28 September 2008

Helen gets together on Thursday mornings with 3 other sweet girls. This week was the first time we hosted the playgroup at our house. The girls play together so well, it was delightful to have them over. In the photo the girls are playing with play dough. Their favorite tool to use was the garlic press -- it made great spaghetti or hair out of play dough.


Brandan took Abe and Gibson on our ward's father/son campout Friday night. Abe had the time of his life. Brandan pulled an all-nighter with Gibson. Gibson is a terrific sleeper at home, but couldn't settle down to sleep in his portable crib or in Brandan's sleeping bag. The photo shows the boys Saturday morning.


One of the bishopric brought knives to give to the boys. This alone is evidence that no moms were along on the overnighter. Abe is completely thrilled with his knife. We suppose if you're going to give a dangerous object to a 5 year old, Abe's the one to give it to. (Brandan is not as concerned about this knife as Becky is.)


With the boys gone, the girls had their own party. We watched Ella Enchanted, ate candy and painted our toenails to match.

We reached a big milestone this week -- Gibson is now 18 months old. Today was his first Sunday in nursery. He loved playing with the toys and Brandan had to drag him away from nursery when church was over.