New Pajamas from Aunt Kathy and Megan

Gentry's Farm

John had to work in Nashville last weekend, so the kids and I tagged along so we could go to Ross and Brylie's birthday party and see Grandma, Grandpa, and Annie. On Sunday afternoon, Grandpa and Grandma took us to Gentry's Farm in Franklin so Jack and Luke could pick out pumpkins. Jack has decided that he loves every holiday and that we must decorate the house for each one, so he was tickled about picking out pumpkins. We've been reading The Littlest Pumpkin about kids picking out the perfect pumpkin. Jack decided that he was looking for a lumpy, bumpy one. Both boys were very excited about all the farm related activities. Particularly, the hay maze through one of the old barns was a hit. All of us were running to keep up with Luke as he sprinted through the maze. It was a beautiful afternoon. I enjoyed watching Jane and Marion delight in the time with the boys as much as I enjoyed hearing the boys' giggles and seeing their wide grins. 

(Jack's Mantle- The addition of the potato heads was completely his idea.)

Halloween Shirts

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I'm having to excuse myself for not having a 2010 picture. I was very pregnant with Luke and not thinking much about Halloween shirts. :-)

What's Been Going On

I recently had a conversation with Jack about the need for him to learn to write his name legibly before he had to write his letter to Santa this Christmas. You know, we don't want Santa to feel confused. He has asked to practice almost daily since. Boy, has he gotten good at it! I'm quite certain that Santa is going to know exactly who wrote him this year.  

I bought a book at Costco a month or two ago that has lots of preschool activities, including Jack's favorite activity, cutting. Every time he finishes a page, he asks me to hang it on the refrigerator so Daddy can see when he gets home. We are flying through that book, so I was pretty excited when Erin sent me the link to another one that is similar. We don't want to run out of things to cut, glue, or color! 

Library day is one of Jack's favorite days of the week. It's always difficult because Luke is a mess all through story hour, but Jack loves Miss Tracy's story hour so much that we go anyway. A few weeks ago, Miss Tracy started doing a rhyme about monkeys teasing an alligator. Ultimately the alligator eats the monkeys one by one. Luke, the child who appears to not pay any attention at story hour, has started walking around the housing saying, "Na na na, na na na, SNAP!" It's pretty adorable. I snapped these photos within five minutes of us walking through the door after our library visit this week. My boys love books. 

And, that's what's been going on around here.

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