Hee Haw!

On Saturday we took the kids to Hee Haw Farm for some fall fun. The kids had a blast! I was impressed with how much there was to do. I think we could have spent the entire day there.

the hay maze

the big slide

the tractor ride

the animals! the kids went crazy over the animals! the pigs were a favorite since we are almost done reading "Charlotte's Web".

Tessa had no fear! she kept walking up to the animals and saying, "excuse me...(sheep)" and then she would just start talking to them. It was pretty funny.

petting the bunny rabbits

adam loved the donkey...he was very happy to have his head scratched

giant pumpkins!

bean bag toss

eric and adam shooting the corn cannon

playing in the corn box....a very clever idea!

adam LOVES mazes! he was thrilled they had a big corn maze. He told us, "i'm a good mazer!"

we had lots of fun spending the day together...the kids are ready for Halloween and counting down the days. they are going to look super cute!

Tessa

Tessa was singing in her bedroom a few days ago, so I took a peek to see what she was up to.

This is what I found...her toy giraffe singing "follow the prophet" into the toy microphone

Our poor girl took a bad spill after church on Sunday. Her nose and forehead are pretty banged up. She's a tough girl!

October Fun

Thursday was my only "free" day this week to get a bunch of things done...so we packed the day full of fun things! These pictures should be at the bottom of the post...we made a spooky dinner...mummy pizza braid and ghost pudding.

We finished up "mommy school" for the week. This week we worked on the letter C and our unit was about leaves. We made our own tree and had fun adding different leaves to it all week. Adam made a Caterpillar out of our C.

We made our favorite pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

I finished up our new Halloween wreath. I want to add a few more things to it, but for now it will do.

I made a ghost family for our house

We made ghost feet...taking pictures is a challenge sometimes

The kids can't seem to get enough of Halloween. I am glad we have the whole month to do more fun things!

TV Time

They crack me up when they watch tv. They love sitting right next to each other.

Catch Up

I am behind....surprise, surprise. We had an awesome Conference weekend together. It was so wonderful to be home all weekend and listen to such inspiring messages. Here is a glimpse at our week...these pictures are totally out of order.

Last week for school we learned about the letter B and our bodies. We traced our bodies and the kids colored themselves.

We made a butterfly out of the letter B

In between sessions of conference on Saturday we gave the car a much needed cleaning. I lost track of Adam for a minute and found him cleaning the the inside of the trunk.

We talked about taking care of our bodies and eating healthy.

We read "chicka chicka boom boom" A LOT! I made a file folder game to go with the book and the kids love it.

I stayed busy making lots of conference games for the kids (matching, go fish, color the tie, etc). It really helped Adam listen and get excited about Conference. I am also getting ready to cater a wedding in a couple of weeks and getting Halloween stuff ready. We made our countdown chain last week and I set up our candy calendar that I made a couple of weeks ago. I also have a wreath I am almost finished with.

For those who don't know....(which is most people) we are moving.....again. But this is a good move and we are VERY excited! More details to come soon. HAPPY OCTOBER!!

Dress Up

I guess being a dragon and a pirate in cowboy boots is more fun than being the captured princess. Tessa loves playing the part of the Dragon and she makes one convincing pirate-cowboy boots and all!

The dragons at our house love to practice the alphabet!

Family Home Evening

Family Home Evening is something I am really trying to work on with the little ones. I just feel like what we have been doing isn't really working and I need some fresh ideas and activities. Last night was awesome! In preparation for General Conference this weekend we had a lesson about "Watchmen on the Tower". We talked about different towers (like lighthouses, which Adam is fascinated by) and the importance of the men who work there. We talked about King Benjamin and his tower and then we talked about our latter-day "watchmen". I had Adam build this tower and then place the General Authorities on it.

Then we built our own towers out of toothpicks and marshmallows

This was Tessa's contribution to our towers

Adam really did well with the lesson and he got something out of it because he keeps asking me if Conference is tomorrow. I am trying to teach him a little something about each of the GA's during the week so by the time Conference rolls around he will know these amazing men. I think we are our way for some productive family home evenings...finally!