Six.

Six years ago our adventure in parenthood started. What a wonderful and interesting adventure it has been! We are so blessed to have Owen. He is beyond words.

Can we go sledding?

We got our first snow on Saturday and Owen has asked this every day, possibly every hour, since. He has been out sledding for a good hour everyday.

Today we received the boys school photos. It is so fun to see them and have the boys tell me all about their classmates. I have to say they turned out quite well! If you want to see Owen's previous years photos they are here 2009, 2008.

I like when daddy sings, though.

I was singing along with Walter yesterday and he asked me to stop because I didn't have a good singing voice. He then told me this. I think I need to get his hearing checked.

After seeing President Obama in Indonesia and hearing his trip might be cut short because of a volcanic eruption, Owen became quite interested in volcanoes this week. We made a home made volcano here one night and spend a good half hour watching youtube videos of eruptions another night. He then told me he did his first research at school and he was going to write a report on it. Today he brought home this:

In case you can't read his writing, the occasional backwards letter, and phonetic spellings here is the translation:

"When I went to Hawaii I went over a dead volcano. Hot lava is made from hot rocks."

Maybe it doesn't quite knock your socks off, but it sure did mine! He is officially a kid. No more baby, no more toddler, no more preschooler. He is a kindergartner at its finest.

JJ Classic

Intermat put on a pre-season wrestling tournament a couple weeks ago. There was quite a bit of hype surrounding it in our house and continues to be lots of wrestling talk. When the boys ask Jeremy about previous wrestling matches, Walter always asks if it was at the JJ Classic.

It was the first time Intermat has ever put on a tournament and though there was quite a bit of nerves surrounding it, it went beautifully. They have been receiving accolades from those who attended and are already thinking about how to improve it next year. The boys loved wrestling on the mats, taping and rolling up the mats, and having the freedom to run between the head table, the stands, and Owen even helped stop a few matches.

All I want for Christmas is my...

How cute is that smile!?

I am voting for the Vikings.

Owen was asking me about my 'I Voted' sticker and who I voted for, etc. After I answered a few questions, Walter chimed in to tell us this.

My other quote could easily be "Are you ever going to do a blog again?" Jer's been asking me this for a while. Yes, my answer is yes...I just was taking a bit of a break I guess.

Halloween was a huge success this year. The boys were Robin Hood and Little John. We went to the park & rec's party at Minnehaha Falls with Sunny Hollow on Saturday, got to go to a neighborhood Halloween party and capped it all off with some major trick or treating up and down the streets. We went again with our neighbor friend Aiden and she and Owen led the pack of kids eager to fill their bags with treats. Walter held his own and stayed out the entire time this year and we have the candy to prove it.

I almost forgot about starting the celebrating off with a special delivery from my mom. My dad swung by on Thursday on his way to North Dakota with some cupcakes and gifts for the boys. We had a great time decorating and eating them. Now that I'm writing all this out, I think the candy will need to disappear sooner than later...