Mcwane adventure

Elves and toys

Mcwane is fun!

Trains at Mcwane

This is Hogwarts.

Darth Vader blowup

Peter got a 6 foot tall Darth Vader blowup for Christmas from Uncle Martin. Here's a picture of Julia and Peter posing with Darth. David, meanwhile, can be seen in the background. Let's just say he was less than thrilled with the new decorations.

Goldie blox

Julia got a Goldie Blox set yesterday from Uncle Martin and Aunt Andrea. It's a girl-focused engineering kit, including a storybook. Julia's really excited about her dunking booth that she just built. 

Reading with nana

When feeling really sickly last week.   Had to take this picture,  so much like one I took of baby Julia with nana.

So loved

Read till you drop

I came in to read Julia a book after getting David down, only to find this. She had apparently gotten to the end, at least the pages had turned there. She woke up when I took the book out of her hand. She said something like, "well, I was pretending to be asleep, but then..."

Christmas pageant

After three years as a cherub, Julia graduated to portraying a sheep in this year's pageant.
We love this low stress pageant.  This year, there were two sheep and about five sheperds.

"Forever friends"

Per julia.  Doll clothes by Nana

our favorite veterans

with their favorite kiddos.

Architectural plans

This is the drawing for her lego duplo creation. It's in the genes? :)

Tooth treasure box

From Nurse Jones.
Julia insisted we take these and post them here.

Star lake

Evening walk yesterday at star lake

All I want for Christmas...

Is a new front tooth!

Cookie monster

Just handed him two cookies.   He put obe in each hand and took a bite from each at the exact same time.

Julia's news

Julia got a note from Santa in the mail today. It said that Baymax blowup isn't ready yet. 
She wanted to share with you this picture and dictated the above note.

Antique Tool bench

Learning how to use a screwdriver

Swinging together fun

Pink tree

Audrey and Julia are already getting ready for Christmas because they are very excited about the pink tree.

Julia's Fairy Tale Remix

Little Red Riding Hood

Julia's Part

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood coming down the road 

Little Red Riding Hood to her grandma’s she goes

But what she doesn’t know

***(singsong voice)*** Is that the wolf is watching her

And she does not know

That the wolf … was going to eat her!

And her grandma!

Little Red Riding Hood, little red riding hood…

What will happen next?

Little Red Riding Hood went to her grandma’s house.

The wolf went in right after her.

The wolf ALMOST ate her.

But she called the police. 

The wolf was sent into jail. 

The police attacked the wolf. 

The End!

Will's Part

The Police

The Little Red Riding Hood called the police.

The police sent the wolf in jail.

The police shaked hands with Little Red Riding Hood.

Little Red Riding Hood said, “Thank you.”

Little Red Riding Hood gave her grandma the cupcakes.

And the police got cupcakes, too. 

The End.

Reaghan's Part

The Grandma

Little Red Riding Hood was on her way.

The Grandma was waiting patiently.

The Little Red Riding Hood was there in a while.

Little Red Riding Hood was there in about one minute.

Maybe it was two minutes.

Maybe three.

Maybe that was four.

Maybe five.

I think it was three.

Well… Little Red Riding Hood’s grandma was waiting for her at the door.

Little Red Riding Hood hugged her grandma.

Little Red Riding Hood gave her Grandma some cupcakes.

The End.

Braden's Part

The Wolf

The Wolf was secretly watching the Little Red Riding Hood.

Behind a little bush.

Silly little wolf!

Little Red Riding Hood could see his little tail wagging behind the bush.

Silly little wolf!

Little Red Riding Hood was watching.

Behind that same berry bush.

The wolf saw her

And the wolf went running after her.

And the wolf went to jail.

The End.

 

Jack & the Beanstalk

Chris’s Part

 The Giant

Jack climbed up the beanstalk.

The Giant heard him.

The Giant came down the stalk.

The Giant wanted to eat him.

The Giant had a plan.

The Giant was going to cook him in the oven!

Oh, no… ***stomping***

The End.

 Sarah Emory’s Part

 Jack’s Mother

Jack gave his mother the seeds. 

His mother wanted chickens!

Jack planted the seeds.

The seeds grew into a beanstalk.

The beanstalk was taller than your house.

It was as tall as the Giant.

It reached up into the clouds!

It’s taller than me.

The End.

 Cordell’s Part

Jack

Jack got some seeds.  He planted them.

He decided he would wait – until the beanstalk grew.

The beanstalk greeeew and greeeew and greeeew and greeew!

It grew and grew and greeeeew until it reached up into the sky.

It is so high.

It is taller than my house. ***reaching up to the sky***

The End.

Where we fit in

David always has a blast at the church nursery. A few weeks ago we had a dinner at the church and he made 5 separate attempts to break away from us and into the nursery. Sadly, there was no nursery that evening, so we had to drag him back to where we were. It's nice to have somewhere they are both so comfortable.

Tonight we went for a Veteran's Day program. Marcie, the nursery coordinator, speculated that Julia would fit in the cubbies about as well as David does. So we had a demonstration. Julia seems to be getting a kick out of still being able to fit in them. David, as usual, is just looking up at Julia, waiting to follow her lead. They fit about the same, though, right?

David's hair

David,  you win.  Your hair is crazier than we've ever seen daddy's.

Straight Salsa

In the words of Julia.   Also "sissy would do that with queso."

Halloween

Trick or treating in the neighborhood

The big dipper

Carrots - good.
Ice cream - good.

"Drive in" movie at the dentist's office

Glad Frozen was playing and the dentist was Kristoff.

Curious George

Happy monkey likes ducks.

Star wars

Unhappy ewok

Fountains

Fountains are cool, I agree with sissy.

My First Bus Day

by Julia Frances as typed by Nana

On Thursday I first started riding on the bus. 

For starting I sat by my friend Will and Will showed me the bus way.

It was fun.  Now I am practicing sitting by myself while Will sits with one of his bus friends.  So today I got off the bus and saw Mommy and Nana and it was fun.  I went to Nana’s house.  I had chocolate Teddy Grahams at her house for snack.  It was fun.

I spent the night at my Nana’s.  We made Halloween cookies.  There were ghosts, bats, candy corn, and haunted houses and a witch hat.  The candy corns were SO cute!  We are going to give some to the Pearsons at the Halloween Party.          I am SO excited!!! 

Last night Pa and I went to WalMart.  We got a bird house.  I am going to paint that bird house.  It will be so pretty.  I know it will.  I’m not going to scribble paint.  It would look horrible with scribble paint.  Scribble paint means scribbling with paint on something.  I am not going to do that.

David, my little brother, is watching Paw Patrol on TV.  It’s a brand new show.  I want to watch that show.  I bet it is going to be so cool!!

The End