O Canada!

Of course this entry must begin with a nod to our northern loved ones.  It was Canadian thanksgiving last weekend and Lisa D opened her home 24 of her nearest and dearest friends to celebrate the occasion.  It was quite the food festival as one would expect, but Lisa really outdid herself by having Thanksgiving crafts there for the herd of children as well.  Well done!

Jenn's TRYING to get Evan to look at the camera for the three little boys' pictures! :)

Segretation of the Sexes - Women on the side closest to the children to be able to pop up and assist as needed!

Kaleb is in gymnastics this year as mentioned, so Amy was able to sneak away from work this week to participate in one of the "parent watch" opportunities.  He was proud as punch to have her there, and would wave and call to her throughout the time.  So cute!  There are four little boys (including Evan B), and Kaleb and Evan are the youngest.  Kaleb isn't always quite sure what he is doing, so he watches the older boys intently and copies them.  Evan is the "free spirit" of the group as the youngest by about 6 months, doing his best to follow instructions but sometimes adding his own twist to things! :)

Phrase of the week:  Our power went out last Sunday for several hours just as the boys were going to bed - this disturbed them greatly as their respective noise makers went off in their rooms.  Kaleb crawled out of his crib (yep, no keeping this kid in his crib anymore!!!) to come ask Mommy to turn it back on.   When she explained that she couldn't turn it on because there was no power, he earnestly said to her "Yes, Mommy, you can - try really, really hard!!!"  Zachary's phrase is actually something that his parents have begun at naptime that we say to him - it is a story of a little boy Zachary on an adventure.....Zachary usually requests "Tell me a story about Zachary, and include him seeing some really big animals!"  Amy's stories have included Zachary over in Africa riding a zebra, white water rafting and flying back a grizzly bear, to making a snow cave to take a nap in......if these stories were true, what an exciting life! :)