Happy Halloween

Well, October is over and with that comes Halloween. We asked Jordan several weeks ago what he wanted to be for Halloween and he very proudly stated......

A Fireman!

so, for the third year in a row we dressed our fireman up and went out trick-or-treating.

The last two years the costume was courtesy of Aunt Angela & Uncle Phil and their wonderful store in Oregon. Jordan outgrew that costume mid-summer so it was sent back.

Aunt Angela in her wonderful way knew just what Jordan needed for his birthday however and sent him a wonderful fire coat. Pair that with his fire hat from his 1st birthday and fire boots that Cousin Megan decided she no longer could wear and ta-da.........


Our Fireman! - version 2008

He had a great time, this year he would even say trick-or-treat and he remembered to say thank you after getting the treats. It was a great night to walk Frederika and even see ALOT of our neighbors.

Bringing the loot from the first house back to the van. Wish the look on his face showed better in this photo. He was so proud.

Well, here is a small portion of the look of "candy victory"!

by Jeni

Grandparents Day at School.

Jordan's preschool had a grandparents day a few days ago. Gramma "Mir" & Papa Steve were able to join the class. We are not sure who was more excited about the day.

The class was asked to bring a picture of themselves with their guests and they were going to do a craft project using the picture.


Jordan was so excited the morning of the special day, he had to wear his shirt like Papa's and his "Papa Boots". Gramma brought her camera like usual and was able to snap a few pictures, Jordan also was able to get a couple.

Mrs. Elsamiller taken from Jordan's view.

A very proud Jordan with Mrs. Elsamiller.

It was rated a "great" day by all.

by Jeni

October Day at the Park

With sun shining on a wonderful Sunday afternoon the what does the Scanlan family do, heads for a park in Chickasaw County with cameras in hand. Daddy wanted to get some nature photos, however, we came back with photos of Jordan and family.

We walked around the park for awhile, snapping pictures as Jordan would stop for a blink of eye.

Finally a good family picture, even though Jordan didn't want me to sit on HIS rock.

by Jeni

Jordan's Artwork

I am going to try this, not sure if it will work or not. Jordan has been doing some awesome art projects in school and we would like to share them. I have scanned these so I hope they come out alright.

these two pieces are one project, our scanner wasn't big enough to do the entire page in one scan so I folded it in half and did two "parts". This was the first project he brought home, mainly just scribbles.



This was the second project he brought home. Again, it is to be one piece but scanner wasn't big enough.



This is the most recent art project to grace our fridge!

Notice how everything is circles. He has also learned how to write most of his name. For those of you that aren't used to looking at little kids writing, in the upper left corner starts the J..... the n looks more like a couple of boxes on top of each other.

It just amazes me everytime he brings something home how much more thought has gone into it. He is learning SO MUCH!! and seems to love learning. I will try to keep putting his projects on here. Hope you enjoy!

by Jeni

Labor Day Weekend.

Labor Day Weekend usually means the end of summer and going back to school. Since the weather was so nice this long weekend we decided to do a couple of outside activities. Saturday we headed to a small zoo that I heard about at work. Jordan loves to see animals so we decided this would be a good thing to do.

At first Jordan wasn't real sure about the dragon, then I showed him it was just cement. He decided then it was fine to hold his ear while daddy took a picture.

When we were done at the zoo we headed back home with a stop in Independence to see the train that "someone" spotted on our way through the first time.

Jordan "driving" the caboose.

Monday was a day for fishing! We invited Granma & Papa to come up and fish with us in Frederika, an of course they said yes. We didn't catch much of anything but the boys had a great time fishing together, and daddy even got some time to take pictures.


Daddy & Jordan getting started.

Papa and Jordan waiting for Jordan's fish.

It took several hours but Jordan finally caught his fish. He was the only one to catch a fish by the way, daddy just caught sticks according to Jordan. Papa said it was worth the day just to see this face when the fish came out of the water.

Hope everyone had as great of a Labor Day Weekend as we did!

by Jeni