PreK Thanksgiving

I spent the morning volunteering in my younger son's PreK/VPK class. They had their Thanksgiving celebration.  Our day included lots of circle time and special centers with some playtime outside and a big feast to end the day.  Here's my son checking out his painted hand after making turkey hand prints. :)  

Beautiful night on the beach

Tonight, it was a beautiful evening at the beach!  After the sun set, the sky and water turned gorgeous pinks and blues.  I saw this heron peacefully walking along the shore as I was driving out of the park and pulled over to quickly take his picture. :)

My little reader

This boy loves to read!  He reads at every opportunity... How cute is he in his alien jammies reading his magazine in his room?  Ugh....  

Boys on their way to school

I couldn't help stopping the boys on their way down the stairs this morning to take their picture.   They were so adorable! They just happened to be wearing matching clothes.  My husband was all worried about being late and I think I made him mad when I said I wanted to snap their photo, but I felt compelled to capture the moment.  I sometimes stop with a jolt when I realize that they are both in school now...they are growing up so fast.  This is something that you hear everyday: "They grow up so fast".  But, it is scarily true.  I need to figure out a way to stop time or at least to enjoy every single moment and soak it all up to the max.  It is such good, precious, invaluable time....life is so fleeting.  The good stuff goes by so fast....it is really a crime to miss even a second of it with stress, worry, or "small stuff".  If there is one thing I need to practice, it is living in the present because the present is so GOOD. :)

Making autumn cookies

Today the kids and I made "autumn cookies".  They rolled the dough, cut, scooped, and decorated them almost completely by themselves.  It was impressive. :)  The cookies came out great, and they're yummy! :)

Brothers playing

My sons had a little jam session today on the porch.  Can you even imagine anything cuter?  I literally almost killed myself running into the house to get my camera while my husband was grilling dinner behind me.  SO cute!

Birthday party fun

We spent the afternoon at my son's close friend's house for his 8th birthday party.  The highlights of the day were the "donut contest" where the kids had to race to see who could finish eating the donuts hanging from a tree by fishing line the fastest and the "spit ball" game where the kids got to go crazy blowing these small balls out of these tubes at each other (and me).  They were hilarious.  They all ganged up on me at one point, and I got attacked!  Ah....all for the pictures. :)