Grandparents' Tea

 On Friday, the kindergarten class had the Grandparents' Tea.  Since James and Matthew's grandparents were too far away to come by, Mom and Dad were allowed to stand in.  :)  The kids sang some very cute songs and then everyone adjourned to the classroom for refreshments.

 

Sleep Study

The ENT thinks that James may need to have his tonsils out.  So, she recommended having a sleep study to see if he's having any apnea.  (If he is, it's not obvious.)  We had the sleep study last week and James was very good (although he really did not like the nasal cannula).  We won't get the results back for a week or so yet.

More from the Visitors

 Here are a few more photos from the relatives' visit.  (We didn't have a Clue game, so Daniel meticulously constructed one -- and then proceeded to win on the first round, game over!)

More Maid

 In case the apple picking wasn't enough, we also made a stop at Niagara Falls (after fortifying ourselves with pizza).  We walked by the Maid of the Mist entrance just as they were doing last call, so everyone dashed in to make it to the boat -- except for James and Grandma, who didn't want to go (and me).  They had a great ride with lots of rainbows!

Apple Picking

 We had lovely weather on Sunday for apple-picking -- although I think we spent more time with the pumpkins and the hay bales than actually picking apples.  (The problem with picking apples is that it's easy to end up with too many!  And the varieties that were on the trees now were OK, but not our favorites.  Lesson learned that next year we should go earlier in the season!)

Fall Fun with Daniel & Co

 This weekend brought the long-awaited visit with Grandma, Sue, Daniel, and Nora.  (Unfortunately, they had some terrible traffic on the way up -- hopefully that will not discourage them from future visits!)  On Saturday, we went down to Canalside for the Fall Festival.  It wasn't a huge event, but it had bouncy houses, which was all that was needed to make the boys happy.  (One of the bouncy houses was an obstacle course race - but James just hung out inside doing the obstacles again and again.  The guy running it didn't seem to notice or mind, and James wasn't in the way of other kids, so we just let him have fun.)