boo!

tonight as we were turning into the driveway, Zaven said "why didn't we carve pumpkins?"
i said, "let's go get some and do it" and we backed out and went to sweet berry farm.
zaven got a wheel barrow - and we went and looked at the really big pumpkins.
we decided they were too big.
rolled the wheel barrow back over to the smaller pumpkins, weighed a few on the scale there.
zaven chose a 3 pounder for himself and a 2 pounder for nell.


we came home, zaven drew a face on his, we scooped out the insides and carved his pumpkin, in time to put a candle in it and put it outside for chris to see when he got home.


it was a really nice evening.

sadly i now realize that i failed to take any pictures of the kids with ella and spencer during their fun visit this weekend.
we really loved having them here.

Nice Weekend

I had a long day at the printer on Friday- doing press approvals.
At one point it looked like I was going to be doing the same thing on Saturday, But the printer decided not to do that and I will go back tomorrow for 5 more approvals- keep your finger crossed that they all go smoothly.

Chris handled picking up Nell and Zaven went to the Halloween party at his school with Gracie- they had a great time.

Saturday morning Zaven had a soccer game. There were just three kids from his team that showed up to play.
They still had a great game. Zaven and Kyle scored several goals and had fun.
We grabbed some lunch before coming home.
Once here Nell and I took a nap. Something I almost never do- but I needed it!

When Nell woke up it was off to Chuck E Cheese.
Zaven stayed on "green behavior" all week and that was his reward.


We had a great time.
There was Skee Ball, Basketball, Hit the Gopher, slides and more!
Chris and I were relieved to hear that Zaven did not think that we needed to eat there - so we did not!

After playing for a long time we left and went to dinner at Ted's, tasty as usual.

It was a great day.
Today was a nice day at church- a good crowd.
I have been to the grocery and Nell is napping, Zaven has been watching football and Chris just left to go to a celebration of new ministry in Tiverton.

I think the kids and I may go to the bookstore in a little while.

Nell has an affinity for being on the table, here are a couple of photos of her doing that.



Have a great week.
LE

long weekend

we are so glad that this is a long weekend.
the weather has been great.
we have enjoyed a nice family weekend.
friday was my birthday- chris saw to getting me a cake- very yummy.


i took this picture of Zaven while we waited for the cake,
he looks so grown up i can barely stand it.


Nell and Zaven rub noses.


Nell and "my daddy" watching Zaven's soccer game on Saturday morning.

Zaven had another great game. Scored 4 goals and was a goalie for a while and did not have any goals scored on him.

Caitlin and Ben came and watched the game, it was really fun to see them.
Nell acted very shy, but later I asked her if she haad likes seeing Ben and Caitlin and she said " my Ben and KitKat" I take that as a yes. It was great seeing them again!

LE

2 days with Nell

Nell has been out of school since mid day Monday- due to icky diapers.
That is the bad news.
The good news is, she has been feeling well enough to be her fun cute self.
Chris picked her up early Monday and I stayed home with her Tuesday and today.
I was able to do a lot of work from home, but I enjoyed some time playing with Nell too.


She is very funny.
We did a lot of counting today. And when we were not counting together she was counting by herself.
"Seven, Eight, Seven, Eight, Seven Eight" seemed to be her favorite combination.
She is also liking me singing the alphabet song.

She is talking so much now and says some really funny things.
She says "I see that Daddy" which means, I want to see Daddy.
Or tonight before I took her up to bed she said "I kiss that Daddy" and then after that she said "I kiss that Zavi"
She likes to see Zaven get on the bus each morning.
I think that she has missed singing some of the songs from school these last couple of days. She kept asking me to sing the Sun song, and I do not know a sun song...and then she would sing a little and do some hand motions. I will ask the teachers tomorrow, so I can learn it too.

Zaven is doing well in school, he is learning a lot. They do a lot of writing and pre reading.
Math, science etc. He seems to be soaking a lot of it up.



Chris is doing well, staying busy. Two funerals this week and two weddings this weekend and the Saturday service.

My work is going well. It is busy, but good.

It has been very rainy lately, hopefully that will pass.

long time no see

zaven and nell still enjoy time together on the couch in the mornings.


i had a great time on my trip to louisville- the 70 mile per hour winds and power outage not withstanding.
here is a pic of evelyn- my new god daughter.



zaven's new soccer season started last weekend, he scored a goal. this week he was goalie for the first half of the game and did a great job.
here is the double thumbs up.



meg, charlie and carrie were here this weekend.
i am trying to upload photos of that- but can't
we had a great time.

Bus #6

we were up early, had breakfast, a shower and then we waited for the bus...very exciting.


here comes the bus


up the stairs, meeting the bus driver and monitor,


time to head out!


by all accounts it was a great day.
let's hope tomorrow goes well.

LE

Nell's First Day of School

Fun with Daddy!

Nell and Chris had a good time playing on the floor. Nell was having a great time jumping on Chris.


Nell says "Going to schooool"

Drop off went great. Zaven was with us, we took in her nap kit, lunch, extra clothes, etc, put them in her cubby.
The teachers and other children were out on the playground, so we went out.
Nell immediately said "Wee, now." Which means she is ready to swing.
I told her to have a great day, gave her a kiss, put her down and she ran over to the swing.

I called at mid-day and the Director said that you would never know it was her first day- she had just jumped right in.

When Zaven and I got there to pick her up, they were outside again and Nell was on the slide. Zaven went and got on the swing, when she saw him she called him over to the slide. Then she saw me and came over for a hug. But was having a great time.

We are all getting excited for Zaven's first day of Kindergarten.
The bus comes at 7:45- I hope we are ready!
Hopefully he will get to school in time to have a few minutes on the playground before going in.
Stay tuned for details.

LE