It's been crazy around here and now it's October! So I'll back track a bit to catch you up. Soccer for Will wrapped up the end of August. His biggest fan was there cheering him on from the sidelines -
Zanna's such a good little sister! I had to chase after her a few times as she tried to join the team and run onto the field to play with Will. She does seem to have a natural talent for sports and she's fearless - should be interesting!
We enjoyed the Labour Day Retreat that finished up our summer. We spent the weekend in the Berkshires in Massachusetts with fellow
WELS members and had a great time. This year we had a cabin for our family due to
Zanna as opposed to sharing on big cabin with the teens from church. Much better for nap time, bedtime,etc. Once again the fellowship was great, the food was yummy and the Bible studies uplifting. We were able to worship on Sunday morning outside by the lake. Very lovely. On the way back home we stopped in Syracuse,NY for the night and spent some family time at the mall the next day so Mommy could get her US shopping fix!
The first picture posted is
Zanna being such a girl - she pretends my travel bag is her purse. She slings it over her shoulder and says "bye bye" as she goes "shopping". Too funny!
Will started grade 2 - hard to believe!
Zanna is not amused by the
undivided attention Will gets during school hours. Here's a picture of her "helping" Will with his schoolwork. She's picking up a few things along the way - she counts to three and sings the ABC's. Will's doing a great job at his work. We've picked up a few new extracurricular things this fall - he's taking an art class with a local artist who agreed to do a class for
homeschoolers. Her work is very "fun" and she loves art and kids and Will is loving it! A friend from church has also agreed to tutor Will in French once a week. They play games together and he's picking up basic phrases and words. She's a great teacher and Will is really enjoying it to.
To an onlooker this may look like hard labour we're forcing on our kid - making a 7 year old pull the bike
trailer while his parents ride freely. But Will insisted he was up for the
challenge and by golly he did it! He's like a horse - it's pretty impressive.
When Will had his first Halloween we dressed him up as a pumpkin and took his picture in the pumpkin patch - course he was 5 months old and just sat there wherever we placed him. A 19month old is tricky because she runs away. So I put her in the middle of a pile of pumpkins so she had to climb over them to get out. During her getaway we were able to snap a few pictures. But is she the cutest punkin' or what?
It's been crazy around here and now it's October! So I'll back track a bit to catch you up. Soccer for Will wrapped up the end of August. His biggest fan was there cheering him on from the sidelines - Zanna's such a good little sister! I had to chase after her a few times as she tried to join the team and run onto the field to play with Will. She does seem to have a natural talent for sports and she's fearless - should be interesting!
Will started grade 2 - hard to believe! Zanna is not amused by the undivided attention Will gets during school hours. Here's a picture of her "helping" Will with his schoolwork. She's picking up a few things along the way - she counts to three and sings the ABC's. Will's doing a great job at his work. We've picked up a few new extracurricular things this fall - he's taking an art class with a local artist who agreed to do a class for homeschoolers. Her work is very "fun" and she loves art and kids and Will is loving it! A friend from church has also agreed to tutor Will in French once a week. They play games together and he's picking up basic phrases and words. She's a great teacher and Will is really enjoying it to.
To an onlooker this may look like hard labour we're forcing on our kid - making a 7 year old pull the bike trailer while his parents ride freely. But Will insisted he was up for the challenge and by golly he did it! He's like a horse - it's pretty impressive.
