook alley, I know my son.  He’s not one who likes scary things.  He’s getting better.  He’s read a few book series that are a bit more intense and he’s doing well with those, but I still […]

Halloween is just fun.  I love the leaves, the pumpkins, the costumes.  I even like the (slightly) spooky stuff. We started our Halloween day by sending Kevin off to work in full costume.   While our intention was to have him be Dumbledore … he could be Merlin, Gandolf, or just random wizard guy.  Or […]

Who is the real Scooby and Shaggy?   or …   Who’s the real Jon Arbuckle?   or   Who’s the real Harry Potter?   or   Who’s the real Dumbledore?   or   And then there is the lady selling popcorn …   We had a great Halloween …   And hope you did, too.

Ricky is thriving in 4th grade.  I was a bit concerned when I learned his class would be half 4th graders and half 5th graders, but he is doing incredibly well. He’s loved the variety of subjects and the creative ways his teachers have of introducing subjects.  For instance, in Social Studies they were studying […]