Bonding and Sitting

Sometimes the kids are indifferent to each other or at each others' throats, so I love those quiet moments when they sit together, shoulders touching, and enjoying each others' company. Even if it's doing something simple, like watching TV.

Nicky's sitting on his own! He's not completely stable yet, so he's practicing with Dad, but he's getting lots better!

He was fascinated by the wooden beads!

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Autumn's Busy Day

After school today, Autumn was a busy girl.

She put together EIGHT puzzles (I didn't take pictures of the other two):

 Put on a concert where she sang and danced with her little brother:

Played diner and served me dinner:

And this amazing dessert:

Life is busy when you're Autumn Nelson.

Rocket Ship

Autumn found a box. She colored the inside to look like a rocket ship and took her brother to the moon. They came back from the moon sooner than their mother would have liked.

Creative Dance--Parent Day

This year Autumn is in a new dance class called Creative Dance, which focuses on the body's movements and rhythms of different types of music. They do a lot with letters and stories and other fun things that help them learn academic skills along with the coordination and flexibility of dance. We love it.

Every few months, they do a parents' day where we get to stay and watch what they've learned. Here are a few pics and a video from today:

Halloween Popcorn: Part 2

For Halloween, Grandma and Grandpa Nelson sent us a fun popcorn package. Unfortunately, we were out of the country and the post office decided not to deliver it. Grandpa immediately ordered a new popcorn package, and we ate it all right up.

So now, two months later, it is even more exciting that Andy went to the post office and they had the original package, and now we get a second round of deliciousness, and we get to extend Halloween into December. Best gift ever!

The cute box and the anticipation of opening it:

 Making googly eyes, just like the pumpkin cookie:

Enjoying the deliciousness:

Nicky protecting his property:

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!