A month later...

About a month has past~wow, how time flies!  Halloween was great!  Max was Spiderman and he teamed up with a neighbor and RAN to every house on our street.  Calli was dressed as Cinderella and paired up with a neighbor and pranced around to about 10 houses total.  The difference in the two are amazing~sometimes I wonder if they are even related:)
Anyway, Calli is still dancing and doing so well.  She is now in the next level up and really learning some challenging steps.  Max has started basketball and he LOVES it.  He is really starting to pay attention to a real game too.  We got to go to the UL mens basketball game yesterday and he watched the entire first half very intently. 
We are talking a lot about being Thankful lately.  Tonight Calli said "thank you God for my mommy, daddy, brother, school and friends"~love her sweet heart!  Max said "thank you God for my  mommy, daddy, sister, brother" I reminded him that he didn't have a brother and he quickly said "uh huh, Logan" which is his monkey stuffed animal:)  Anyway, he also said "and thank you for my city so I don't have to sleep on the ground and I have a house".  Obviously we are trying to discuss larger issues in this world~which I am trying to learn about too.  Tonight our discussion was about Haiti and they were both so interested in the idea that we know someone visiting there right now.  Anyway, it is a learning experience for all of us.
On a lighter note, the other day Max was getting his hair fixed (ie~mohawk) and he said "look at all this grey in my hair".  He is a trip!
Lately, Calli has been talking about becoming a "animal doctor" when she gets older:)  It's so cool to listen to them dream and think about what they are excited about.
Of course Christmas is coming up, which the kids think Santa is bringing them EVERYTHING.  Hopefully we can continue our discussion of thankfullness and appreciate the things we have!  We are putting together some items in a shoebox to mail to a child in another country.  Hopefully we are able to track it to see where it lands~we'll see!
So with all that said, we are great and trying every day to be THANKFUL for all that we  have!!!