Look at my handsome boy.....

He is really enjoying playing basketball.  They are 1-4.  Last nights game was 49-24.  They hold their heads up and fight to the end.  I still need to find a basketball for dummies video so I can learn all the technical stuff to the game.  After the game, he and I went out to eat.  It was a nicer restaurant that had bar seating without a wait.  We chose the bar seating and he loved being in there.  All the TVs.  A couple next to us ordered the blackened salmon and it came out on fire - he thought that was the coolest!  He learned about what it means 'how do you want it (hamburger) cooked'.  He kept telling me it was hands down better than McDonalds!  It has obviously been a while since he has had a burger from someplace other than McDs!

Winter is roaring in.  On Tuesday, Veteran's Day, our high is suppose to be 11 and the low -1.  Seems a little early for THAT cold.  This is when it would be nice if Jacob were home schooled too and then I would not have to leave the house!

Benjamin has been working on a food menu for us.  I figured it was time he learned more of what goes into meal planning and mostly, the cost behind it.  He just does not understand some of my dilemma of shopping with cash.  When the basket gets full, you have to decide if you buy the granola bars, popcorn or frozen fruit, since you can't buy it all for snack.  He has $100 for a weeks worth of groceries, knowing that we have some stuff on hand.  He was so cute, he had lobster on the menu for his dad, until I told him lobster would probably be 1/5 of his budget.   He has some soda, ice cream, etc.  Will be interesting what he decides to cut, assuming he will have too.  I am also hoping he will learn comparison, brand name vs generic shopping.  He scoured over the grocery store ads and tried to put things on the list that were on sale.

We continue to enjoy our ants.  They are slowly dying off.  Not sure what is happening to them once they die.  It seems that the live ants are taking them apart and moving them to the top of a hill.  I watched for the longest time and only saw 3.  Then I dropped a few crumbs in there and within minutes they started scurrying around and I counted 9.  The kids have already asked if we can get more.  You can also buy more 'farms' and connect them all.  That would be fun.

We have several things going on next week.  Joseph still does 4 speech therapies a week.  Jacob has 2 dentist appts.  Benjamin has 4 games next week.  A busy cold week looming on the horizon!