Fun-Filled Fall

The boys wearing their sweaters inside out for inside out shirt day at school.

There is a lot going on in our house--these two little guys keep us pretty busy.  Yesterday Logan's class went to Chitwood Park (known as the Rocket Park around here).  Logan ran around with his friends playing Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Bros.  Logan had a blast!

Friday they get to dress as rock stars for school.  This is challenging because we have to follow the school dress code--it gives Jacob and me a chance to be creative.  Ha. Yes, there will be pictures!  Friday evening is the fall carnival at the school.  We haven't decided if we are going to go to the carnival or take the boys to Story Book Forest.  It will be the only evening we can take them and they keep asking us when we're going.  It just isn't Halloween around here without going to Story Book Forest!  Saturday evening the boys are going to a costume party for their friend, Tristin. They are excited about that!  Sunday, my parents are coming up to bring the boys' Halloween goodies and then Monday evening we plan to order the Jack-O-Lantern pizza for dinner and Jacob is going to take the boys trick-or-treating with a little help from my cousin, Matt.  We are so thankful that he offered to take off work and go with Jacob to help with the boys--I just didn't know how much walking and trick-or-treating I would be able to do. We have parent/teacher conferences coming up, another baby shower next week, and then Nov. 14th is the day we will get to meet miss Kaitlyn.  The boys are excited about her--for now.  I don't know if this will change once we get her here and she is screaming and giving us dirty diapers.  Ha. The boys have been helpful--they help me with laundry and setting the table.  They help clean up and help make their beds--they even clean floors for me!  They can be rowdy and loud and there are days when I want to pull my hair out, but overall, I know I have been blessed with good boys.
I think they are two of the most amazing people I have ever known and I'm so glad that I get to be their mother.  I can't imagine life without either of them. Here's to many more years of fun and craziness with two awesome little guys!

Saving Humpty Dumpty

Last week Alex's class received a letter telling the students that Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall and even the King's men couldn't figure out how to put the pieces of Humpty back together again. Each first grader was asked to build a container or contraption that would hold Humpty and keep him from breaking if he fell again.

Here is Alex (it was pajama day at school) holding the beginnings of his container for Humpty.

We did some research online before deciding what kind of container to make.  Most of the information we found stated that people who had made a container out of a tennis ball container or Prinkles container kept the egg from breaking.  We decided to try it. We kept two of the tennis balls in the container to add a little bit of weight to the bottom of the container.

It was a family project so we all helped. Logan held the container while Alex filled it with shaving cream.  It was a huge mess and the boys had a blast doing it!  LOL  Alex put as much shaving cream in the container as it would hold.  Then, he placed the egg (hard boiled) into the shaving cream padding and put on the lid.

Alex then held it over his head and dropped it--this was our first test.  The egg didn't crack so we tried it again with Alex standing on a chair.  It still didn't break.  We figured it was good to go so I asked Alex if he wanted to paint or decorate the container.

Jacob helping decorate the container.

Logan helped Alex paint the container--they had a lot of fun with this.

I didn't get a picture of the finished product, but it was ready for Alex to take to school on Friday.  He said they used a ladder and dropped the containers from the top of the ladder.  I asked how it went and he said, "Not good.  Mine broke."  I said, "I bet a lot of others broke too?"  He said, "Yeah, a lot of them broke.  It was fun, though."

We had a lot of fun making the container with Alex for his class. We didn't save Humpty Dumpty but Alex learned something and had a lot of fun in the process!