Dinosaurs and Teacher Conferences

We had our first teacher conference today with Simon's kindergarten teacher. He is doing very well and the teacher is very happy with him. She said one of his strengths is how social he is and she sees him being the "president of his fraternity or at least the social director". Tom and I both thrilled with his report card and his teacher's review.

The kids and I joined friends at the Heard Nature preserve today and visited the dinosaurs. Jack did the loop 4 times and didn't cry once. He still doesn't like T-Rex but who does? Sadie was not too excited about them at first but by days end was standing as close as possible to T-Rex before it growled at her. We went on a long nature walk and the kids had a blast playing in a creek (especially Sadie who got muddy and then got Mommy muddy) and climbing a huge tree. Jack bruised his nose and tore holes in jeans and Simon scarped his knees as well but they had a wonderful time exploring the outdoors. We even saw tadpoles in the creek.

Simon's football team remains undefeated and we play the Giants in the Superbowl this weekend. I am gathering reinforcements this week since the Giants tend to be very loud and in full force at all their games. His soccer team is going to play in a tournament in 2 weeks and Coach Scott promised them that if they win all 3 games, they can pour Gatorade on Coach Scott and Coach Tom.

I hope to post pics of our Halloween and Heard adventures soon.