Stanley at Preschool

I was parent-helper at Stanley's preschool, and captured these fun moments:

Playing in the space station

On a space mission

Presenting his "Me Pocket" to his class

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. Mimi came to visit from Indiana. It's her first time meeting Lisa, and they are quite the pair. Lisa loves her grandma, and so does Stanley. We made a big feast today: turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, creamed cauliflower, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, and cherry pie. We finished the evening watching Polar Express. Hope all our family and friends had a happy turkey day!

Eating our feast!

Our first Thanksgiving with Lisa

My turkeys

Thanksgiving snuggles

6-Months Old

I'm a few weeks late with Lisa's 6-month update! She's doing great, and a lot has happened in this last month. She is solidly rolling over from her back to stomach, but she mostly gets stuck there. She went in a swing at the park for the first time. She started eating solid food. She giggles a lot! And she's taken many steps backward in her night sleeping (we're all so tired here!).

Her stats:
20 lbs. 14 oz.
29 in.

6-months old

Lisa's First Food

Lisa started eating food this week! Her first food was bananas. Today she had avocado and bananas. She squished it in her fingers and ate it off her hands. She loved it!

First food: bananas

Avocado and bananas: yummy fingers!

Cute Lisa Moments

Happy girl in her swing

Exersaucer fun!

Playing like a big girl

 

Cutie pie getting ready to go outside

Happy Halloween!

Halloween was very busy this year! Here are a few things we did this year to celebrate.

Costume Party

We went to a costume party at the local community center. It started out really fun, playing games and getting treats. Unfortunately Stanely got scared by the spooky hallway. He was already frightened and then the fire alarm went off and everyone had to evacuate! We think it was because of a fog machine. Stanley was crying and wanted to leave. In the car he said, "Well, mommy, let's not plan to do that again next year!"

Wild Wizard

Playing games

Making a pumpkin craft

Halloween School Fun

Stanley took a field trip with his class to the pumpkin patch. They got to pick out a pumpkin, and then they had a pumpkin-carving party at school to carve it. They also got to wear their costumes to school and trick-or-treat to the offices in the church where their preschool classroom is. 

Getting ready for the field trip

Big Kid ready for his field trip!

Pumpkin-Carving Party

Scary pumpkin carved with daddy

Trick-Or-Treating
Stanley and Lisa were very magical this Halloween--dressing as a wizard and a witch!

Getting ready to trick-or-treat

Trick-or-treating buddies

Sleepy little witch

Mommy and baby witch

Magical crew