Christmas tree exhibit at Fargodome....

Today we visited Fargodome where there were hundreds of decorated Christmas trees by various businesses in the city. Several of them were covered with the NDSU green and yellow everything. Everyone around here wears green and yellow hats, coats, shirts, boots, stuff on their cars. It's endless green and yellow in every store:) Here is Jasmine with her usual nasty expression that she has on her face about 99% of the time for the past 5 years. Such a joy to be around! We did go to a kid's magic show put on by one of the local magicians. It was fun! (for me anyway)

Fargo- Moorehead Children's Choir mini concert

Tonight, there was a huge sale at the WestAcres Mall from 6-9 pm. People had to pay 5.00 for a bunch of coupons so they could go crazy in all the stores. Not really the place I wanted to be on a Sunday night, but FM Children's Choir had a concert in front of JC Penney's:) It was kind of a mini practice concert for the Christmas concert in December. The mall was SO crowded. The kids each got a coupon for a free cookie at Mrs. Field's Cookies- way on the other side of the mall!!! We walked over there to get a quarter sized cookie -gone in one bite. Then all the way back to the other side of the mall to go home. This is the Emerald Choir Grade 3-6. This is the Diamond Choir- Grades 7-12 plus the Emerald Choir. The Ruby Choir preschool- 2nd grade had their own little concert.

11/18/08- official adoption day in Vietnam

We celebrated by having dinner at Lucy's Chinese Quisine. It was really cold, and we didn't feel like going anywhere. Lucy's Chinese Quisine is right around the corner from us- so, instead of Vietnamese food, we went to a Chinese restaurant.

Musician of the month....

Jasmine couldn't/wouldn't tell me what she did to become one of the "Musicians of the Month", but she did point it out to me one morning at school. Top row- home room "Mr. Schumacher".

Pumpkin contest!

Here is our pumpkin that we entered for the pumpkin decorating contest at Independence Elementary. Everyone was supposed to decorate- without puncturing- their pumpkin based on a book character. We didn't win:). I think the book we chose was too babyish for a 5th grader, but it was more of a sentimental book.

Happy Halloween!

Going to school this morning on "Black Out Day"! Everyone was supposed to wear black. Anxiously waiting for Brianna to come over to go Trick or Treating! We couldn't get Stefani to look at the camera:) We used Jasmine's "Little Marie" costume from a skating program. Jasmine and her friend Brianna ready to go Trick or Treating!

Jazzy's little kitty making herself at home......