Pumpkin Boys

Thank you for the matching shirts, Mimi!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spin at the Science Center

Micah and his buddy Piper

State Fair

We had a fun, last-minute trip to the State Fair in Raleigh with Mimi, Granddaddy, Amy, Caleb, and Jacob. This is the first year Josiah got to ride several rides. He and Caleb were both very adventurous and game for anything. Josiah said the fastest roller coaster and tall slide were his favorite. Micah rode several as well, but wasn't tall enough for most of them. They both loved funnel cake too!

A few I missed

From the first day of Transitional Kindergarten

 

From his actual birthday day

Watching Thomas with Pa

Apple Picking with Nana

Our fun activity with Nana while she was in town was going to pick apples. Mommy goofed a little in that this is the same orchard we're going to next week with Josiah's class. Oops. It'll still be fun.

Discovered that apple picking is more fun on Mama's shoulders. Josiah is extremely bothered by the gnats.

Digging in

 

Our bounty

And there went Nana's heart. As if she still had it.

 

 

Petting a pumpkin. His idea.

Making apple crisp this weekend. Baking = math lessons.
Yes, I let my oldest child sit on the counter top.

First Oreo Dunk

 

Waiting for Nana

He did this on his own initiative.

She made it!

School Days

TK is going well for Josiah! He groans most mornings about going, and most afternoons about homework. But he seems to enjoy both once he starts. We've seen so many changes in him already. For instance, in the pictures above and below. He actually drew something. It's no Degas, but he refused to even try to do so until this year. In the picture above he is swimming in a pool.

 

Doing some homework. We've officially entered that phase. In this assignment, he had to draw pictures of a large, medium and small bear. Being who is, he had to be accurate. The large bear is a polar bear, the medium size is a Grizzly and the small is a sun bear. No Goldilocks for us, thank you.

Another funny homework incident: he had an assignment to think of something loud and something quiet, and write down the word. First, for loud, he named a snapping shrimp. I said that was too long of a word for him to fit in the allotted space. He conceded to blue whale. I went along with it. Jonathan got home from work and was unsure about that a blue whale was a loud animal, so he did some research. He discovered that the blue whale is in fact the second loudest animal on earth.
The first loudest is the snapping shrimp.

Helping Daddy Mow the Grass

Sometimes we like to help Daddy this way, by providing moral support.

Other times we really like to help him with our own efforts.