Halloween
Sharing our pursuit of God via His Purpose, Eachother, Authenticity, Character, People, Excellence, Laughter, and Experience.
One of the risks involved in marrying a "go-er" (one who wants to go and do and not stay at home too much) is that he will produce more "go-ers". I am a 50-50 go-er/stay-er (when I go too much I spring back into defese mode and get in a 10-90 ratio) but David is mostly go-er. Dax is probably 75-25 go-er/ stay-er. Cole is all go-er! That boy would rather be out enjoying the world all the time! This week I have gone and done more than usual (with something 3 out of 5 nights) and it is still not enough for him! So we went and watched Daddy ref today in the cold and the mud of the "playground" by the field (it consisted of swings over mud puddles and a merry-go-round on its last leg settled in the middle of a mud "moat")! Colton still swears it was not a playground because it did not have a slide:) He still liked being out even with the 45 minutes of just being out of the house and playing in the "back-back" of the Pilot. I have wondered the past few weeks why he has been less aggrivated with life since he started school -- assuming that he was learning social skills etc. I am beginning to think it may just have to do with going!! This week I thought I would try going a little more and see if my hypothesis was correct. I did have to get creative with funds and gas and self-sacrifice but all in all I think I will be tagging-a-long a little more(not all the time, mind you, they need to learn to be home too)!
Tonight, over dinner, the boys and I were discussing God. It went something like this:
It is surreal when you have a baby...surreal when you have a toddler... REALLY SURREAL when you are a preschool parent...and EXTREMELY SURREAL when you are an elementary parent. The boys are definately growing. Last night there was a fall festival at the church that Cole attends for preschool and they both new about it. Some of Dax's friends from kindergarten were going because they attend church there and of course, and Cole is currently there. Dax was so hoping to see his old preschool buddy, "Dusty" along with some others. He did have a mini-reunion with some but Dusty wasn't there. He was so happy to see them due to they are all at different kindergartens in the county. It was a strange feeling having him know so many people not just from preschool and not just kids but also adults now that he is in an even larger school. Cole also enjoyed introducing me to new friends (he switched classes this week) and other teachers. They had a blast getting candy, jumping on the inflatables, enjoying the hayride, participating in their first cake walk (that turned into more of a cake run:) and seeing friends. I unfortunately forgot to take pictures- Dax was a firefighter and Cole was "Cole in a jersey". Dax lost his badge during some portion of the festivities and it was tragic for a moment, but we talked through it on the way home. As he was going to bed, he made my heart melt with, "Mom, I don't like that I lost my fire badge but I am glad I have you."
Favorites from last week are:
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We spent last week having a joke of the day each morning before we left for school. The favorites go to:
Labels: jokes