Halloween 2013

We had a happy Halloween. Seth and Carter love to paint their faces. We took an old sheet from DI to make Seth into a ghost.

We painted Carter's face green and he was Frankenstein.

Thomas decided to grab some old clothes out of a box in the basement and wear some black glasses with no lenses.  He could have been a few different things: a nerd, a used car salesman, an insurance agent.

Keenan was a mummy.  The boys had a great Trick or Treating.

Red Ribbon Week

 Two of the activities this week for red ribbon week was disguise day...

and crazy hair day. Thomas drew the mustache and side burns, and Seth was excited to be looking like his Dad. He has also wanted to do his hair in a mohawk everyday because he loved it so much. He loves school and has a great time everyday. 

Keenan is getting closer to walking everyday.  He loves his walker. He tried out these boots that are made for walking, but they are still a little too big.  

Brick Mailbox

My mother asked me to build a brick mailbox for her a few years ago.  I laid a cement slab and did not get any further.  

My parents were out of town this last weekend, so I went to work getting their brick mailbox build.  It also was my mother's birthday.

We made the core out of cinder blocks.  Then we put brick on the outside.  We used a level on every brick.

It took me much longer than it should have.  This was my first attempt at laying brick.  I watched a few videos on YouTube and then went at it.  

The boys and Jennifer were with me the whole time handing me bricks and bringing me water.  Here you can see my neon orange level on top of the cinder blocks.  That is not a good place to put it.  I accidentally knocked in down inside once.  It fell all the way to the ground.  Luckily we have a long grabber tool in the van that Jennifer uses to hand things back to the boys.  We used that to fish it out.

I made sure to leave my mark.

We put a bow it.  After all it was a present.

Keenan did laps with the walker as we worked.  

Halloween Crafts

Thomas has been out hunting in the evenings, so the boys and I got a little crafty. 

They had a blast. We took empty baby food jars and painted them, then drew on the faces. It did not cost us a thing and we had a great evening.  

We then put then on display with lights. 

Seth now wants to be an artist when he grows up. 

Character Counts

Seth loves school. He is a great student. At the school they try to honor the student for good character. Last month's character trait was Honesty. His picture will go up in the hallway at the school. It is to bad that he fell on the playground at recess and got cut and bruised. I guess it will be a good memory.