Birthdays:Apple Days

The first half of October has been very exciting in the Chapman household. Both Andrew and Joanna competed in the Apple Festival contests. Andrew was the winner of the Old Fashioned Adding Match for his division, and got to compete against winners from other schools. Joanna won the Apple Art contest for her age level, and also had the opportunity to compete with winners from other schools in the county. Joanna also entered the Old Fashioned Costume competition, wearing the same dress that Amy did when she was in Kingergarden. But that's not what made it old fashioned!

Andrew celebrated his 10th birthday on October first with a Star Wars party. I (James) downloaded some star wars music to play at the party, and thought it would be fun to include Weird Al's "Yoda" (a parody of "Lola") and "The Saga Begins" (a parody of "The Day the Music Died"). This was a big hit with Andrew, but I must admit that he has played the songs so much that I can't get them out of my head!


We have most recently taken on the adventure of closing in part of our porch to make the kid's bedrooms bigger. This will add much needed room and closet space to the girl's bedroom and give Andrew some extra room as well.


And finally, today was our good friend (former youth group member) Walter's wedding. Andrew was the ring bear(er) Growwwwwwwl! They even let him carry the real rings! Joanna was the flower girl and almost to lovely to look at. I was called in as an emergency 4th groomsman, and enjoyed myself very much.