Early Thanksgiving

Yesterday Jackson's Kindergarten class performed some Thanksgiving holiday songs and also some Native American chants (hence the outfit) in the school hall. Then we (me, Jeremy, Jude, Ga-Ga, Pop, Grammy Linda, and Pap Jerry) proceeded to the school cafeteria to have Thanksgiving lunch with Jackson. We had a reserved table and some handmade centerpieces. It was so nice - even Jude sat for more than 2 seconds.

No, I Haven't Fallen Off the Face of the Earth

Great news! Kodak sent our camera back today fixed (and best of all free of charge!). It's perfet timing because tomorrow is Jackson's special Kindergarten lunch with a Thanksgiving presentation to follow. I'm sure I'll have some video footage and a slew of photos. Looking forward to it!

1st Haircut

Before Sue stated cutting

During the haircut


All done!

Well, we did it - we got Jude's hair cut. It was getting so long and although we loved the curls, many curls left with the humidity of the summer. He was such a good boy and looks so cute now. He seems to have gone from baby to boy in an instant.

Halloween @ School

Friday was Jackson's Halloween parade and party. He was one of 5 (I think) Batmans in his class. After the parade, the Kindergarten class sang some Halloween songs (like my favorite, 5 Little Pumpkins). Jeremy and I helped with the Halloween party in the gym. We were "Mummy Wrappers" - the kiddos would come in and we'd wrap them in toilet paper and then they'd bust out of it (and then we'd throw it all away - you know that killed us to see all that waste). The 2 masked men above are Jackson and his good buddy Spiderman (aka Andrew).

Batman

Jackson decided upon Batman for this year. We went trick-or-treating yesterday in Loretto. We'll also trick-or-treat @ the mall on Thursday evening. Jackson has a Halloween party and parade @ school on Friday. So there's no shortage on the Halloweening around here!

Nacho Libre

Did you ever wonder what Nacho Libre looked like as a baby? Well, we think we've got a pretty good idea as evidenced by Jude's costume! How funny is this? Thanks to Grammy Linda for the cape and the eye liner for the mustache. This might be the most sugar Jude has ever had.

Railroad Museum

It's been a long time since I've posted, but things have been way busy. Between work, soccer, craft fairs,etc. I just haven't had the time to sit down and put these photos together. These photos are from our little fall fieldtrip to the Altoona Railroader's Memorial Museum. We went last week and had a really great time. This is probably Jackson's 7th visit, but Jude's first. Jude is really into trains - as soon as he sees one, he says, "Chh- Chh."

Just some other highlights of the past week: Soccer season is over and although I loved coaching, I'm kinda glad it's over. Jackson rounded out the season in style - in the last 2 games of the season, he had like 15 goals.........My team was undefeated (although no one was keeping track of who won and who didn't:) Jeremy had his furniture @ the St. Mike's craft festival on Saturday and Sunday - he got a good idea of what kinds of things sell @ craft festivals. He sold a couple of things and has a couple of orders to work on before Christmas!
I broke our camera, so until we get it fixed or get a new one, the blog may be kinda boring for a while. Thanks for reading!