We hope Halloween was spooktackular for all of you. We certainly had a fun time.
It was about 65 and the sun was still up for our trunk-or-treat, then we went to the mall for the actual Halloween fest and spent only an hour and had a whole other bucket full of candy.
Jacob really got the hang of it this year and still couldn't believe how much candy was "his". We have magically made the candy disappear and surprisingly enough, the kids haven't asked for it in a couple of days.
The dressing up was fun. Tara was spiderella , Emily was Belle one night and Rapunzel the next, and Jacob was "Diego".
The spookiest thing lately was I killed the 2nd black widow spider right outside our door a couple nights ago. Anyone know how to locate and get rid of those?
Gene has made 2 short trips to Chicago in the last 2 weeks and heads to Denver on Sunday for a full week of skiing.........oh, just kidding, work!
We had our first freeze last night but, it'll be back up to 69 on Monday. Weird weather, eh?
Our primary talent show is Saturday. Tara's going to play the piano, Jake will sing his "abc's" and Emily is going to hop on one foot, spin around and slap/clap at the same time. Should be a fantastic show.
I wrote a blog entry a couple weeks ago but lost it right before I could send it...but, all went well with our primary program The visiting stake said it was the best they have seen this year. I was so thrilled, the kids did a fantastic job and most of the kids memorized their parts. Now that the PTA membership drive and the primary program are over.....I am flying free as a bird. I helped in Emily's classroom today making indian head dresses for their upcoming thanksgiving feast.
Jacob made a big leap in speech this week. He actually said "key" instead of "tey" and "glue" instead of "due" He has had it at the end of a word but, not the beginning. I am really thrilled about that. Our RS Pres. and her family are moving in January. We carpool with her and so once they move, I don't know how I'll get Jake to preschool. I'm hoping something works out. He's finally getting the hang of things on a tight schedule.
We had a fall break and had a week off of school. We saw "Underdog" at the dollar theater and visited all our favorite parks. It was really hard to get back to school with it being cold and dark.
Tara has been attending "math club" tutoring on Weds. mornings. I think it's helped her confidence in taking the timed tests....she knows all her math, she just can't do 40 questions in 2 minutes. So, she's been practicing. She started a new piano book , she's finished her first.
I'll do my best to keep up. Till then, take care!
