Tanner's report card

Tanner received his report card today. They don't receive actual grades but he received all Y's! You can get a Y for Yes-on target, a P for partial mastery, or an N for needs to improve. He is doing really well. He is good at math, spelling and his journaling(writing) is really nice too. He is also getting so good at reading, that Mom is not going to be able to spell out words to Dad anymore! I guess I better be more careful about the Christmas list I keep on the computer too. I remember my mom used to keep hers in shorthand. Now I see why!!!

All about Gavin at 6 months

He is a happy boy! We have had people ask us if he is “always this happy”, and he is generally pretty happy!

He loves his Dad so much, that when Dad comes home from work he practically leaps out of Mom’s arms to get to him. He loves for him to carry him around so he can look at all the happenings in the house and still be safe! That is important in our home!

He had two little teeth just shy of 4 months old, and they are as cute as can be. It looks as if he may get some more pretty soon.

He is getting more and more hair. And it is…brown! It looks like Megan’s hair. She is quite proud of this.

He started crawling in the last week or so, really well. He pulls himself up to the couch and stairs and it is rather frightening. After he pulls himself up, he doesn’t seem to know what to do. So he either eventually cries or falls! Ouch!

He still does his little pose where he sits on his side and leans on his elbow and just sort of hangs out!

He loves to jump in his Jumperoo.

He loves solid food. When he bit off too big of a piece of cracker, when Mom took it he let it be known that he was not happy!

He is loved so much that sometimes it is too much when his three siblings are mauling him simultaneously!

As of November 14, he is cutting four teeth all together on the top! Ouch! I can't believe it! He is going to look way too old.

We are very happy he is in our home and he is very loved.

First snow of the year...

A few weeks ago before all this unusually warm weather, we had some snow. The kids were so excited and wanted to get in all their gear to play in it before it melted. Tanner made the snowman entirely by himself and he and Zach had a snowball fight and made snow angels. It is hard to believe there was snow after all this warm weather. Halloween was downright balmy! I keep dressing the kids in long sleeved shirts and they get hot!

Jensen Look a like meters...let it be known that I do have a child that looks like me(Jen)...scroll down for the proof!

We Love Halloween

Halloween was lots of fun. The kids went to a party at Grandma and Grandpa's last Friday to start it off right. What fun grandparents! Then the next night was the Trunk or Treat at the church. They all had Halloween parties at their schools on Halloween day(they each go to a different school) and then they came home and went trick or treating. We give Tanner the credit on getting Zach to be excited about being Superman. At one point he wanted to be Sharpay(you know from HS musical), and we knew that would happen when pigs fly! Zach and Megan were excited about being Superman and Wonder Woman because they had watched the little Superfriends cartoon a couple of times and got into it. Tanner was a Power Ranger, although the closer it got to Halloween, he wanted to be a shark because he loves sharks. Maybe next year. The Cruella DeVille and Dalmation went over great and it was really fun to do. The "fur" coat was thrown together by Jen's Mom and it pretty much made the outfit. Thanks Mom! Brandon didn't really do anything this year, which is a bummer because he has been some great things. Last year he had a black afro and we didn't know quite what to call him, until he took the kitchen clock off the wall and put it on a chain around his neck and became Flava-Flav an old rapper from that VH1 dating reality show that used to come on. It was hilarious. He promises not to disappoint next year. Needless to say, Mom is exhausted today! It is all worth it because we love Halloween!

Jen as Cruella DeVille & Gavin as a Dalmation



Brandon as a Halloween party-poop and Gavin as a Dalmation



Jen, Tanner and Gavin at Munga's house after trick-or-treating



Jen & Gavin



The Jensen Kids: Zach as Superman, Tanner as a Power Ranger, Gavin as a Dalmation and Megan as Wonder Woman



Brandon & Gavin



Zach and the School-Bus Assistant, Lizzie



Gavin going trick or treating with the other kids



Meg, Zach and Gavie trick or treating



Super Zach!



Wonder Woman!



Tanner, the Power Ranger