Grammy!

These pictures didn't post in order and I can't be bothered to rearrange them so bear with me.



swing time!

bedtime stories

Jonathan and his bird. The photo doesn't do justice to the colors.

Andrew and Grammy playing baseball.

another photo of Jonathan's bird

Jonathan and Grammy playing the Ladybug game

Jonathan and his little bug

I had bought some new neon chalk and Jonathan loved it!

Grammy came to visit for a week in early November. We enjoyed beautiful weather and played outside and took care of some Christmas shopping and just had a great visit. Thank you for coming to see us and please come back soon, and bring Grandpa next time!

Hannah

This is what I find when a certain little girl named Hannah is supposed to be taking a nap. You will notice she is naked from the waist down and has emptied several dresser drawers. And to her right, is a mostly empty package of wipes. I'm sure there was a very good reason for this mess, but none come to mind. She's so precious! *sigh* At least on this day, she didn't remove a poopy diaper and try to clean herself. This has happened two too many times! I wish there was a magic pill to give my children to help them understand that naps are still a necessity when they are 2 and even 3 for that matter!

Ashley and Josh!

Ashley and Josh stayed with us the first weekend of November. They were in town for a wedding, and so I took a couple pictures of them looking all fancy to send to their mother. We had a fun weekend and the kids loved playing with them!

Donuts and Home Depot project

Keith started a new tradition with the boys - donuts at the Lamar's and then Home Depot for their project of the month. This month it was a turkey napkin holder. Because they made two, I tried to convince the boys to give one a way, but they couldn't decide which one we would keep and which one would be a gift. So, we still have both. Maybe next year we'll host Thanksgiving and put them to good use!

Jonathan and Friend Bear

Jonathan was selected the first weekend of November to bring his classroom mascot, Friend Bear, home for the weekend. This is a highly anticipated event! Each week, a different child is chosen to bring home the bear and they are encouraged to document their weekend with pictures and short story to take back to school on Monday. This was our weekend with Friend Bear:

Jonathan's Weekend with Friend Bear

I was so excited to bring Friend Bear home and have him meet my family and my cousin Ashley, who is visiting from Washington DC.  The first thing we did was have a yummy Chick-fil-A lunch. 

After lunch,  I showed Friend Bear the train track I built in the basement, and we played trains together.

On Saturday, my brother and I had a special donut breakfast with my dad and then we went to Home Depot and built a turkey napkin holder. We didn't take Friend Bear with us, because we didn't want him to get paint on him or get lost.

On Sunday, we went to church and then Friend Bear and I watched the movie about Jesus with my brother and sister.   It was kind of sad and scary at times, but it has a happy ending. 

After that we went to the library to get some new books. Friend Bear and I found lots of great ones to bring home, and we did some new puzzles while we waited for my mom to check out our books.

Friend Bear and I had a busy and fun weekend together!

Jonathan Ayotte

Random October Photos

Clearly I'm beyond behind when it comes to posting. Here are some photos I found in my October folder that never got posted. So, I'm going to backdate and try to get caught up this month...

Hannah likes to think she is big like her brothers and tries to use their scooter. She is 2 now, you know, so big scooters are the logical next step for her! 

My big helper, Jonathan, vacuuming!

Phone - check, mommy's sneakers - check

These kittens live a very rough life. 

Craft time - marshmallow ghosts on construction paper. Thank you Pinterest for this fun idea. I think they glued almost as many marshmallows as they ate!

Jonathan's school picture - turned out so awesome. Sad that I only ordered one 8x10!

Jonathan had pumpkin patch day at school and brought home this adorable little pumpkin.

Family Pictures

On Hannah's birthday, we took family pictures. Thank you to Vance Frick for capturing us, even when certain little people didn't want to cooperate!