Pump It Up Party

Matthew's birthday is the 9th and Joshua's is the 20th. This year we decided to have a combine Birthday Party for them at Pump it Up. Pump It Up is a new party place in Leesburg. It has two rooms of inflatables for the kids to slide, jump and race through mazes. The boys had a blast and of course Mom and Dad, too!

Science Experiment

Last night I was helping Matthew with his homework in the dining room. Ryan and Christopher were fixing his star wars Lego plane. After Ryan was finished he went in to the kitchen to find Joshua at the table with 6 cups, full of water and Ziploc baggies on his hands. When asked by his dad what he was doing he responded, "a science experiment! Look my hands don't get wet as he put his hands in each cup!" Ryan then called me into the kitchen to see it. Josh was very proud of himself! What a clever little boy!

Say "CHEESE"

Whenever I pull out the camera Thomas giggles and then puts on the biggest smile!

HAPPY BOY!

Joshua continues to be are HAPPY boy! He always has a smile on his face. He loves to walk around the house, swaying and turning in circles and sing "I am a Child of God." I can't believe he will be 4 in a couple of weeks!

Matthew Cub Scout Award

Last month, Matthew received his Wolf award for cub scouts. With his birthday in a week, he will be moving up to Bears. He has worked very hard this year passing things off in order to earn his wolf badge. His highlights from the year are: Getting to spend a week at cub scout camp during the summer. His favorite things at camp were learning to shoot a BB gun and bow and arrow. Once the swim test was over and he was relieved to have passed the test, he enjoyed swimming in the pool especially the last day when they opened the slides up. Matthew enjoys building things, he was able to build a bird house, a wooden train, a truck and of course the pine wood derby car. He also was able to earn a ton a belt loops which now fill his belt up. WAY TO GO MATTHEW!

Star Wars Legos

Christopher's new found love, STAR WARS Legos!

New House

In November, we were finally able to sell our townhome. We had it on the market three days before we had a contract on it. The only catch was they wanted to be in by Christmas, which gave us less than a month to find a home and move. We knew we would need to find a house that was vacant, since most people would not want to move with not much notice and not to mention the Christmas season. After looking at what was available we were finally able to put a contract on a home in Lansdowne. We feel very blessed to have found this home. The neighbors are extremely nice and friendly. All of the neighbors have mentioned how excited they are to have us in the neighborhood. The home had actually sat empty for some time. We have been here 3 1/2 months and are enjoying the extra space. It is fun to have a backyard where the boys can run and play and just be boys. Yesterday, the boys came home from school and begged me to go down to the woods behind our house. Yes, we do have some woods and a stream with lots of "magic" rocks behind our house. We packed up a snack and headed down to the woods. The boys played in the stream and ate their snack while Matthew did his homework. It is fun to live in this fast pace neck of the world, yet to have such a peaceful place within walking distance.