Other excitement over the last 2 months:

Abby's class trip to the pumpkin farm. It was a little sad for me that this was possibly our last trip to Green Meadows. I remember coming with Maggie's class and realizing it was the same farm I had come to as a kid. It's been fun to go back every year with the girls. I've even gotten used to the idea of actually touching the animals!

We had a beautiful day and Abby has so much fun with her new friends. And we each took home a perfect pumpkin.

Preschool Divas

This just cracks me up. Abby figured out how to use the remote for the TV - just to turn the TV on or off. But every.single. time. She makes this face. Like it takes all of her concentration to push a single button.

We had a few perfect weather weekends, and then we had a weekend when we actually had time to go apple picking. And it was cool and rainy. We still managed to pick 1/2 bushel and eat 1/2 dozen cider doughnuts. Success!

I may curse all of the raking our yard requires, but I also try to stop and appreciate the beauty before they fall to the ground. Love the color!

The Halloween event at school was 3 weeks before Halloween - so we didn't really have a good plan for costumes. But, digging through years of costume pieces and a well-stocked dress up drawer, they created these ensembles which were perfect.

Maggie was determined to help with leaves by using the leaf-blower. Pretty sure it nearly blew her over, but she was happy to have helped!

SCHOOL PICTURES!



These are pictures of the pictures - so not the greatest, but you get the idea.

4 year old preschool

7 years old, 2nd grade

9 1/2, 4th grade

And finally, you know it's time to update your blog when the seasons change from swim suits to winter coats. This was the scene waiting for the bus last week. It was 34 degrees.