One of the Many Reasons....

...that we have chosen Catholic School for our kids is the religious influence they receive on a daily basis. One of my favorite activities of the year is when they assign a saint to each Kindergartener and the kids dress up and file into mass on All Saint's Day (Nov.1st). It is a win-win for everyone, because the kids learn all about different saints and, since they do not get to dress up at school for Halloween, they get to dress up the day after! And my goodness, what crafty mothers (and grandmothers!) we have at IHM!

Here is my little St. Francis of Assisi. Kinda ironic, considering it is pretty well-known we are not animal lovers around here. But Will (and Jack, as he was St. Francis last year) loved the fake birds and reading about how St. Francis was the patron saint of animals. Will's "friend", Harlie ("that" is coming up in a post soon!) kept stroking the birds during mass. How sweet!

Toothless Grin

Last week Will got off the bus with the BIGGEST smile on his face. He walked up to the door and smiled - with a hole in his mouth! He had lost his 1st tooth on the bus ride home. Only Will.

The boys said a nice older boy on the bus went to the bus driver and asked for a napkin for him to keep it in so he would not lose it.

Will was VERY excited for the tooth fairy. So excited he woke me up around 530am the next morning demanding I read her note to him. "Mom! She came! She came and left me a note! Read it Mom, wake up and read it!"

Mommy don't read that early in the morning.

What a lucky little boy. And a cute toothless grin! Soon to be more...we have more loose teeth!

Fall Festivities

We have been really busy this fall - here is a recap:

Trip to the pumpkin patch with Will's class

The sheep got sheared for the first time at the "barber"
(Great Clips).

Burger Farm Festival with the Austin cousins and $75 less money.

Love this face on Will.

The Princess and her Prince Charming.

Chiquita Banana Susana. Plus a nice scab from biting it in the driveway the day before. And guess what was the day after Halloween? Class pictures. Nice.

Brooke's Class Party

Trick Or Treating with our friend, Connor.
I did not get a picture of the boys - they ran off too fast with their friends. But bless their hearts - they wore old costumes from the dress-up bucket and saved Mom on buying costumes!

Whew! Now on to November!

Must Be Doing Something Right

I just spoke today in my Mom's group where I love those little times where God lets me know I am doing something right.

Like when Will comes home from school and sings church songs the rest of the night.

Or when Jack makes his "special prayer" for Christian, the boy we sponsor at our twinning community in Nicaragua.

But one of the best was the other night, coming home from our Family Night at church and this Little Lady says..

"Mommy, you know I have a new friend? And it is not Allie, and it is not Maureen. It is GOD! And he will always be my friend."

With some help from above, we must be doing something right!

UNDEFEATED!

Congratulations IHM K/1 Bandit Football - Undefeated!
Pretty darn good for a first year program.

And to that coach from Visitation who was gonna "be easy on us and only score 14 touchdowns" and just before the game said "Sure you don't want us to put in our second string players?"

Bet your words tasted really good for supper last night, eh?!

Not to brag (but I will) my little Will stripped the ball and recovered the fumble (against an all 1st grade Visitation team) and was asked by the Visitation Coaches to be moved to the end of the defensive line for "shooting the gap." That means he was causing all kinds of craziness in the backfield!

Jack blocked a pass and had 40+ yards rushing, straight up the middle.

Could not be more proud of my Crusaders!

FIERCE!

Watch out, Visitation.

The Goshorn Boys are coming!

Last game of the season Saturday -
Best East Team vs. Best West Team
(anyone from Cincy knows there is a HUGE East vs West thing).

My boys play at THE PIT Saturday - the legendary field at Elder High School.

And I have to work. Ugh.

Cheer my boys on to victory!

Gotta Love This Kid

We went to Chuck E Cheese after school last week to celebrate Jack's birthday.

After collecting all the tickets from the various games, I split them all up evenly for the kids to pick their prizes. Will walked up to the counter, took one look and said:

"I am ALL ABOUT that money ring!"

Gotta LOVE this kid!
PS - This is his best attempt at looking like a gangsta.