We have a six year old!

 Happy birthday Nathan! 

On Friday, I surprised Nathan at school for lunch (second time in a week) since his birthday fell during Thanksgiving break.

 For Nathans birthday David and I surprised him with a trip to the LEGO Discovery Center in Atlanta. It was so much fun for the whole family!

105 LEGO bricks tall

100 LEGO bricks tall

 We had lots of fun riding the LEGO castle ride. Each of us had our own gun to shoot the trolls, skeletons and spiders.

 We did some Ninja training,

 saw a wizard,

 built and raced cars,

 met new friends,

 And had an all around good time!

Daddy & AJ riding Merlin's flying cars

 We built a jail out of Duplo bricks

 AJ broke out of the jail

 And we all enjoyed the 4D movie. The kids thought the glasses were really cool.

After all the fun, we stopped in the LEGO store and let Nathan pick out a new set. He picked the police station that he had been wanting for quite some time.

Nathan,

       I can't believe you are six already. It seems like yesterday that we were bringing you home from the hospital. You have been and are such a joy and blessing in our lives. I love watching you grow. I am so glad to be your momma. I love you Nate bear.

Love,

Mommy

A Thanksgiving feast

 Nathan's school had a Thanksgiving feast this week for parents to come to. I got to go have lunch with my favorite Indian. They could choose to be either an Indian or pilgrim. They decorated the costumes all by themselves.

Aunt Heather and Thomas came to visit!

 While Heather and Thomas came to visit we went to Marietta Square for the 150th anniversary of the burning of Marietta (Battle of Kennesaw Mountain).

 We met (and voted for) Abraham Lincoln.

 It was very nice to meet Thomas, we really enjoyed his visit.

 While they were here, dad and Thomas got the idea to put in a new front door. I love it! It was a great idea. (They also "fixed" our water heater).

Mommy's birthday!!!

 Nathan wanted to give me a birthday surprise this year. After I picked him up from school, he had David take me out shopping. When we got back home he had decorated the house and bought me flowers. It was the sweetest gift I could get. I love the tender heart of my Nathan!

For dinner we got to go to my new favorite restaurant, Tom & Chee (grilled tomato and cheese)! It was a great day to turn 35!

Jump Rope for Heart

 Nathan had Jump Rope for Heart at school this week. I was lucky enough to go watch and jump with him. It is really fun to watch him in his  school element.

Nathan jumping with Mrs. Daily

Jumping solo

Jumping with mommy and Cate

Jumping with mommy, Cate and Isabelle

Group hug

Jumping with Mrs. Weaver

Halloween

 We had a busy and fun Halloween this year. We went to the Fall Festival at Kennesaw Elementary. Nathan wanted to dress up as the green Ninja (Lloyd) from LEGO Ninjago. Anderson wanted to be...drumroll...you guessed it, Batman! And Tessa was the cutest black cat ever!

 There were lots of games to play at the Fall Festival, Nathan won a cake in the "cake walk".

 We also went to Owl-O-Ween at Kennesaw State University. It was pretty neat. The kids got to trick-or-treat at all the different vendors. At dust they inflated (?) the balloons and lit them up. The boys loved seeing them up close.

Owl-O-Ween

Our cute black cat

It rained a little on us when we were out trick or treating, but we had a lot of fun and came home with plenty of candy!