Fun-filled weekend

We had such an amazing weekend with the boys. We had signed up Jake for a 1/4 mile fun run through his school at the beginning of the year. The run was this weekend and he was so excited since he is going to be an Olympic runner someday. They had the runners split up by grade so he was only running with the kindergarten boys. We were a little nervous for him but he did an awesome job. Not quite up to par for the Olympics yet but he has few years to work on it. I think our proudest moment was as he was finishing he seeked us out in the stands and stopped before the finish line and was jumping up and down and waving his arms in excitement and shouting for us. It was sweet and filled our hearts with joy! He is very proud of his ribbon.




Sunday we headed to the pumpkin patch. Mom accidentally looked up the wrong time so we arrived at 10 am and they didn't open until 12pm. Oh well, I was not the only mom who got the time wrong. I think there website is messed up. The boys had so much fun and the pumpkin patch was amazing. The only regret is that we saved the hay ride to pick out there pumpkin at the end and the boys were so exhausted I didn't get any great pictures.

Can you tell that Josh is in his non cooperative stage in photography?

Super Stars

Jake came home last Friday with a star half his size. On it read that he was chosen as Ault All star of the week and that we had to trace the star and decorate it with family pictures and stuff. He was so excited and we had fun decorating it over the weekend. Josh also made a star to decorate. He told me that only one other person had been chosen and that you get chosen for making good choices. We had our first parent teacher conference and she just loves Jacob.

On a side note, Josh's pre-school teacher said that he was the best kid in her class. Huh? I said "no way" and she said "yes!" The boys started Awana a couple weeks ago. This is Jacob's third year and Josh's first (which he was so excited about). The real kicker is, when picking Josh up from his class, the teacher said that he was"refreshing" compared to the other high energy children in the class. Michael and I both looked at each other in disbelief. That has never been a descriptive word used for him. We can't believe all the kind words all the teachers have said and are very proud of him. Keep it up Josh! Now we just need to work on your behavior at home. :)