. . . are the BEST! We had an awesome day today - went to church, then picked up KFC on the way home so we could have a "family room picnic" in honor of the Vikings first game today. Football season has begun! And I now have THREE Vikings fanatics in my house instead of just one! It's actually pretty cute how the boys get into the game with their dad, so I won't complain. Anyway, it was rainy and freezing here today so we all put on our sweats and laid around the family room all day - watching football, reading the paper and just goofing off. It was great.
In other weekend news, we have rodents in our house again. Except this time, it's on purpose! Jack and Noah each got a hamster this weekend - after over a year of pleading, we finally agreed. We took them to the new PetSmart and let them each pick one out - Jack named his Brownie and Noah named his Chewy. I can't believe how entertained the kids were this weekend, just laying on the floor by their cages watching them. I have to admit, they are pretty cute. I'll have to remind myself of that when I'm cleaning two cages on a weekly basis. My mom let me have them when I was little, so I'm determined to pay it forward . . . . (thanks again, mom! 25 years later!)
The boys have really adjusted well to their school routine - much better than I thought they would. Noah is pretty tired by 6 or 7 at night, but all in all, they are doing really well and enjoying it very much. Our decision to keep them at Zion was affirmed again this week, when Jack's teacher told me that one day someone in the class asked what a "sin" was, and that led into a 1/2 hour discussion about sins and forgiveness. I LOVE that - what a great environment! This week I start helping out in both Jack and Noah's rooms, so I'm excited to do that.
We are trying to get in a few more camping trips before we have to "winterize" the camper - I can't believe we're already talking about that, it seems like we just got it out a few weeks ago - ?!?! We went camping a week ago with our friends the Rossons - our first trip with them since Mike's surgery, so it was wonderful. He's healed perfectly, it's a total joy just to be around him. We had the best time - relaxing and fun at the same time. We took all the kids through a cave - something we'd been promising all summer - and they LOVED it, of course. The four of us also went on a horseback ride - an hour and a half trail ride, which was so much fun. Jack and Noah hadn't ridden before, and they were a hoot to watch. Jack took to it right away - looked like a mini-cowboy trying to control the horse - and Noah did great too, but didn't like the horses stopping to poop. :) We also got a photo with our "Happy Camper" shirts on - I posted it up on the right. We're hoping to camp the next two weekends, and then that will probably be it!!
There's our update - will try to get a posting on here more quickly next time!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment