Our preschool held a harvest festival on Saturday, so we spent time chatting with friends and teachers while the boys joined in some of the activities. The highlight was a performance by Miss A. and the Oonie Koonie Cowgirls--they of course were a hit. One of Jacoby's best friends came and sat by him during the performance, and he about turned inside out from being bashful and completely smitten! Then we were off to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. They have a new T-Rex robotic exhibit that was pretty cool. Morgan is in a phase where he's quite afraid of becoming the prey of something, so he wanted nothing to do with this part of our visit and actually demanded that we take him to the Children's Museum instead! We had a good time walking through the exhibits with Kenzie and Ben, and Jacoby walked the entire time (the first time a parent didn't cart him around--big milestone!)!
On Sunday we enjoyed a lazy morning at home. Aunt Kenzie had the boys laughing, screaming, and running around the backyard like crazy. She had to take a nap with them to recover. (: We visited the zoo that afternoon and got to see some fun new things. They do a lot of feedings in the late afternoon, so we were lucky to see quite a few of those and a lot of active animals. The boys were sad to say good-bye to our special visitors but we're looking forward to seeing them again at Christmas.
The week has flown by. Morgan's class has a field trip to the zoo on Friday. Jacoby's class started learning about the letter C. Justin and I were asked to be parent mentors for new families starting at our preschool. We're apparently veterans now that we've had two kids go through the entire track (Infant - Prek). So, we were introduced to our first family this week and will probably be getting together with them sometime in the near future. The preschool was awarded nearly $1 million by the City Council to open a new early childhood education center about a block from my office. The center will focus a lot of outreach to Head Start kiddos and those from low-income/at-risk backgrounds. It's very exciting and we're proud to be a part of such a cool school!
We don't have much planned for the weekend except for the dreaded event on Sunday involving us all looking our best, smiling appropriately, the 2 small people (who will be bribed...I mean given a worthwhile incentive) cooperating, the weather holding, and a photographer. Sigh. Having pictures taken is about as much fun for me as recovering from a C-section, but I think I and all involved will survive and hopefully get a couple of good photos from the thing. (:
A few notable quotes:
Morgan: "Mommy, you're Erin. You're Erin the Mommy."
Jacoby (referring to the color of slides): "There are black parks and purple parks in North America." It was news to me that he is familiar with our continent!
Here are some pictures from our adventures:
We really enjoyed getting to know Ben and spending time with these two. They were always quick to lend a hand with the boys.
We stopped for a picnic during our drive in the mountains and had fun climbing on the rocks.
Here we are
Lovely fall colors
I love Jacoby's smile in this pic
One of our favorite places along the Peak to Peak Highway
Reading with Jacoby
Two very busy boys in the backyard
Kenzie learning about something
Lots of loves were given whenever she could catch a boy
Morgan hitching a ride at the zoo
More snuggles
Morgan leaping into my picture
A wrestling match
Reading together
Looks like so much fun! I am jealous of all those kisses Aunt Kenzie got!!
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