Last time I posted I mentioned Lucas was hunting. He came back with three ducks and two geese! The meat is still chilling in our freezer, and I am ok with not reminding Lucas that it is there...
Something else we did earlier this month was host a birthday party for our co-worker, Katrina, and another co-worker's one-year old daughter. Everyone brought yummy appetizers to share, and the baby's mom, Tara, brought delicious cake. We used our ice-cream maker to make vanilla ice-cream to put on the cake. We love that thing! Here are some of the party decorations, along with some new wall decorations we finally got up this year (you know we lead super exciting lives when I am showing you pictures of our kitchen and living room walls...)
Shout out to our mothers for both sending us some care packages in the mail within the last week! Halloween candy is the best, especially since Amazon only ships non-chocolate things to us. I needed my chocolate fix, and I finally got it :) My dad sent us "Dare to Read" t-shirts from his high school, so on Friday, we decided to wear them to school. The kids love it when we match...
Some (much more) exciting things we are looking forward to:
- Thanksgiving in the village of New Stuyahok where we are visiting our friends Peter and Cindy. They worked with us in Manokotak last year and we miss them dearly!
- Christmas in the Midwest! Boy, do we miss our family and friends. Midwestern folk are just the best, and we love love love going home. Chicago area over Christmas and New Years in Minnesota. Stay tuned for more details soon!
Last night we hosted a 6th Grade Club party at our place. The high school was hosting a lock-in for grades 7-12, and the sixth graders were feeling a bit left out of the festivities. So, we all met in my classroom after school (there are six of them, two boys and four girls) and walked over to our place. We started by making popcorn (on the stove, and they loved it). Each kid got a bowl and his/her choice of popcorn seasoning (again, they loved this). Then, the boys played PS3 (thanks Mr. T) and the girls played board games while Lucas and I made cheeseburger pizza and pepperoni pizza. A nail-painting party was next. The girls were all about stripes and polka-dots- I was impressed! Lucas even let them paint his toes-which again, they loved! :) (so did he, I think). What a champ! We had berry crumble with Cool Whip(!) and watched Hocus Pocus before we drove them home. It was the most fun I've had at a "school event" all year. They've already requested the next event, which we promised would be the first or second weekend of December. The girls want to have a hair and makeup party this time though. I'm sure we'll do a Christmas theme. It was a good reminder about what why we teach- making connections with the kids :) It is why we do what we do! We love 'em! Lucas is just so good with them; he's going to make an amazing dad...in a few years ;)
Happy (almost) November!
-A + L
