Kindergarten Feast 2010

Marisa's kindergarten class worked all last week preparing their Thanksgiving feast. They made all of the decorations, costumes and food. Marisa chose to be an Indian (as opposed to a Pilgram). The feast included "stone" soup, cornbread muffins, hand churned butter and little pumpkin pies. The kindergarteners cut up carrots, potatoes and celery to put in the soup and made the muffins, butter and pies all by themselves. It was quite an impressive spread and they were very proud of themselves.

2nd Grade Trip to Town Hall

Maya's 2nd/3rd grade class (known as MACLand) went on a walking field trip to the Town Hall to visit with the Mayor. The kids had a great time asking all about local government and even got to sit in the city council's seats. As you can see, Maya chose to sit in Mayor Rivas' chair. Maya asked the Mayor who his favorite baseball team was and was quite disappointed when he said the Dodgers. Boo Dodgers!

Apple Hill with the Lees 2010

We spent a lovely afternoon at Apple HIll with the Lee family. The girls enjoyed running a muck with the cousins and eating "caramel apples". (Actually they were covered in fudge and gummy worms.) It was a sunny fall day and the kids enjoyed playing at the playground, learning about how cider and pie is made and climbing trees. We sure love being so close to Apple Hill that we get to play tour guide for our friends and family!

Geology Rocks 2010

Maya's class put on a play called "Geology Rocks" - they did an amazing job considering that they are 2nd and 3rd graders. Maya played a mountain and even had a line -- "Why, yes, I am made of rock." She did a great job singing the songs and all the kiddos had a good time. She is blessed to have phenomenal teachers.

Fieldtrip to Firehouse 2010

Every year, the kindergarteners walk to the fire station for a tour and then head to the city park for a special field trip. It seemed like it was just yesterday that I went on this same field trip with Maya when Marisa tagged along as a preschooler. Now, Marisa seems so grown up in her own kindergarten class. It was a lovely fall day and the kids had such a great time walking through downtown and touring the fire station. They especially loved shooting the hose at the end of the tour.

Halloween 2010

With Halloween falling on Sunday this year, we were afraid that the kiddos would feel left out and not enjoy Halloween. We were worried for nothing because we went to 3 super fun Halloween parties and by the time it was actually Halloween, we were already tired of it! On Halloween day, we spent a fun day together watching the Giants and decorating Halloween sugar cookies. This year, Maya was a Jedi, Marisa was Jesse and James was Crush the Turtle from Nemo.

James eating breakfast

Jeff thought James was so cute the other day when he was eating breakfast that he snapped these pictures of him. He loves to smile for the camera and ham it up. He really is a playful and fun loving little boy!