Happy Halloween!

Yesterday, the boys had their fall parties and their halloween parade. So, here are pics of the boys in their costumes. Lucas had fun at his party making bookmarks, Noah and Eli had games. And they all of course had a ton of food!
The vampire

The phantom

The disappearing phantom

Today the boys didn't have school b/c of conferences. And they are all doing FANTASTIC in school! But tonight the boys have friends over for a sleep over and we had a halloween feast! Lucas wanted to carve pumpkins w/his friend. We also had a TON of food and a goosebumps marathon!

Lucas and his friend carving pumpkins.

All done!

And onto our food . . .

Witch's fingers . . .

Spider guacamole . . .

Alien eyeballs . . .

Bug/beetle parts punch . . .

Mummy pizzas and hot dogs . . .

I have some tweaking to do on the recipes if I were to make them again. But the kids enjoyed them, and ate them up quickly! I guess that is all that really matters.

And bring on the kiddos . . .

And now the food disappears! The boys are having a great time. Have a Happy Halloween!

What have we been up too . . . .?

I thought I would show off some of the great work the boys have done for school lately.

Eli has been working this month on a Halloween/science project. He did a poster presentation of "How glow sticks work!" I did a much better job of capturing the actual construction this time.

And the finished project.

Here are some short stories from Noah . . .

And from Lucas here are his butterfly life cycle. He really enjoyed learning about the monarch butterfly.

And here is his car design.

Well, the boys have school parties today- so come back to see more of what is going on at our house!

A day at the zoo . . .

Lucas's class had a field trip to the zoo on Thursday. It was a beautiful day. A few kids had never been-so it was wonderful to see them experience it for the first time. It has been awhile a few years since the last time I went, I really enjoyed the new polar bear exhibit.
Let the day begin . . .

Where is the polar bear?

On to Africa . . .

Gotta love monkeys . . .

He wouldn't smile for the camera, but he was still impressive!

Lucas said "I love vultures, well as long as I am not dead!"

The kids were impressed by the size of the tortoises.

One of the girls in the group was really looking forward to seeing the giraffes.

Just before lunch-we were back by the polar bear exhibit and he was putting on a show just for us. He kept swimming by the glass and flipping on to his back. He would push off w/his back paws- the kids loved putting their hands where his paws were. It was awesome!

After lunch, we head to Australia and to the cat walk!

Monkeys are my favorite! It was fun to watch these two groom each other.

The kangaroos were enjoying the beautiful weather also. It was a great field trip.

Happy 60th birthday Dad!

Last week, we had a surprise party for my Dad's 60th birthday! I have been waiting to steal some of my sis-in-laws pics to post. She got a brand new fancy camera-so I won't tell which are mine and which are hers. LOL! We went to a local buffet. Great food and no clean up! Can't beat that! All the kids were in a party mood . . .
Party hats- check!

Noise makers- check!

Decorations, cards, presents- check, check, and check!

Victoria might not have know what was going on but she was ready for a family time!Now where is the birthday boy?!?!

After he arrived it was time to eat and play pass the baby!

Dad's birthday hat got passed around.

And finally it was time for cards and presents!

Trevor was sooo excited for Papa to open his present. Until he found out it was a box, he nearly started to cry. It was hilarious!

While Trevor might not have been impressed w/Papa's present. Dad seemed to be happy w/it!

Dad was ready to take his new kindle home and begin downloading books! It was great to have the family together to celebrate! I am thankful that my kids will have so many memories of family parties, holiday, or cousin time! Love you guys!

A budding new author . . .

Here is an assignment Lucas did in school recently. His teacher says he is quie the author.

Hurricane Ike

In Sept, Eli had to do a project on a Hurricane. He picked Hurricane Ike and made a diorama of the night that Hurricane Ike approached the coast of Texas. I kept forgetting to charge my camera-so I don't have any pics of contructing the project. But here are pics of the finally project! He did lots of research-so ask him to share some facts w/you the next time you see him!

He gave his presentation last week and is still waiting to see what his grade is-but he thinks it's an A!