Stone Soup

Carter had a special lunch at his school called Stone Soup. The story about Stone Soup is here. 

All the kids in Carter's class brought a fresh veggie, frozen veggie, and cup of grains or rice. Every child helped prepare the soup from the class. Carter was very proud to share it with me. 

 

Carter's table decoration. 

The rest of the class. 

Our soup and crusty bread. 

Carter's turkey. 

  

Afterwards we walked around for a bit so Carter could show me his art.

And get some dessert.

Cole had another orthodontist appt and his teeth are doing great. They haven't moved and he's brushing well. He has such a beautiful smile. I'm so glad for him!

After his orthodontist appt I brought him back to the office with me for a few minutes while I finished up some work and Cole finished his homework. 

Sunday morning as I made breakfast the boys watched a movie together and Cole read a little bit. Such cute boys. 

Veterans Days

Cole's school celebrated Veterans Day with a singing presentation. Because he is a Bear Scout he was able to wear his uniform and present the United States Flag among the other Scouts present. 

He was a little nervous here. 

This guy.....is full of it. This is his "mad face".  He wanted to part of the ceremony as well and felt a little left out and sad. 

Here they come. 

Cole is on the left right above this text. 

The entire school singing. 

Very special night to honor active and retired military. 

The next night Cole's pack (Pack 310) held a flag retirement ceremony. Cole was very excited because Bob and Kathy had a flag they needed to retire. So Chris carefully cut the flag up and we went outside after the fire was started and the Scout Master retired that flag and the others in the appropriate manner. It was very cool. We smelled a little like we had been camping afterwards but it was a cool experience. 

The next day Cole spent a very long time watching YouTube videos on Francis Scott Key. He has discovered American History and is very curious about it. 

Then we had a "make your own taco" party. Carter used alot of lettuce and almost an entire tomato on his taco. 

Sunday mornings are awesome. 

IMG 4926 from Catherine on Vimeo.

Some new friends for Cole

Boys being Boys

(The title of this video was given solely by Cole Smith. Big dreams around here.)

Future Notre Dame Player from Catherine on Vimeo.

Boo at the Zoo!

We picked up Whitney too. She was Dorothy complete with Toto in a basket. 

After all the Halloween activities this one didn't even make a peep and went straight to bed. 

The next morning was Cole's first day at a new school (again). White Pine Charter School accepted Coley on Tuesday and he started Thursday. We are so so so glad to have him in such an exceptional school. He has made quite a few quality friends already and was moved into accelerated math 

the first day. He's such a smart kid and this school will challenge him. 

Carter was tired and really didn't want to turn around for the picture.

He finally did after some begging on my part but he wasn't happy about it. 

Here's to a fantastic rest of the year.