Halloween-ish

This is when the kids had their annual visit with Aunt Raychel for pumpkin carving and Halloween preparations with Grandma Laurie and Grandpa Bob. Phoenix still hates the idea of touching the pumpkin insides, but Kira digs in with both hands. In 2008 they also created a Haunted ginger bread house. Kira was wearing the Super Girl costume for Red Ribbon week super hero day.

Kira receives an award

Kira received a certificate of excellence for being a conscientious learner who is thoughtful and helpful to her classmates. Four students from her class are selected each quarter to receive an "English" award. Kira told me a few months ago that if she ever won an award she would wear this outfit... and she did. We are proud of her progress throughout this year!

Phoenix's Christmas Party

Phoenix had a Christmas party at his preschool. The 3 year old classes all joined together to sing a few songs, have snacks and a visit from Santa.

Kira's School pictures

Here are Kira's fall pictures from school. The first one (red background) she was sad that her "flip" had fallen out of her hair so we had retakes (blue background). In the retakes, you can't see that really beautiful "Kira spark", but she liked her hair better... so we have both pictures now and spring pictures on the way shortly.