Pumpkin Carving!

Hayes and I went and picked out 3 pumpkins after school yesterday. Hayes already had a plan for the jack-o-lantern's face by the time we got home. He drew it for me on paper and then I drew it on the pumpkin. Hayes had NO desire to stick his hand inside the pumpkin to help clean it out. But he absolutely loves his "Fire Friend" as he calls it. We hope to get the other two carved today and tomorrow.

Gotta Love Math

Check out this fabulous math paper Hayes brought home from Kindergarten! He LOVES math. His daddy just brought home two math books for Hayes and you would not believe the excitement with which they were greeted :) That's my boy! Well, actually, that's Richard's boy!

Puzzle Maniac

Hayes is ALL about putting together puzzles. He wanted to do this 100 piece puzzle this weekend. He asked for help, so the both of us set to work on it. We had to stop mid-way through and have dinner. It was like dangling a piece of raw meat in front of a tiger! He kept looking over at the puzzle and declaring he knew where a piece went next! He finally finished his dinner and went to work straight away on the rest of the puzzle. He didn't really need anymore help -- he wanted to finish it on his own. And he did! What a kid.

This is Hayes's favorite passtime.

He knows if he wakes up in time, he will have a few minutes every morning on the computer. You would not believe how this motivates such a solid sleeper to get up out of bed!

Hayes Gets A Laser Game

Last night Hayes called his papa on his way home from school and aked if he would split the cost of a new laser battle game with him. Hayes has an amazing papa, who said yes. They came home from Target about an hour later with game in hand. Hayes was elated! It was the first thing he asked me to do this morning.

Sycamore School Web Pix

Check me out! I am in one of the pictures on my school's website: http://www.sycamoreschool.org/! I'm with my friend Becky -- who is the center of the picture. You may have to wait through the slide show a bit; I'm after the picture of the girls on the sofa.