Continued - Mattie's 4th Grade Artwork

Mattie continues to amaze us with her artwork! Like I said, she definitely doesn't get this talent from me!!! :) Her school posts all of her artwork done in class to a website called 'Artsonia' and then we are alerted when a new one is posted. We can make comments and even order personalized things with her artwork on it - it is really cool!

   

 

 

Mattie's 10th Birthday

I always give the kids a choice of either getting a nice gift for their Birthday or having a nice party so Mattie of course chose a nice gift this year - a new iPod Touch. I felt bad she wasn't going to have a party so I told her she could have a friend or two spend the night and they could do crafts - well, that turned into having 7 girls stay over! She kept adding friends and said she couldn't have one and not the other. It went pretty well - I took them to see the Jolly Holiday Lights at Water Works Park and then to Michael's to pick out a couple crafts to do later in the night. We had a couple disagreements and a couple hurt feelings but overall it wasn't too bad. I told her next year she is only allowed to have 2 girls stay over - it's hard to keep that many girls happy! Ha We also had family over before her friends showed up!

 

 

 

Ryan's 5th Birthday

Ryan chose to have his 5th Birthday Party at The Playground for Kids in Ankeny this year - it was Batman Themed!! He invited several of his buddies from pre-school and of course family and friends. He thought it was really cool to see his friends outside of school ;) Can't believe he is already 5 years old though!





 

Ryan with his pre-school friends Callen and Van

 

Ry got matching Okoboji pants like his daddy!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trick or Treat

We had a great time during Beggar's Night last night - Mattie dressed up as a Skater Girl and Ryan was a Firefighter. Sometimes his outfit glowed so bright that you couldn't see him in the photos! Ha A few of Mattie's neighbor friends joined us which was fun :) It ended up getting cold once it got dark but the kids didn't seem to mind at all. They both got a ton of candy which they had to count as soon as they got home - they each ended up with well over 100 pieces.

Pumpkins!

I bought the kids some stick on faces for their pumpkins this year - Mattie's looks like a leprechaun/witch and Ryan's is a pirate.

Center Grove Apple Orchard

Matt and I took the kiddos to the Center Grove Apple Orchard last Sunday morning - it was a beautiful day to go! It was little chilly in the morning but warmed up quickly. This was our first time trying out Center Grove and we really enjoyed it. They had a lot of activities for the kids to do - a giant bouncy pillow to bounce on, a giant slide, hayrack rides, animals to feed, etc. Ryan was a little nervous to go down the big slide so Matt and I went down with them the first time - he really enjoyed it :)

Kobe Man!

We had some family over for Matt's Birthday last weekend but before we did that Kobe came over to play with his cousins for a couple hours. He was such a good boy and pretty hilarious. At one point he had a fake hammer and a paint brush in each of his hands acting like he was painting the floor of the garage :) Then he would spin around and laugh!! Him and Ry ran around the yard together and he thought it was pretty cool when cousin Ry would run and slide on the grass. Mommy on the other hand wasn't thrilled about this since he got grass stains on his new pants :( Mattie of course had to carry him around and show him off to the neighbor kids - they just adore him!! Oh, and then he rode on Ryan's play garbage truck with only a diaper and shirt on! Ha