Archive for October, 2008

Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2008

Jonathan & Sean
Here are the kids on Halloween. Sean is NOT dressed up after screaming for 10 seconds while I attempted to put on his Tigger costume (it was a hand-me-down so I wasn’t too concerned).
Jonathan wanted to be a robot so Shane got a box from work, and yesterday I cut it down to size, taped it up (yes I used duct tape!), and sprayed it silver. Today we added the “buttons and stuff”.

At school they got to parade around to each of the different classrooms, and show off their costumes. He had a lot of fun with it!

Ryder Mark Draper

October 29, 2008

These pictures are a bit overdue, but since they don’t have a computer that can upload them, I got Kirston’s pictures from her camera and made a slideshow. You can see it here.  Enjoy!

Apple juice

October 25, 2008

For the last 15+ years we have made fresh apple juice at my Grandpa Smith’s house. He only has 2 trees, but they sure make a lot of apples! Since we are now living next door, we “get” first picking! It’s always hard work but a lot of fun. And a sip of fresh pressed apple juice is well worth it… ask Sean! This is after his first taste. He figured out where it was all coming from and grabbed the cup once it was free.

Sean drinking apple juice

View the whole thing here!

Falling leaves!

October 22, 2008

Yesterday at the church the kids saw all the leaves on the ground and wanted to play.  So I grabbed the camera and let them have at it!

Sean in the leaves

See a slideshow here!

… and Happy Birthday today to me!  Another year older, and perhaps wiser too… we hope!

Day 291

October 17, 2008

Jonathan's new glasses
The day has arrived… well the glasses did anyway. We went and picked them up, and he wore them most of the afternoon. He was playing outside with some friends and said they kept falling down. We might need to get a string and tie it to him! They said they might slip a little, but that’s because his face is small… because he’s FIVE! He’s too cute! He picked these out all on his own, and they look great on him. Now we’ll see if they make it through school!
You can’t tell in the picture, but they are blue!  Jonathan wanted me to say that :)