Sam Field Trip

Sam's pre-school class at Celebration had a field trip last week to Temple Hall Farm Park, which is one of the 718 local pumpkin patches that is open in October.

The names of his classmates in the picture (l-r) are:

Justin

Katie

Jacqueline

Hannah

Dianna

Josh

Jackson

Devon

Sam

Luke

Nathan

Eric

Lorenzo

Dad's Office

Pete, Sam, and Mom met Dad for a picnic on Columbus Day at the playground near his office.  This marked their first picnic on playground equipment, as they laid the blanket down in an open area at the top of some steps near the slides.

They then proceeded to Dad's office for a brief soccer game in an empty office, and some cookies from the vending machine.

Fall Campout

Pete and Sam had fun at the cub scouts fall campout last weekend in Boyce, Va.  Activities they participated in included kickball, 2 nature hikes, Scout's Own, bonfire skits and sing-alongs, playing in "the pit" (which they cited as the best activity), and survival skills training.

Clementine

Pete: Dad, what song are you whistling?

Dad: It's called Clementine. It's about a guy who works in a cave, and his daughter drowns and he never sees her again.

Pete: Cool!

Family Crest

Sam's homework assignment last week was to create a family crest with some of his favorite things.

Unfortunately, the orange pencil does not stand out too well.  But at least you can see that his favorite food is pizza, and his favorite family activity is Village Fest.

New Foods

Sam tried several new foods this week:

• Apple (pictured)
  
• Strawberry bagel
  
• Yogurt thing at Wendy's
  

This brings the total number of foods he will eat to about 6.

Double Rainbow

This is one of those pictures where there is a lot going on.

Bright sunshine

Pouring Rain

Double Rainbow

Mom retrieving skateboard

Lots of wet kids

Truck just washed (see bucket)

Sam's Latest MP3s

Here is Sam listening to some MP3s in his new booster seat in the gold car.

Conveniently, Sam and Pete both play soccer 9:30 on Saturday mornings at Cedar Lane.  Sam is enjoying some songs after his game, while waiting for Pete to finish.

These are the latest new songs on Sam's MP3 player:

Beast And The Harlot - Avenged Sevenfold

Hangar 18 - Megadeth

The Light That Blinds - Shadows Fall

Handlebars - Flobots

Cherry Pie - Warrant

Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana

Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters

Woman - Wolfmother

Sweet Child O'Mine - Guns 'n Roses

YYZ - Rush

Tattooed_Love_Boys - The Pretenders

Note: All of the above songs, except one, have something in common.

Skate Jumps

Pete has been getting bolder with his roller blade jumps from ramp to curb.

On a somewhat-related note, here is one of our recent attempts at a bandage.

Great Expectations

Sam:  Where are we going to dinner?

Dad:  Tonight we are going to Dairy Queen for dinner.

Sam:  That's the best dinner I ever had!