Alex-School is going well this year. He's showing a new maturity, a large part of which is due to sports. We have a rule that he has to act like a 9 year old to do the sports and he's doing a good job of stepping up to that role and getting his homework and chores done. Cross Country finished in September and the new sport is Basketball. He goes to practice 2 mornings a week and has 1 game a week after school.
Sammy-For the first time there are activities for 3rd graders this year so Sammy is busy 2 afternoons a week. He's more into academics than sports. He's doing Lego Robotics and Battle of the Books. He's really turned into a reader and his report card is great in all areas!
Katie-Kindergarten is moving along, we've picked up a few bad habits from the kiddos in the class, but we're also moving along on our learning and the alphabet and numbers are coming right along. I think it was the right move to put her in so young. Her weakness is her writing skills but she'll get there as she gets older...
We had our first snowfall at the beginning of November. We have about 2 feet on the ground right now. The first 2 weeks of Nov. were beautiful with lots of snow and temps in the 20s that led to great outdoor play. Here's a nice shot of the kids' playground that Mark built this summer. He's hanging all the Christmas lights on it now so the kids can play on it all winter long. It has 4 towers with a ball pit, cabin and a castle with a drawbridge too... 
