Thanksgiving Pilgrim

Michael's class performed a play "The First Thanksgiving". He LOVES to perform and was very specific about how his costume needed to be. He needed red stockings (we dyed some of mine), a brown coat with a white full collar, knicker type pants, and buckles on his shoes. He looked great and did well. The only glitch was when he almost missed his line, because he was so busy smiling for people taking pictures with their cameras! He is such a fun person. And really lights up on stage. He loves the attention and revels in the spotlight.

Birthday Boy

Parker turned ten on November 27, 2007. He sure is a great kid. He's anxiously been checking the mail for letters and packages from grandparents. Thanks for taking care of him. He had a great day. I took molasses cookies to his class--his favorite. He was "beaming". He could not quit smiling. What a fun person. Here are the kids playing CLUE. He also got some snow gloves, the outfit he is wearing, some Star Wars Legos, and some little Transformers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARKER!

Fall Leaves

The kids LOVE to play in the leaves. This started back when we lived in Loagn and we'd rake piles to jump in. Chris, Doug, and Debbie even broke away from their studies to play. I think it is something that you never really outgrow.

Under Eliza's direction, they raked leaves into piles, then loaded the leaves onto a tarp, and transported the leaves to the main pile. They really had it down and mastered their "leafing" techniques. They've had fun. We still have an abudance of leaves and I've got a huge blister--so I am taking a raking leave of absence for a while.