Brandon and the pumpkin patch

Brandon went on a little field trip today at a pumpkin patch. There was a bouncy house, a bouncy slide and animals to see. He had fun with the animals and in the bouncy house but the bouncy slide was his favorite. He even climb the huge ladder and went down the rather large slide all by himself. Every time he went down the slide his arms were straight in the air and you could hear him giggling and saying "weeeeeee". It was so funny. He even got to take home a little pumpkin of his own and was very proud of his pumpkin. He was so excited to show Emma and Jake when they got home. He kept taking the pumkin off the counter and just walking around with it.

President Summers

Emma was running for Student Body President of her elementary school last week. The vote was last Friday and she found out this morning that she WON!! She is so excited. She even beat out 2 other 5th graders. Her first official duty will be running the student council meeting Tuesday morning. I am sure she will have other duties and she will love all of them. Her campaign slogan was "Vote for Emma Summers and school won't be a bummer." Yeah for President Summers!!

Jake's 7th Birthday

Friday, October 17th was Jake's 7th birthday. He wanted chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. So I made them in the shape of a "7". He thought that was pretty cool. He opened his presents before school becasue Matt had to go to CA for the day and would not be home in time for our little family party. I took treats to his class to celebrate his birthday at school. He wanted turtle cookies (a Summers' family recipe) and smarties. So that is what he got. We ordered Pizza Hut stuffed crust pizza for dinner and had banana splits for dessert instead of cake. Then we watched "Indiana Jones 4". He seemed to have a really good day.
In honor of Jake's birthday I thought I would list a few reason why we love Jake so much.
1. He has an awesome laugh.
2. He has a great sense of humor.
3. He loves to learn new things.
4. He loves his little brother (except when he is in his room uninvited)
5. He loves his sister (except when she is too bossy)
6. He has a great imagination.
7. He likes to help out and go the 2nd mile.
8. He loves church and learning about the gospel.
9. He loves to cuddle. (which is a plus in my book.)
10. He loves to give hugs and kisses for no good reason.(another plus in my book)
Happy Birthday Jake Matthew Summers

School Daze

Okay so the kids had a great first day at school except for all the crazy traffic. I guess that part would involve me more than them. Anyway, Brandon seemed to survive the day without them. The school is brand new and so the sidewalks are not complete. So the school has been providing buses for all kids even kids that are in walking distance like Emma and Jake. So we have been taking advantage of that situation. I walk the kids 5 houses down and they get on the bus. I haven't been having to worry about all the traffic at the school. However, yesterday they had to change buses (long boring story). My kids got off the bus and said the bus was disgusting and had naughty words written all over it. They then proceded to spell out every naughty word they saw. Long story short, I drove them to school this morning. The traffic was not bad at all. Hopefully it will be okay this afternoon.
Emma has a man teacher who she says "is very strict but in a good way". Jake has a really cool teacher too. I am pleased with the school thus far. I don't know how your elementary schools work but here they have what are called "specials" . That would be music, art, P.E. and library. They get to attend each of these once a week (P.E. twice). All is well in elementary school in Las Vegas. One less thing for me to worry about now.