September 2014

 

Last summer we harvested our carrots! While they weren't very large, we had planted a variety with a mix of colors (red, purple, white, yellow, and orange). Lincoln and Lauren LOVED harvesting them and enjoyed the surprise of what each carrot's color was going to be. I think we'll do carrots again this year.

 

 

So here is a deck picture when we had taken almost all the spindles out to sand them (NEVER again!!) I felt bad and a little embarrassed and wondered what the neighbors though about our deck. At least they knew it was a work in progress;)  Now our deck looks awesome!!! I don't think I ever got a finished picture.  A week ago on a Saturday, Vance and I decided to buy a patio dining set and a grill. So about two hours later we came home with a dining set and grill! We were so spontaneous and proud of ourselves:) We have been eating outside for dinner and occasionally lunch often these days, and love it!

 

 Above are the kids playing in the magic sand (you know that kinetic sand that stays together and never dries out?) Ya, I got this entire tub and all the toys to go with it for $1 at a garage sale.

 

This may have been day two of preschool. But Lincoln was so excited to start! He loves going and is a smaller afternoon class. He has learned so much. This kid reads, and can read easy chapter books. Not kidding!!! Poor Lauren was cut off in the picture. She wanted to stand in front of the door like him, but really, this day was about him.

We got rained on during our walk by our home. Lincoln wasn't wearing a coat, so he used mine.

 



 

We gathered a lot of leaves this day. My hope was they could trace over them on paper with crayons. Lincoln ended up stapling the different varieties of leaves to make a "tree" on his paper. Very creative! Lauren sort of drew with crayon, traced some and stapled some.

 

 

 

Our kids love eating snacks and lunch in their camp chairs. Lauren, not even two at the time, would pull both of the chairs to this spot for herself and Lincoln. Then she'd get me and ask me "snack outside?" It was sweet.

 

I don't even remember which zoo this is. St Paul's zoo? Apparently we saw some giraffes. This is why I should have recorded this earlier!

 

The bridge closest to our home. The kids love to throw a stick or leaf on one side, and lay down with what seems half their body over the other side's edge, and patiently wait and watch for their leaf/stick to flow to the other side. It brings them so much joy.

 

Lincoln's first field trip. He loved the school bus ride! We sat on top of a haystack hill. They got a train ride, saw a scarecrow festival, got to pick a pumpkin, etc.

The kids got a pumpkin cookie at the end of the field trip.

 

So one day Lincoln bonked his head. I don't think there was a mark. But he insisted on having a head wrap. So he got one. It made it feel so much better!!! Of course, Lauren had one too to be just like her big brother.

 

One morning, Lincoln came to me and said, "Look, mom!" He had a plastic cup suctioned to his mouth. He was so pleased with himself and his new trick! Then a few minutes later this showed up. It was basically a round hickie around his mouth! It looked so funny! I'm glad we got a picture. He'll really appreciate it in years to come, I'm sure. Two days later, it was virtually unrecognizable.

They were SHARING an umbrella. The coveted umbrella was shared without any whining or fighting. Such a cute sight.