5 years of fun!

Nick turned 5 today!

We celebrated "Ben 10" style with a bunch of friends, candy and alien masks.

He is such a joy and delight to us! We are so grateful for his place in our family!

Goodbye dear friend

Before Christopher there was Nicholas,
Before Nicholas there was D.J,
and before ALL of them... there was Madison.
Goodbye beloved friend.

Writing

I love it when pieces of the puzzle start to come together. Nick will start kindergarten next year and I am amazed how quickly he picks up things. He is starting to sound out words and get them on to the paper. He loves to write to his friend Katy (an older woman of 6)

You have to read it backwards, but this says, "Katy I am 4"

Clearly he doesn't share in his brother's peace keeping efforts because he loves everything about guns and shooting. So, it makes sense that he would draw a gun and write about it.

He is quite proud that he drew the bullet.

DJ loves comic books and super heroes so I am flattered that he is writing about Super Mom.

Apparently, my super power is Super Scream. Here is the cover of the story, and the illustration of "super scream"

Smile

The boys... over the past 8 years.

Space

DJ LOVES the solar system. He can tell you more about the planets than you even want to know. He is an amazing young man, and I love the way his mind works. Today he made a model of the solar system out of K'nex.

Trick or Treat!

This was the year of the Superhero... Ironman and Superman were the costumes of choice. Chris went as a 3 year old (since he is still just 2 for a few more days) We played at Martin Park's annual Halloween Carnival, and went around the block near Aunt Terry's house to trick or treat. All the candy was consumed on Sunday, and we are ready for the next holiday!

Pumpkin Patch

We took the boys, at the last moment, to the pumpkin patch. All I wanted was a cute picture of my cute boys sitting calmly amongst the pumpkins. Is that really too much to ask?? Apparently it is! I did get some really cute pictures, but after only one turn in the bouncy pirate ship everyone left in tears because they wanted one more turn! Oh well, enjoy the cuteness!