Fall is Here!

Wow...just noticed I haven't posted anything since Monday! lol Sorry everyone. Let's see...we've gone on the bike path at mom's the last few days. The boys do such a great job on their bikes! Ian looks way too tall for his bike, so we'll need to figure something out about that. Gavin claims he can have the bike because he doesn't need training wheels anymore. Good one, Gavin! Aunt Sandi is still here, so we've been trying to get every minute we can with her. Today she went with us to pick up Ian at school and got to meet Mrs. Geiger and a few other people. I was hoping she would meet Mrs. Harris, but I forgot that Ian's class goes from PE to carpool line on Wednesdays.

Gavin is loving pre-school! His big thing is when he says someone does something to him that he doesn't like he tells him/her, "Hey, what's the big idea?" He took that line from Donald Duck I believe. LOL He really emphasizes big...it's sorta cute! He seems to be the patrolman for line leaders. As the class was heading outside, I heard Gavin yell out, "Hey, you are not the ween wider." He was ticked that someone else took the line leader's spot! LOL

Ian is doing very well in school. I look forward to Mondays when he brings home his Monday folder with lots of work that he has done. His handwriting has improved (when he takes the time) and his reading is getting better. He really, really wants to read a chapter book and in a matter of five minutes he seems to be on page 40 and can't really tell me what he was reading! But, I think he is doing better than I ever did with reading. I remember just asking to read the sports page of the Burlington Free Press. Forget the world news and state news...I needed to know who won the games and all that! LOL He hasn't had a "stomach ache" this week, so that's a good sign. Just some tears in the morning because I'm sending him to school in jeans now and not shorts, so the jeans have buttons and not snaps. But, he is able to do the button if he sets his mind to it!

Dinner conversations are always interesting. Gavin starts by asking Ian who got into trouble at school and then answers his own question without Ian telling him first. The same names get brought up each night! Soooo funny!!! We have two bulletin boards and we like to put up work from the boys on them. Not sure what's up with Gavin, but he definitely doesn't want to have his work displayed. UGH!!!! He always pulls the stuff down.

My dad sent down some "chewies" AKA "fruit snacks" in a box and the boys received the gift last night. Dad enclosed the letter and he said he heard their stomachs growling all the way up in Vermont. I don't buy chewies a lot because that is all they think about when we have them in the house, so to them...it was like Christmas morning! Anyway, Ian tried calling up Grandpop this morning asking if he heard him burp all the way up in Vermont! LOL LOL Dad wanted to remind them that he is not too far from them. Ian thinks it's a game and does stuff and then says, "I wonder if Grandpop heard that?!" Probably not...I have inherited my father's hearing!

Ian has a soccer game tomorrow night at 6:30pm! Looking forward to that for sure. Lots going on in October. Soccer games, Kingswood functions, Gavin's Lunch Bunch for his school fundraiser, his Halloween parade, birthday party, park visits with Gavin's classmates, Halloween festivities, Cailean going on a hunting trip, Ian's field trip, basketball registration, and...Aunt Cindy, Uncle David, Ben and Sarah flying in the weekend of October 16.