…of Christmas shopping is ONLINE! The kids are nearly done and it took less than an hour with a glass of wine in hand. Ah… Time to sit back and relax!
Book IT!
We went to Pizza Hut tonight to use the Book IT! certificates that the kids earned for reading in October. It was John’s very first Book IT! ever and he chose a personal pan pepperoni pizza. Laura chose a cheese pizza. The entire dinner cost a whopping $12 with tip. I love these Book IT! certificates… The Book IT! program gets both kids reading a lot, and we get a cheap dinner out! Win-win!
Reading
This has become one of Andy’s and John’s favorite part of our evenings – reading John’s library books. It’s so great to see John so excited to have Daddy read to him!
The Little Things…
Nearly every day after I put the kids in the bus, I hop into the truck for my drive to work. I usually end up following the kids’ bus. As I pull up to the stoplight at Rangeline and Brown School Road, the bus is usually beside me because the driver cannot turn right on a red light. I look over and see two round heads waving at me and smiling away. I wave back and smile just as big. The little things in life are the ones that make it worth it…
Busy Sunday!
It’s been a busy weekend so why should Sunday be any different?!? After Church and Sunday School, we headed to Rockbridge State Park to take some pictures of the kids and experiment a bit with the Canon Digital Rebel. I think we got a few decent shots…
…of Laura (seriously, this kid just *knows* how to pose for photos)
…of John
…of both of them
…and, well, it got a little goofy at times…
As soon as pictures were done, we headed for Shryock’s Corn Maze for the last day of the season. What fun even though John was a tiny bit tired. We wandered through the maze and found some of the checkpoints. We had some hot chocolate and Tiger Stripe ice cream while the kids played in the dried corn bin. We enjoyed watching the three-story gumball machine deliver gumballs to the kids.
After all the excitement of the day and weekend, we headed home for dinner, bath, and early bed. I think it is safe to say that *all* of the Kassels were tired! It was much, much needed sleep after four busy, busy days.
Busy Saturday!
It was a busy, busy Saturday! First up, we went to Home Depot for Kids’ Workshop. This month the kids got to build a tabletop ship or “The Mayflower” as Laura called it. John got to build first and was the picture of concentration. That boy loves swinging a hammer!
When it was Laura’s turn, it hit me that she actually reads the directions now and tells Andy what step is next. She also does most of the building herself. She is getting so big!
After a tasty lunch at Lone Star Steakhouse, we headed home to get ready for the second part of our day – the invasion of the Creech children! Reagan, Wilson, and Jackson arrived about 2:45 to spend the rest of the day with us while their parents went to the MU football game. To say the kids had fun just *might* be an understatement! It was a crazy rest of the day, but it was fun. At one point, we had as many as seven kiddos running around our house. We will definitely have tired kids (and adults) tomorrow!
Did I happen to mention it was ALSO Andy’s and my 17th wedding anniversary? Oh, I didn’t? Well, it was. Don’t worry, we will get date night next weekend while the kids attend the Camp MUDD Reunion. 🙂
Amazing Sky
The view off our back deck this evening
