The month of October was super busy for us. Not only are we back full swing into school, we have also added regularly scheduled activities for the boys.
Austin has started cub scouts and has already earned several achievements and went on his first camping trip with his pack. Austin is enjoying getting to know some other boys his age and some of the silly things they do in pack meetings. Teagan gets to tag along to the meetings and field trips, which is helping him learn some of this to be ready to start cub scouts next year.
The boys are attending a weekly Bible study with memory verses, games, and crafts at our church. Another way for them to get to know other kids their age as well as the outside help of Bible teaching and memorizing verses!
The boys have also been going to TaeKwonDo classes which they are really excited about it even though they are quiet, unfocused and lack the strength and flexibility for those kicks and stretches. My boys are not big team sports enthusiasts so I'm thinking this will be good for building their confidence without the competitiveness and also for learning respect and discipline. We are currently working on using "yes sir" and "yes ma'am" more at home since it is emphatically encouraged/demanded of them in class. I hope to get some good pictures of them in class soon!
Now just to find something for Bailey. I was thinking tumbling or martial arts along with her brothers but she has expressed a desire for dancing classes. She likes to spin in circles and say she is dancing. She also periodically asks Devin or myself to dance with her. She may be tough and fiesty but she is definitely a girly girl.
We finally fulfilled our promise to the boys to go to Legoland which is something they have been asking for daily since moving to California 9 months ago. They had to complete the school year and wait until summer was over before we could go. We spent 2 days there and had a blast. Definitely a good place if you have a younger kids. No super scary fast thrill rides which are not a particular favorite of my boys yet and Bailey was too small for only a handful of rides.
We enjoyed a short visit with my parents and saw Griffith Observatory, Santa Monica Pier, and went to a pumpkin patch. It was too short but we were glad they could take the time to come for a visit.
The kids got to dress up this year for halloween and go door to door in our neighborhood. Austin wanted to be a transformer and chose Iron Hide and Teagan wanted to be a ninja. Bailey of course chose Tinkerbell her favorite!
