Halloween!!

Hazel went as a fairy, thanks to Mom's amazing talent. I got sooo many complements on her costume! People even gave her extra candy because of her cuteness!

Mom also made Adam's Link costume, the shirt and the hat. He looks pretty awesome!

Lydia, the Cupcake fairy!

Joy, a Japanese girl, and Mary, Red Riding Hood

We met up with Seth and Jim's families to go trick or treating. Mary and her cousins Jennifer and Melanie all dressed up as Red Riding Hood and they didn't even know they were the same until a few days before!

Adam with his cousins Paul and Joseph

I had to share these wonderful dresses Mom made for the girls. They are just so cute and she made the hair bows too.

 

As for other news, Joy was chosen as student of the month in Science for October, and she was just chosen to be the Miamade  secratary, so she's very excited about that. Mary and Joy are also both on the Honor Roll.

Hogle Zoo - October 28th, 2011

The kids had the 28th off of school, so we went to the zoo with my brother Josh and sister Jenna. Unfortunately David had to work. You can't see it in the picture very well, but Adam thought this was the coolest monkey ever. He was very entertaining eating his food and Adam didn't want to leave him.

Hazel loved seeing all the animals, especially the tiger and monkeys.

This tiger was pacing back and forth and roaring over and over. It was really cool!

Mary and Josh goofing off.

I think Joy's favorite was the giraffe. It was so funny watching that giraffe get in that position in the second picture.

Mary, Joy, Josh, and Jenna

 

As I have mentioned before Adam LOVES wolves and he is reverently letting the wolf in the background sleep. We were hoping he would get up and walk around.

And of course he chose the wolf to ride on at the carousel.

Lydia's 6th Birthday - Oct. 19th, 2011

Lydia had about the worst birthday ever! She came home from kindergarten not feeling like eating lunch. Hazel had been throwing up on and off for three days at that point and I thought, Oh please don't let this happen on her birthday. But, it did! She started a few hours before dinner, it was suppose to be Fettuccine, her favorite, but we had to post pone that and her cake for about a week because then David and I were sick with it for about five days after that. She still wanted to open her presents and I couldn't deny her that at least, so in between throwing up, she opened presents and amazingly showed some enthusiasm for what she got. It was so pitiful I had to take a picture.

So finally a week later, I was well enough to make her cake and her favorite dinner. She was so patient in the meantime and so happy when the day finally came. Sadly those were the only pictures I got since I wasn't exactly feeling myself either. But, she got a Nintendo DS, some games to go with it, a Barbie guitar, some books, and a Ladybug Land, where she gets to watch ladybugs grow from pupae to adults. She's just loving that!

A few weeks ago Hazel came to me saying "Look, Mommy, pitty" I was surprised to see she had painted her own fingernails, and face! She had gotten a hold of some of Lydia's play fingernail polish and luckily that stuff is pretty washable. But, amazingly she didn't get it on anything else!

 

Lydia had a Halloween program at school and sang some really cute songs. This is her standing next to the pumpkin her table carved the day before. They all were dressed in their costumes for the program too. Lydia is wearing the fairy costume Mom made for her. Sooo cute!

And Hazel just too cute to pass up!

First Day of school!! - August, 2011

Mary and her friend Jenna, who rides with us to school everyday, had a 7th grade day, a day earlier than everyone else. They do this so the 7th graders can get used to their lockers and schedules without feeling so intimidated with the 8th and 9th graders there, and it's less than a half a day. Mary was so excited it's all she talked about for days prior!

 

Joy on her first day of 9th grade!

 

Adam, his first day of 5th grade! Notice the wolf shirt!

He couldn't help howling! He is part arctic wolf!

The kindergartners start a week after everyone else, so here is Lydia and Adam walking together on her first day. So sweet! She was extremely excited as well! That extra week they make them wait is just mean.

Adam's 10th Birthday! - August 6th, 2011

We had EVERYONE over for Adam's birthday since Kathy and Dan were visiting, and that's the way Adam wanted it! Poor Nate, Josh, and Jenna felt a little overwhelmed or a little out of place with all the Petruckas there (the noise gets pretty out of control to say the least!).  Adam wanted Chocolate cream pie for his birthday cake (kinda funny both him and Joy chose non-traditional birthday cakes). He's just a little excited don't ya think?

A lot of you were there for his last birthday when he got his gecko, and believe it or not, it's still alive! We learned a lot this last year after all his toes dried up and fell off, but thankfully after alot of love and care they are growing back! He's also almost doubled in size, so for Adam's birthday this year he got a bigger tank all decked out for his favorite lizard.

 Some of the Petrucka cousins.

Adam also really loves wolves and he got this huge stuffed wolf, a wolf dream catcher, a wolf almanac and national geographic DVD's, and a wolf statue. Thank you to his Grandma's, Grandpa's, and Kathy and Dan giving him such awesome stuff!