Adam's Preschool Halloween Party

Today was Adam's first ever preschool holiday party... as a student that is. He's been with me to Morgan's in the past, but this was his year to begin the festivities officially. I was one of the two parent helpers which I thoroughly enjoyed. The kids made monster masks and frosted cookies. The cookies were the activity that Adam and I planned. The class also learned about trick-or-treating safety, danced to the Monster Mash, read a cute Halloween story and trick-or-treated with each other (they each brought a treat from home to share). The kids were adorable - they were dressed up as Spiderman, Batman, Superman, a Cowboy, a Pirate, a Witch, 2 Ariels, a Storm Trooper and my personal favorite Obi Wan Kenobi. It was a lot of fun.

Frosting his ghost and bat cookies.

Yum!

Waiting for the trick-or-treating to begin.

Passing out the treats he brought to his friends.

Class photo.

Catching Up... Again

It seems like I just can't keep up with life in general so this blog has been sorely neglected. Hopefully as I enter the second trimester I'll get some energy back.... and even more likely, when I finish reading at all hours of the night. I am about 3/4 the way through the last book in the Twilight series and am looking forward to getting my life back. The past week and a half has been consumed with reading and/or wishing I were reading.

Anyway... life continues full force for the Johnsons. No rest for the weary. At least we have lots of fun and have great friends to share our adventures with. Below are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Celebrating Gina's birthday at BJ's Restaurant.

Four out of control kids at the mall. Where were their moms?! :)

Morgan and other EAGLE students reciting the EAGLE pledge at their school talent show last Friday in honor of Character Counts week.

Below.... The Great Pumpkin Festival at the Desert Botanical Gardens.

Adam in a hay-maze.

Petting the miniature horse.

Holding a chicken with a new friend (she makes them everwhere!!).

Super cute boy with his pumpkin.

Beautiful girl and her pumpkin.

A fun day at the DBG - thanks Jen A. for the tickets!

Ultrasound

Once again I have fallen behind on posting. I do actually have some pictures on my camera that need downloaded, but that will have to be the next post. For now, I wanted to get up some pictures of Baby J3. Yesterday we went for a first trimester ultrascreen - a procedure new to me this go round - where they measure the baby's neck via ultrasound for signs of Down's Sydrome. They also did blood work which I won't find out the results of until later next week. However, neither the sonographer or the doctor who reviewed her work noticed anything of concern - i.e., the baby looks healthy.

It was the first time I've ever had a 3D ultrasound and since the baby is so small - only approx 2 1/2 inches at this point - s/he isn't very developed and since looks pretty extraterrestrial. The brain still is forming partially outside the skull so it almost looks like a vampire haircut. Still a cutie to me though. :)

Today I went for my regular OB appt and the baby's heartbeat is strong - 160 - and all seems well. I go back in 4 weeks for another check-up and then on December 8 we get to find out the tie breaker - will it be a boy or a girl?????????

Tolmachoff Farm Outing

This morning Adam, Dylan and I headed over to Tolmachoff Farm in Glendale for a MOMS Club tour. Yes, I said Dylan, not Morgan. MO had school this week even though the rest of Laveen is on Fall Break. I am hopeful that is just because they started late this year and that next year everyone will be on the same schedule. Kimberly needed to go birthday shopping for Dylan so I happily said he could come along with Adam and I. Boys boths were good listeners and we all had fun with our MOMS Club friends.

As part of the tour, the kids got to ride on the ladybug tractor train, pick vegetables including a pumpkin, have a corn lesson in a corn maze and have an ice cream cone. They also got free run of the farm where there were many other fun attractions like a baby chick hutch, a tricycle/hay maze and a corn play area that the boys loved. We packed our lunches and ate in a shady picnic area. It was a nice outing. Now if only I could get a nap. :)

Waiting with Sean in the train line.

Getting ready for the ride to begin. I didn't get more train pictures because I ended up riding with Ryan. He will turn one on Saturday and it was such a treat to get to hold him. What a cutie pie.

Corn angels.

A lesson on Indian corn.

Adam, Dylan, Sean, Will & Matthew posing as fruits and veggies.

Picking radishes. We also got zucchini and cucumber. Yum!

Dylan's pumpkin.

Pumpkin-head Adam.