Turkeys and School Parties

I am so thankful that I was able to swap out my one predictable day of work for a different day in order to be able to attend Josiah's Fall Party at school last Thursday. Since I was making the Oreo Turkey's for Josiah's 4 year old class, I decided to make enough for Mackenzie's class, too. They were not having a party that day, but Mrs. Hatmaker was excited to have the treats anyhow. So, the first picture is of the Oreo Turkeys that I took for Josiah's class. This second picture is of the whole flock of turkeys that I took for the 21 kids in Mackenzie's class! I was glad her teacher said it would be okay for me to bring them, as it is kind of a tradition for us. Mackenzie was pleased, too.
Here's an up close of the turkeys. We got the idea a few years ago from a Family Fun issue. Mackenzie was actually pictured in the magazine mail section with them one year!

The next set of pictures are of Josiah's class party.

Above is Callie, Logan, and Josiah. By the way, fall party day was also pajama day!

Logan and Josiah.

Josiah's whole Tues/Thurs MDO class. From left to right: Mrs. Wendi, Ava, Logan, Josiah (my little turkey), Brooke, Callie, and Lexi.

Another picture of the entire class together.

Josiah

Mrs. Wendi picked up my camera while I was handing out the Oreo Turkeys. I like this picture of Josiah, me, and the turkeys. :)

This one's my favorite!

Another mom made the spider cupcakes. Aren't they adorable?! Josiah enjoyed his plate full of treats.

This is Callie's mom, who made the spider cupcakes, reading a book to the kids.

Mackenzie's class had a day full of fun crafts, like decorating pumpkins, on Friday. They were allowed to dress up like farmers, hillbillies, Indians, cowboys, or cowgirls on Friday. It's kind of a story telling festival. Big day of fun, though it wasn't a day where parents were invited to attend. So, I took Mackenzie to school as usual. Poor kid. I was not creative enough to dress her up that day. When I dropped her off in her uniform, I quickly realized the whole class was dressed up! One little boy asked her, "Mackenzie, did you not want to dress up?" I was in the hallway and could not hear her response, but I felt horrible. She HAD wanted to dress up. I did not have anything on hand at home to use to dress her up, so I sent her on in uniform. Well, without Mackenzie knowing it, Josiah and I rerouted our morning plans. We headed straight to Target. I had no idea if I would find anything, but figured it was worth a try. Guess what?! Target had several choices of girly flannel plaid shirts! Perfect. I quickly made a selection and we headed straight back to school. I pulled Mackenzie out of class for a few minutes. She was confused about why I was there in the morning. When she spotted the shirt and jeans that I had found, she was delighted! Once "properly" dressed, she returned to class and enjoyed her day. She really had a good attitude about having been one of two kids not dressed up. I was pleased with her "it's okay"attitude, especially since I knew that she did, indeed, want to dress up! She says she was a hillbilly in her flannel plaid shirt! I love it.

I stuffed Friday Folders each Friday afternoon this month for her class, so I snapped the above picture of the class as I picked her up at the end of the day on Friday. What a fun week for both kids! And for me, too. ;)

Now I'm just 3 posts behind to have October complete!

Soccer Medal & Buddies

I'm about five blog posts behind from the month of October, and today is already November! What a full, fun, busy month we've had. So, without further adieu, here's some updates. That's my little soccer player, Josiah, sitting with his friends.
He marched right up to receive his medal at the end of the season.

He's so proud of his medal! He vividly remembers Mackenzie receiving her trophy at the end of her one-and-only soccer season. He was so happy to get something special like that, too!

My proud little man. He had so much fun playing soccer, that he's already signed up for the spring season, too. I'm thankful for the opportunities the kids have to try new things, learn, and grow.

Here's an up close pic of the front of the medal.

Here's the back of the medal.

This picture is random, but I had to include it somewhere. The kids and I went to a pumpkin patch with Josiah's best friend, Kameron. Those boys had so much fun together. Last year, they were in school together. This year, they are not, but they still enjoy time together.

Josiah is now 43 inches tall and 40 1/2 lbs. Mackenzie is 46.5 inches tall and 45 1/2 lbs. I am shocked at how much they have grown over the past 5 or 6 months.

On the school front, Mackenzie is reading in the green group, at the top of her class. I am amazed at the huge words she is able to read. Josiah is now learning the blend ladders. He knows all the vowels and the sounds that they make. He is able to read any 3 letter word that follows the rules, such as cat, sit, run, cut, etc. You can asked him to spell any 3 letter word that follows the rules, and he can do it! Amazing. He hears the phonics and sounds it out and spells it accurately. I love to see him learning to read. He is proud, too, as he wanted to be able to read just like his sister. :)

Pumpkin Patch Pictures!

This post was a week in the making, but better late than never! :) I will warn you, there are a ton of pictures. Our out-of-state relatives will enjoy all these pictures...the rest of you, well, sorry! ;) We went to the pumpkin patch a week ago yesterday with the Mease's. We all had such a wonderful time! I was so excited about how the picture of all four of us turned out. Thanks, Cindy, for taking it for us!

My little pumpkin, Mackenzie, holding a little pumpkin.

My little pumpkin, Josiah, holding (moving, it's blurry) a little pumpkin.

My two babies together when we just arrived at the pumpkin patch and were waiting in line to enter.

Mackenzie on a pumpkin.

Josiah on a pumpkin.

Two little monkeys hanging from the tree!

Josiah peering through the haystacks.

Mackenzie peering through the haystacks.

Mackenzie with a tiny pumpkin cradled in her hands.

Josiah with a tiny pumpkin cradled in his hands.

A gigantic balloon jumpy thing. Held in place by tons of dirt covering the edges. SO much fun! Look at the above picture of Mackenzie jumping toward David, then look at the picture below.

She's flying!

Josiah, Lauren, Allison, Mackenzie, and David on the balloon trampoline.

Josiah, Mackenzie, and Allison.

Mackenzie, Josiah, Allison, David.

Mackenzie and David.

Josiah, Mackenzie, Lauren, and Allison.

Cindy and Josiah. Josiah had just come out of the slide and was running to do it again.

Josiah coming out of the slide again.

Mackenzie driving the pedal tractor/car thing.

Bill and Lauren, Mackenzie, and unknown boy driving the pedal tractors.

Josiah driving the pedal tractor.

David and Josiah with the corn maze in the background.

Mackenzie coming down the slide.

All four of us in front of a kiddie hay bale maze.

I love this one of the four of us! Thanks, Cindy. We were on the hayride on our way to the pumpkin field.

Here we are in the field of pumpkins. I could not decide which picture I liked best for the blog header, so I played around with a couple of them.

Mackenzie picking out a pumpkin since we had a coupon for two free pumpkins.

Josiah deciding which one to choose.

David carrying the two chosen pumpkins!

Josiah and Allison in the field with the hayride wagon in the background.

Back on the hayride towards the main area.

Josiah, Mackenzie, and David going through the corn maze. David led the way and we made it through all 1.8 miles of maze! (The longer side was over 2 miles and we decided we'd best do the shorter side with the kids.)

Back home with the pumpkins.

I love this one of Mackenzie.

Josiah wanted his face painted while at the pumpkin patch. He chose camo. Pretty funny, but cute pic with his pumpkin, too.