And the days go by...

A few weeks ago Max asked when the leaves were going to fall from the maple tree in our back yard.  About a week later, they all fell.  The kids have been having a great time raking them and jumping into them. We hung swing from one of the branches and they have been jumping off of the swing into the piles.

 I'm thankful that we get to have a little fall fun in always green Florida.

The kids are always thinking up new ways to have fun on the trampoline.  The fun addition of blankets have opened a whole new world of trampoline fun, it seems.

Meredith had a piano recital on Saturday. Here she is with her fabulous teacher.  I think the recitals are Meredith's favorite part of taking piano lessons.  She played two songs: Have a Holly Jolly Christmas, and Ballade.  She played both flawlessly.  She is awesome!

On Monday the kids had a day off from school.  We met some friends at one of our favorite parks and fed the birds.

They were all swarming around us and the kids were throwing bread in the air for the birds to catch. It was pretty cool.

I felt like we were in the movie The birds. Thankfully they weren't attacking us.

Other news of the week.  Max and Jack both figured out how to do a pull up.  I challenged them about a year ago that if they could learn how to do a pull up I would pay them $20. They have a pull up bar in their doorway and have been working toward it for a long time.  Of course they used their money to buy more Lego. Can't get enough of that over here.

Max had a basketball game on Saturday.  Their team is undefeated so far.

Mer and Max spent the weekend working on their science fair projects.  Mer is done and Max is just about there.  I'll be glad when it's over.

Jack is on chapter 6 of his first Magic Tree house book.  He is so excited that he is reading well enough to read chapter books.  Of course he needs help on some of the big words but he is getting really good. I'm so proud of him.  It's fun to teach kids to read.

Luke is just happy to tag along and be able to hold his own on a trampoline with 3 big kids.  He is getting a little more mischievous and showing his temper a bit.  I guess the baby is always spoiled.  He is doing soccer in his Little Sports class right now. He thinks he's so big. I guess he is, he'll be 4 in a month.  CRAZY!!