A little bragging...

I have awesome kids! I just wanted to take a moment to brag about their accomplishments. Connor and I have been doing "school time" together since I opted not to send him to preschool. He's been learning letters and their sounds, and numbers too. He knows all the letters by sight and we are halfway through the alphabet with sounds now. He can also read a digital clock pretty good. He especially knows when 7am is because that's when I've been letting him get up(we are preparing for the time change). So, we were in the store the other day and I wanted to have Connor show off his letter skills to his Daddy. I found the word CAT in a preschool book and said, "Connor sound out the word and see if you can tell me what it is" (we had never done this before, it was only a test!). Connor sounded out each letter correctly one after the other and then said CAT! He was so proud that he read his first word with no help and we were so thrilled! I can't believe my baby is starting to read! We've been practicing reading simple words now and he's just doing great!

Haydn my little climber is such a joy! He hasn't been sleeping well lately, I still haven't figured out why. He is babbling more and more but no real consistent words yet. The other day I had the boys at the park and Haydn was crawling through tunnels and climbing up stairs. He was all over the equipment with me right there making sure he didn't tackle anything he's too little to do himself. He has no fear.

We've been having tons of fun with Halloween prep this year. More pics will follow soon of their cute costumes.

Bubbly Boy!

There are an endless supply of pics of my boys in the water but here's a couple more. Haydn is such a crazy kid in the tub. He will fall in the water so many times as he crawls and climbs about but he NEVER gets scared or upset. He LOVES the water and has NO fear! These pics are right after he took such a dive and ended up with a bubbly face...Santa's a little early this year!

Fall Festival

We went to a Fall festival at Westmoor Park on Sat. We went with some friends for Connor too- Sam and Jonah. They had a great time together sliding down a hill of hay, running through a maze and roasting marshmallows. It was way fun.

FHE- Fire Dept. Open House

For Family Home Evening tonight we took the boys to the a fire station where they were having an open house. It was great and Connor really learned a lot. They taught him all about fire alarms, how to crawl under the smoke, how to dial 911, and what to do when your clothes catch fire. He even got to sit inside a fire truck and try on real fire man clothes. They let me put out a real fire with a fire extinguisher too. We took Connor home and quizzed him about what he learned and he remembered everything!

Scarecrow Craft

We did a Halloween Craft today! We started this at playgroup the other day but put it on hold to make it better. Thanks to Jenn for the idea. Anyways, this is our scarecrow, Connor II. We stuffed some of Connor's clothes with leaves and hung them on some crossed sticks. Then we painted an old soccer ball and put a face on it. Then gave it a straw hat for a finishing touch. Way fun. Connor loved painting, we should do it more often. Here's the funny thing though. Connor doesn't really like his hands dirty (or maybe I am just picky about it and he's caught on) so when he got some paint on his fingers the first thing he did was stick them in his mouth! Oh boy, I couldn't believe it. I'm like, "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!" Crazy kid! I guess because we were at the table he just wasn't paying attention the the fact that we weren't playing with food.