More Halloween Fun!

Brandon enjoyed the Halloween festivities in his class today. All I can say is that their was lots and lots of sugar!
I made some ghost cookie pops for his friends. They were very spooky!
Later we went for an early trick-or-treat excursion to Grandpa and Mary's house. Brandon "flew" all they way there.

Little Monsters...

We were lucky enough to attend the "Little Monsters" event at Disney's California Adventure a few days ago. Brandon had an awesome time hanging out with cousins, trying out two rides for the first time (Soaring Over California-loved it- and Mulholland Madness- hated it) and staying up really late!





Such awesome memories. :)

Ward Halloween Party!

Brandon had a great time at our ward Halloween party. I am pretty sure that his favorite thing was the "trunk or treat!"

Festival Time!

This weekend we went to two different festivals. One was at Brandon's school (which I don't have pictures of, darn!) and the other was at Cal Poly. Brandon had a great time at both of them. Some of the activities that the kids got to participate in were- a bounce house, a big slide, carnival type games and a hay maze.

Brandon and Lily both won little pumpkins!
Fishing for treats!
It was so super hot (98*) that we HAD to have a snowcone!

The man in charge told us that there were 30,000 pumpkins there! Brandon found a really nice one to take home and carve.
Can't wait for Halloween!

A few things...

I guess I was not thinking ahead when I created this blog and gave it the address of: "Brandon's Adventures in Kindergarten." Apparently I was not thinking that first grade would ever come! Well, it's here now and so therefore I had to change the header to simply "Brandon's Adventures." Much more fitting. The address will remain as it is- oh well, you live and learn right? :) My little first grader has been having many adventures lately. This change of schedule and additional hours of school time has left my sweetie very, very tired. The second week of school was disrupted by three absences due to rash and blisters. We began last year with a rash too! Crazy. Brandon is really liking his teacher and I am excited to help out every other Tuesday with workshops. I was able to teach is class once so far but it happened to be on a day he was absent! Darn. I am sure I will have many other opportunities to be the sub for his class. Brandon is doing great in school, always excelling above my expectations. Here is his first spelling test! So cute! He did really well. ;)
Here are his numbers from 1-100. Precious.

The other day my lil chef helped me make whole wheat bread. He loved kneading the dough! It turned out to be so yummy. He was very proud!
On one of the three days that he was "sick" with a rash, we went down the the beach and spent the day having fun! Brandon's favorite part was eating at Ruby's on the pier...just the two of us.
I am looking forward to another great year at our wonderful school! I love Sumner Elementary and am so thankful that my guy is able to attend there. Brandon, you are awesome.

fun stuff!

Even though Brandon is in school now, we still find LOTS of time to do "fun" stuff. :) Of course we have continued to visit Disneyland on a fairly regular basis. The Rockets are a total favorite these days!
Trying to pull the sword out! Good try buddy!

Lily, Brandon and Lily's best friend Emma on the teacups. Such a fun ride with these three!
We also went to the L.A. county fair. Brandon found the cutest lil goat I have EVER seen! So super tiny and adorable.
A trip to the fair is never complete without feeding and petting the animals.
Angie, Lily, Brandon and I met up with Greg and the residents. It was such a fun day!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this lil boy.



We ran into my dad and Mary while we were walking around! Crazy! :)

First Day Of First Grade!

Well I can't believe it. The day has finally come. My little Brandon completed his first day of first grade. This is my very first experience with ALL DAY school and I was quite nervous about it. Pictured above is what my little man chose to have for breakfast on this very special day. A smoothie and cinnamon roll-which he took all of one sip and one bite of! I think he was a bit nervous too! Here he is right before we left the house.
Brandon at his desk! So fun to have your own desk for the first time!


Mrs. Hansen and Brandon.
New backpack!
Cousin power! They are in the same class... AGAIN! Yahoo! Okay and could London's outfit be any cuter?? I love it!
Brandon has lots of friends from kindergarten in his class.
I had to go find him on the playground at recess...and at lunch. All of the teachers kept telling me to leave and go home, that he would be fine. (of course they were just teasing me) Good thing I work as a sub there and feel very comfortable to stay on campus as long as I want!! ;)
He had a GREAT first day. I asked him how it all went and the first thing he said was "I love school!" Boy, that sure makes a mom happy.