Super Student

Nathan was chosen as one of the five students at the first awards assembly this year who exhibits the character trait of responsibility! So proud of that little guy!

Thanksgiving Celebrations

Today both Nathan and Kira had Thanksgiving celebrations at their schools. I was unable to go to the luncheon at Kira's preschool but Brian's mom sent a couple pictures. Due to a presentation at work,I was done early today so I was able to get to Nathan's school. The kids sang songs and had a little spread of fruit, crackers and cornbread muffins. It was cute to hear them singing in Spanish and to listen to them tell what they are thankful for in Spanish. I am so glad both kids are liking where they are at in life right now.

Preschool

On November 1 Kira started preschool at St. David's Preschool, which is right across the street from Nathan's school. She seems to really like it. She has made friends and likes her teacher and the other teachers. Kira talks about the things they do there, which includes a lot of songs. Or maybe she just really likes music. I can't wait to see and hear all the things she learns this year.

Updates

This October 25 my mom turned 60. To celebrate, in September, three of her sister, my mom and I headed to NYC for a girls weekend. It was a lot of fun. We rented a condo outside of Manhattan and would take the Subway into the city each day. We visited the 911 Memorial, explored Battery Park, went to a Mets game, saw Wicked, took a pedicab tour of Central Park and ate and drank our way around the city.

We did our annual visit to Oma's Pumpkin Patch. The kids had fun sliding down cotton seed hill, playing on the playgrounds, jumping on mattresses, petting the animals and playing with friends.

Nathan continues to enjoy kindergarten and continues to learn and absorb the Spanish language daily. Our minds are blown on a daily basis on how much he knows and can do in a foreign language. Anyway, on Halloween, I was able to go to his school and participate in his parade and class celebration. I love how involved the families are at this school site.

This was our first Halloween at our new house. Although we have always enjoyed trick or treating with the Garcia's and missed them this year, the kids really wanted to experience trick or treating in our new neighborhood with the neighborhood kids.

We have also been taking full advantage of having a backyard. This past Friday we baby-sat the Bennett girls and now that the evenings are cooling off, we decided to have a fire out back and make s'mores. It's nice to be able to have the opportunity to do things like this.