September Fun

A highlight of September was Spirit Month at co-op. The kids always enjoy a good theme day. They were especially excited about favorite book character day. I splurged and purchased a few things for them. 

Katherine's favorite book series if Elephant and Piggie, so of course she was Piggie, and it's no surprise that she convinced her brother to dress as Gerald. She took a ball as a prop because Watch Me Throw the Ball is her favorite story. 

Elisabeth was more obscure. She owns a black jacket, and it gave her the idea to dress as Lucy Goosay from the Land of Stories. I don't think anyone recognized her. 

Samuel chose Dog Man, and even though theose are not a favorite of mine, I honored his choice. 

There were so many cute costumes at co-op. We love these people. 

Nathan is enjoying his final season of flag football with Almighty Sports. His position is safety this year, and he's improved a lot. He's pulled several flags already, and always holds them up high in the air and grins when he gets one. 

Nathan also experienced a big change this month- braces! He's handled them really well so far. The doctor only put on the top braces at his first appointment. He'll add the bottom braces at his next appointment in six weeks. 

He chose red and yellow brackets for the Kansas City Chiefs.

At co-op, Paige, the elementary science teacher found a spider, so of course she captured it and pulled out the microscope (not the way I would have handled the situation), but the kids sure enjoyed looking at it. 

These three girls play so well together at co-op. Since they're only in Kindergarten they are only in a few classes (PE, music, and fun class), so they have a lot of time during the day to free play. I'm not sure what they're playing in this picture. I think it had something to do with superheroes. Also, any guesses to what Spirit Day this was??

We took advantage of a free Friday afternoon and invited Caleb and Asher over to play. I'm thankful for this friendship that has lasted so many years. They met at Liberty in Kindergarten and Second Grade and now they all homeschool. 

Love watching this girl reading on the sidelines of her brother's football game. Reading (with her eyes) for fun, has been something she has not enjoyed until lately. 

Another Saturday, another football game. Nathan is on a team with several of his buddies. It's been a great season for them so far. 

After several years of not having one, FlightSafety brought back the family picnic, and my kids were thrilled. 

The swag, the food, the games, the infltables, the snow cones, it's all their favorite. 

Samuel has worn his new hat almost daily since the picnic. 

Any picnic that serves cheetos is a great one according to Katherine. 

Free games meant lots of rounds playing and winning and playing and winning some more. 

These are pretty much the worst snow cones on the planet, but of course they all had to eat one. 

This was the highlight of the day for all the kids (except Katheirne who wasn't heavy enough to jump)

We cheered her up with some hair color. 

This girl is taking tumbling classes this Fall, and I thought she looked adorable in her new leotard. 

The last Spirit Day at CHEER was decades day. Love my two 80s girls (1880s and 1980s)!

Katherine's always the little one in our family, so she loves to take on the big kid role at co-op with the younger girls. 

She got to bring show and tell for her fun class and brought a Paris pin Nathan gave her. 

She also got to do a rain experiment. Anything with shaving cream is a win for her. With three older siblings, it's hard to do these little science things with her regularly, so I'm very grateful for Mrs. Jyl and the way she teaches and loves on my Little One. 

Nathan won an intense game of dodge ball at PE. It was one on one for the longest time, and he finally prevailed.