Breakfast in Bed

Nathaniel and Elin surprised us a few days ago with breakfast in bed. They get up early every morning, so I suppose they must find something to do with all their time. This isn't the first time we've been surprised with interesting concoctions in the morning.

It was a delicious slice of toast with just the right amount of peanut butter and honey spread "evenly" over the slice, and dotted with tasty salted almonds sprouting, points down, out of the middle. A slice of heaven! I did have a little difficulty prying my mouth open after a few bites and had to request something to drink, but that's a just a small matter. Thanks kiddos!

Fall Festival

Nate's school threw a Fall Festival for all the kids... everything from face painting to games, from auctions to lots of good food. Elin and Nate spent a lot of time just playing on the playground with some friends.

Napping in the sand?

We got to eat dinner in Nate's cafeteria. I found out that Nate and his class actually eat lunch in their classroom, except for "hot lunch" day. The cafeteria felt so small to me , but I'm sure it feels just as big to those kids as mine did when I was in 1st grade.

Nate and Elin, and friends Anna and Sophia. Elin was SOOOO excited to see Sophia from her own school, she couldn't stop smiling.

No festival would be complete without face painting, right? The painters were the "older" kids volunteering, and our kids were happy to be guinea pigs. Here's Nate with his basketball that got partially wiped.

And Elin with her flower...

...and hearts.

The Moon Is Stuck!

I was driving away from dropping Nate off the other day when from the back I heard the following:

Elin - "Oh, no! Mommy, oh no!"

Me - "What's wrong Elin?" (I am thinking Nate left his bag or coat.)

Elin - "The moon, mommy, the moon is in the sky, (struggling to find the words) Mommy the moon is STUCK! We have to help the moon!"

Me - "Oh no, what should we do?"

Elin talking to herself - "I go home get butterfly wings on and help the moon unstuck. No butterfly wings don't go high enough - they pretend. Oh yes, I have Nate build a rocket ship and fix the moon unstuck. Hmm . . ."

She thinks about it for a minute - and then says to me. "Mommy, I going to school. You and Daddy are going to have to fix the moon unstuck."

It was a miracle - but when she came out of school at 11:30 am - the moon was no longer stuck in the sky. Who knew I could "unstuck the moon" in a few short hours.