Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Being Silly

The kids like to play with things they've outgrown. They think it's hilarious. Most of this stuff is out in the shop and we'll be giving it away soon.


This baby horse used to be LeAnne's when she was a baby! It still fits Elizabeth but she's getting pretty big for it. I guess I'll just give it back to my Mom and Dad?


Nathan thinks it's great to sit in Elizabeth's stroller. It won't be too long before she won't need it anymore!


Elizabeth likes to sit in her old baby bathtub. She's a bit big!

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Arboretum

The kids and I went to the Finch Arboretum last week. The trees were just starting to turn and there weren't too many leaves on the ground. The preschool class went. We picked up leaves and climbed in a huge tree. We also went on a children's nature hike. It was COLD though. Here are a few photos.





Nathan under the umbrella tree.


Snack time.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Trip to Greenbluff

We took a preschool field trip up to Siemers Farm on Greenbluff. It was a lot of fun. It was a on a Friday which is currently Jeremy's day off AND Laura's day off. So we all went!


Elizabeth loves it when Jeremy makes her fly. She laugh and laughs. This picture is so cute!


Aunt Laura is the best. Nathan and Elizabeth love her so much!


We got to go on a train ride! Nathan and Elizabeth loved it! They loved watching the pumpkins go by. Notice that awesome line of maple trees turning colors? I couldn't stop looking at those!


Sister picture!


Nathan sitting on a swing at "Fort Siemer" with his friend Emilee. It was a little fort built for the kids to play in.


Eating lunch. I always think the kids are adorable when they drink out of straws.


Picking out pumpkins. Nathan basically picked all of them for us.


More train ride


Nathan jumped right up and wanted to drive "Little Toot."


Nathan giving a cute smile inside the corn and hedge maze. We couldn't find our way to the castle in the middle of the maze. Luckily, they had a cheater gate!


Here is me and my little doll walking out of the castle.


This was the best family photo we could get!


Elizabeth tried to get up high to find the way out of the maze. Sadly, she wasn't a big help...


Another try at a family photo. Elizabeth's eyes are closed.


Nathan with the exotic animals. They had some big stuffed animals like a pretend zoo!


There was also a pirate ship that had some slides. They loved climbing all over it with a ton of other little kids.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

More cute Elizabeth conversations



Me: Are you tiny or are you big?

Elizabeth: Big!

Me: Well, at least you're not big enough to go to kindergarten yet.

Elizabeth: College!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Nathan's fun day

Nathan had such fun today!

Most weeks, we go to Storytime at the library on Wednesdays. We went today and after Storytime, the kids got to make their own applesauce! Nathan helped crank the lever and got to each lots of applesauce.

Tonight, our neighbors were finally ready to harvest their potatoes. Nathan had been waiting ALL summer to pick those potatoes. They told him months ago he could help. Today, our neighbor knocked on the door. Nathan got on his shoes so fast and grabbed his little bucket. He was such a big helper picking those potatoes! He loved it.

We now have red potatoes and yukons from the neighbors.

Plus, Papa Norm brought a whole bunch of russets the other day.

Looks like we're going to be eating a lot of potatoes!!

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