September

The boys love the waterfall at our new home.

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We got scooters for the boys for their birthdays and they are really enjoying them.

Zane randomly wears his spiderman costume whenever the mood strikes him.

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Cousin Brooklyn stayed with us for five days and the boys had fun having a little sister.

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The boys were even more excited than usual to go to the Discovery Museum because of the Bob The Builder Exhibit.

They worked hard together to send a message across the building to James.

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We took a school field trip to the Natural History Museum.

The boys especially enjoyed the horse exhibit.

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This month's UTVA activity was building a Minecraft city out of boxes and playing kickball. I am so grateful for the UTVA activities which give Max a chance to have fun with other kids and also learn to follow teacher's instructions.

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The boys were able to explore inside a police van and meet a police dog at the Tooele Library Superhero Day.

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Our truck broke down and we had to decide whether to fix it or trade it in. Since moving to Tooele we have been thinking about trading in the truck for something with better gas mileage and this was the push we needed to get it done. James did the research and decided that the Nissan Juke which is compact, gets good gas mileage and  has all-wheel drive was our best bet. We are upside-down on the loan quite a bit and the car is tiny compared to the truck (and it is white) but we are very happy with the gas mileage.

The boys had fun helping Dad to wash the car.

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It was no surprise that Max chose trains as the focus of 1st Grade ALP project.

To research we visited his favorite place in Tooele; the train museum as well as the Golden Spike National Historic Site where the Transcontinental Railroad was completed.

For the project he built a model train out of boxes and used the two Lego trains from Golden Spike to demonstrate the meeting of the trains. One of his favorite things during research was watching the video "Charlie Brown: Building of the Transcontinental Railroad."