This Week in the Thompson House....
For some reason this week seemed really long! Kaleb survived parent/teacher conference week (I'm up this next week). Here are some random shots from the week...Today Kaleb bought Colby a beta fish. Colby really loves the fishie Nana has, and he has been wanting one of his own. Colby loves to look at him every chance he gets! He has been calling him "fishie" and "Nemo." I'm sure the fish will answer to either name :)

The boys one night this week each holding a kitten. We are still working on how to hold the kittens in a nice way :) lol...

Here is an art project the boys did at Kai's this week. The one on the right is Jack's :)

Abbey taking a nap on the table...

Abbey was all into the USC football game today (YES, he was meant for us!). Here he is attacking the USC Band :)

Jack studied the letter "P" this week. He took in his "pointer" finger he got at a teacher store with me this week :) He told me, "Mommy, I HAVE to have this." Love it...He did not however, want to do his homework this week. They don't require it & encourage parents not to make the kids do it if they don't want to. I don't exactly agree with that philosophy, but I figured it is just preschool, so he didn't do it. I was telling him how next year in Kinder, it won't be optional. He said, "Oh, I wish God would change that rule." I'm thinking God doesn't really had much say in the Kindergarten homework policies :) lol....

Disneyland

Disneyland gets the whole place decked out every Halloween, but for some reason, we've never gone! Today we thought would be a good day to try it out...Turns out it was really hot & CA Adventure wasn't as decorated up as we thought. We still had a fun couple of hours :)My lighting wasn't great on this one, but this is the Golden Gate Bridge decorated for Halloween. It was cute in person :)

They turned the "A" in the big CALIFORNIA letters out front, into a candy corn :)

Here are the boys in front of the candy corn patch...

We only rode two things today....The first was Monster's Inc. Colby wasn't too sure about it all!

There was a water fountain right around the Carousel, and Colby splashed & splashed!

We tried to get on Toy Story Mania, but the wait was an hour. So we decided to do the carousel. We have such good memories of this carousel when Jack was 2. He wanted to go on it again & again. I don't think we've even been to CA Adventure since that time. It reminded me of our life as a family of 3! I went back & found the pictures from this day..February of 2006. I would find out 5 days later that I was pregnant with Colby!
And here we were on the Monsters Inc ride that day....I can't believe how much Jack has changed in 2 1/2 years!
Here is our big boy today, at 4 1/2 yrs old, with his Daddy!

The letter of the week at preschool was "K" and Jack talked about his new "kittens" on Thursday :)Yesterday at Target, we found these cute slippers for cheap, so we got them for Colbers. Here is is yesterday wearing them when he got home! He happened to be wearing one of his Elmo shirts that day :)

And here he was this morning after waking up in his Elmo jammies...he wanted his "shoeshon" (shoes on) to match his jammies :) Then he walked 10 steps & wanted them off again :)

Here were the kitties tonight....all snuggled up with each other :)

Jude & Abbey Thompson
When I picked Jackson up from preschool today, here is how our conversation went: "Mommy, when you get home Daddy has a surprise for you! I can't tell you what it is. But here's a hint: It has four legs. And it starts with the sound "k." And it's kind of like a dog. Mommy, do you want a dog? How about 2 kittens? But I can't tell you." Don't you just love it?!!

When I got home I got an early birthday present--2 new kittens! They are "bruders" and are 4 months old! Their birthday is June 21st. Jack had named them "red" and "blue" but we worked on new names :) The kitten with the blue collar is named Jude. One of my top 5 favorite moments in life (beyond my engagement, wedding & births of my boys) was standing in the rain at 1am, singing at the top of my lungs "Hey Jude" as Paul McCartney played! It was a truly awesome experience. And to keep with the Beatles theme, we named the kitten with the red collar Abbey, for Abbey Road, a great Beatles album. I'm still working on middle names, which will most likely be USC related :)
They chase each other all over the place! It's really sweet...
This is Abbey...He is a little bigger & friendlier...

This is Jude!! He's a little more shy... Jude with the computer....

Jude put himself in time out already :)

The sleepy boys were hiding underneath Colby's bed taking a little nap :)

Riley's Farms 2008
Today we kicked off October by heading up to Riley's Farms with the Hertica Family. Jack & Kylie have been coming there since they were 8 months old :) It was cold up there, which we loved :) I have many more pictures that I added on the Shutterfly albums on the right! Enjoy!
All four cute kids!

Kylie & Jackson posing...

Colby & Kaleb....twins for the day :)

The boys blowing kisses to their Mama!

Colby was really into the pumpkins!!

Colby also had fun picking raspberries & strawberries....

Jack & Kylie had fun running all over the pumpkin patch!

Jackson picking apples...

There was a guy there playing bagpipes. The boys were entranced by him!

It's become tradition to eat at Bob's Big Boy when we are on our way home....Here are the kiddos in front of BOB! Notice Kaleb pulling Bob's ear :)

Halloween Cookies
Last Sunday, Jackson wanted to make Halloween Cookies. He wanted to save them until Halloween, but I told him they probably won't last that long :) We had a lot of fun...Notice Jack's crazy hair....
Jack stamping out the pumpkins!

The final products!!!

This crazy hair day earned him a ticket to Great Clips to get a haircut!

This was the best I could do to get a picture of their haircuts....Really, they looked nice :)

Quick Bakersfield Trip
We made a quick trip up to Bakersfield Tuesday night. My grandma had a major stroke & we wanted to get home to see her & be with family. Thankfully, she is recovering well. We are just greatful that she is here. It was a very exhausting 24 hours, but it was nice to get to see Grandma & Grandpa & Uncle Charley! Here Jack is wearing Grandpa's boots! He looked so cute...
Colby loves watching the fishies in Grandpa's pond!

Homework Fun
I mentioned earlier in September that Jack's preschool learns about a letter a week. Their homework is focused on that letter. On Thursdays, he can take in something to share that starts with that letter. I am posting this all here, not because I think it's terribly interesting to anyone else, but more to keep it straight in my mind....I have a scrapbook page in mind, to include all the pictures of his letters for the year :)

The 2nd week of school, they did the letter "a" and Jackson took in an "Angels shirt" to share.
For Week 3, they learned about the letter "S" and Jack took in a picture of himself "swimming."

Today, for Week Four they learned about the letter "G" and Jackson took in "gummy bears" to share with his class!