The Magurans: Fall Updates

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Fall Updates

Early last week, we were "Booed" by someone in the neighborhood. The doorbell rang just after 8pm, and we found a pumpkin bucket filled with Halloween goodies for the kids and instructions to "Boo" two other homes. So we filled our pumpkins and went out on our mission. William was in charge of ringing the doorbells and running away. He thought the whole thing was a lot of fun.

On Friday morning, the boys and I went up to school early to sell tickets for the Fall Harvest Festival. After the bell rang and William went to class, Alex and I went out for coffee. He was a perfect gentleman and a great conversationalist. On Friday night, we went back to school for the festival. They had a DJ, food, caramel apple bar, and tons of carnival games for the kids to play. They boys had a great time!

On Saturday, we went to William's last soccer game of the fall season. It was cold, windy, and rainy but that didn't stop William from scoring a break away goal. After the game, we drove up to Grand Rapids. Grandma and Grandpa watched the boys while Phil and I went to see Ben Folds perform with the Grand Rapids Symphony. It was a great show!

Today we drove back from Grand Rapids and spent most of the afternoon playing in the yard. We had quite an impressive leaf pile and the neighborhood kids came over to jump in it.

A few weeks ago, WOTV4 went to Moorsbridge to interview a few teachers about their "Fuel Up for 60" program. They also have a lot of footage of the kids. If you click on this link, you will see William for a couple seconds around the 1:40 mark. He is in an orange and grey striped sweater. He has had his share of air time: the Stroller Strides segment when he was only a few months old, Grandparents Day at the White Caps, the dairy farm with his preschool classmates, sledding last winter, and now this.

http://wotv4women.com/2014/10/16/the-power-of-play/