Carving Pumpkins

After dinner tonight, we took the pumpkins we got from the pumpkin patch and we carved them.

Noah: I drew a face on my pumpkin with triangle eyes and a missing tooth. Then Daddy cut out the eyes and mouth for me. He then gave it back to me and I drew another face on the other side. Daddy cut that face out for me too so I have a pumpkin with 2 faces.

Rhys: I drew a face on my pumpkin with two eyes, a nose and a chin. And cheeks. And Daddy cut out square eyes and square teeth for my pumpkin. When he gave it back to me, I added more to the face and that was it.

The Mommy: It was a good time to be had by all. Below is our littlest pumpkin. With God's help, The Parents made him and we're quite fond of him.

A Pumpkin Patch Sunday

It was a Pumpkin Patch Sunday. Rhys' primary school class had a social at Cottonwood Farms down the road from us. Lots of pumpkins, a hay bale maze, a large steam engine and a bunch of school friends and their parents. The boys (and their parents) had a good time.  And they took home two pumpkins.  

What They're Learning...

This past Thursday evening, we went to the boys' school and discovered what they were learning in class. They both go to a Montessori school here in Boulder. We visited each of their classrooms and they showed us the "works" that they do. Rhys is working with cylinder blocks and putting together puzzles (see photo above) while Noah is tracing shapes, building his dexterity with a pencil and practicing writing his numbers then adding them up (see photo above).   We, The Parents, were totally impressed.