Spooky and Thankful Times

This was at our Halloween Pre-school swap I do with a few moms

this is William the ninja 

Sadie, Joseph, Daxlee, London, Alyssa, and Bridger

A spooky cake

goodies

Sabrina and Pippa

Joseph

the crew

Bridger pinning the nose on the Pumpkin

Arya, our little skeleton girl :)

Alyssa

The girls

Watching a Halloween flick

Doughnut eating contest

The cattle rustler and her prize

Booooooooo and Rooooaaaar!

My little Cow :)

My cute boys reading one of their favorite stories we found at the library, 'Blueberries for Sal'

Our Thankful Tree we made for November.  We put something we are grateful for on each finger.

I love Arya's hands.  So cute!

A Beautiful Sunset the other night

Arya is smiling more and starting to get nice round cheeks.  She is sleeping for longer stretches in the night but still thinks bedtime is at 12:30am

I went to parent/teacher conferences yesterday for Gideon and he is a great student.  He was tested in Reading and has a third grade reading level, but the teacher told me, "That was as high as my resources went, so I think he might be even higher."  Wow!!  Go Gideon.  He is taking a writing class called the 'six traits of Writing' to help his writing skills be brought up to his reading level.  

 He loves school and loves learning and making friends.

Bridger is starting to write really well and identifies his letters well.  He loves his baby sister, literally.  THe other day he said, "Mom I am so in love with Arya, I want to marry her when I grow up"  I thought that was cute.  He adores her and always 'smothers' her in hugs and kisses.   Both boys love making videos with my camera.  I am pretty lucky to have them in my life.  

Joseph has been working a lot lately.  He was working his regular schedule for a couple of days 7-5 and then a couple of night shifts then a couple of regular shifts with a weekend of night shifts after working a full week.  He is 2nd in command in the armory so he picks up the slack when needed.  It has been really nice to have him go to church with us every Sunday lately.  I love it.  

I am exhausted and seem to never be able to catch up with my house but I sure love my kiddos and being a mom, I am just a more tired, a little more cranky, less productive, but still in the end happy mommy :)