We got to spend the first part of the month in the US. We got back to Namibia and the boys experienced severe jet lag! We didn't get a lot done this month, but hopefully October will be better!
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| This was a great book to read BEFORE and AFTER our trip to the fire station. No, I don't know why blogger insists on rotating this image this way. It is not this way in any other viewer. Go figure. |
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| These were some fun fire related books as well. |
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| Justin and Ryan made these fun little fire trucks, complete with ladders that move up and down. |
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| How cool is it to try on a helmet? |
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| Evidently the helmet is not as scary as the fire pole. Justin and Ryan both chickened out of the chance to go down the fire pole. Justin went last year, but claimed it was scarier this year. |
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| Getting out of the truck after a fun ride in the fire truck, complete with lights and siren! |
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| Before the fire truck ride the boys got to spray one of the hoses. They have some pretty good water pressure! A fire fighter assisted them so that the water didn't get too out of control. I don't have pictures because I was trying not to get too close. The water sometimes strayed a bit... |
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| Justin has become a lean, mean reading machine. When I showed him the October book order, he chose over $100 worth of books. I told him he could only have $23. (I figured with $23 I could fudge a bit with the numbers if needed without him noticing.) I put each book he wanted on a piece of paper along with the cost and a face rating to indicate how close to his reading level it was. He was able to make his choices without whining. :) |
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| We planted some things out back and labeled them. We will see what grows. (Again with the sideways picture, hmmm) |
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| Justin and Ryan had a lot of fun with rubber stamps, scissors, and glue. Here is one of Justin's creations. This picture is |
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| We did some Johnny Appleseed stuff this month. |
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| Some of Justin's favorite books to read this month. |
