Back 2 School & Gettin' Chilly

Now that the kids are back in school (sometimes anyways ... we are having a lot of days off due to Election/Veteran's/Thanksgiving and even more half days due to conferences), we are getting back into our routine. Yeah!!! The teachers seem to be taking it easy on the kids (or maybe themselves) this first week with the level of homework. One of Caitlin's homework assignments was to decorate a turkey. We had a lot of fun playing with scrapbook supplies - ribbon, chalk, paint, stickles, brads, etc. to create her turkey. It was SOOO much more fun than math!!!  :-)

Along with the celebrations of Autumn come cooler temperatures and it certainly has been getting chillier here in Nevada these days.  All this means the fireplace has been seeing it's fair share of use. With the switch of a finger (ahhh, convenience) comes our cat, Motor. He loves to come and sit in front of the "fire" and take a little rest. What a life!

Enjoy the photos!  (There are two stragglers of craft pumpkins that the kids decorated for Halloween. Cam with Chicken Little and Caitlin with a mummy.)

Halloween and Sweet Dreams

Well, Halloween is over and it's on to Thanksgiving! The kids had a great time trick-or-treating with Dan while Dani stayed behind to pass out candy to about 200 children. It was a great time and so much fun to see our neighborhood in action!

Monday was back to school for the kids. Boy, was Dani ready!!! Having the kids home full-time created so much clutter. We are all glad to be getting back on a schedule.

As we all know, Tuesday was Election Day.  Dani took the kids with her to vote. The kids had never been before and were thrilled to see the action. After hearing about it at school and home, they both picked a candidate to root for. Cameron chose "Arack Obama" and Caitlin chose John McCain (although Cameron was determined to call him "Bob McCain" every chance he got). What little minds and opinions they have already!

Tonight, before going to bed, we went to check on the kids and found that these photos described their interests perfectly. Caitlin had been reading a book and Cameron had his Gameboy tucked under his leg. These rare and quiet moments bring such warm fuzzies. How lucky we are!!!

We hope this week finds you all doing fabulously!!!

Much love,

DDCC

Hannah Montana and Red Power Ranger from Jungle Fury