Charlie 4 months

Halloween!

Bears...

In this life, I'm a woman. In my next life, I'd like to come back as a bear.

When you're a bear, you get to hibernate. You do nothing but sleep for six months. I could deal with that.

Before you hibernate, you're supposed to eat yourself stupid. I could deal with that, too.

When you're a girl bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you're sleeping and wake to partially grown, cute cuddly cubs. I could definitely deal with that.

If you're a mama bear, everyone knows you mean business. You swat anyone who bothers your cubs. If your cubs get out of line, you swat them too. I could deal with that.

If you're a bear, your mate EXPECTS you to wake up growling. He EXPECTS that you will have hairy legs and excess body fat.

Yup. Gonna be a bear.

October

Baby Elephant

School was out last week for 3 days for conferences. We decided to go see the new baby elephant at the Zoo. His name is Sam (short for Samudra). He was still so tiny, we were expecting him to be bigger!
My four little cubs... the smallest looks just like his father. Don't you think so?
Mr. Charlie loves his Whoozit toy. He squeals in delight and tries to eat the Whoozit all the time. Best toy ever.

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch today. Charlie had his first hayride, saw his first pigs, baby cows, and great big pumpkins. These were the only pictures that came out, the rest of the pictures were awful. Either someone is closing their eyes or had a funny look on their face. We might try another pumpkin patch later, and if those pictures come out, I will post them.

Jackson earns a Jaguar Award!

Jackson earned a Jaguar award at school last Friday. The school is awarding kids every month based on good merits. Jackson is one of the first kids to get this award. His award was for 'following directions the first time they are given for the whole month of September'. Way to go Jackson! He didn't know he was getting it, and it was in front of the whole school!