Apple cups

 

I showed Matt a picture of apple cups in a magazine...... that night before dinner he decided to make them. I was impressed! He doesn't go domestic on us very often :) Putting in the effort to do something cute and fun for the kids - aww, I was so proud! The kids were impressed - cups you could eat! with apple cider in them.

Dancing

 

Maggie has wanted to do a dance class for a very long time so we signed her up for a creative movement class at a nearby college. The class is for ages 3-5 so Hailey goes too. Maggie was a little disappointed that it wasn't a regular ballet class but she is having a lot of fun! I thought it would be a good start to see if she was interested in staying in dance. I don't know that we will sign her up for classes yet but I have a feeling it will be in the near future :) These two cute little girls and fun and flair to our lives everyday!!

Fall leaves

 

1 trampoline + 1 pile of leaves = lots of fall fun. This kept the kids better for a good hour or more. It kept me busy too - I had a lot of fun attempting to take focused pics of them :) I love to see the kids discover new things around them. My favorite thing to do is watch/listen to them as they play outside.

Fire station open house

 

The fire station near us had a open house recently. We went to check it out for a little while. Hot dogs, lemonade, halloween candy and a firetruck ride!! Excellent. The kids loved buckling into the seats and putting on the headsets. We won't mention the spilled lemonade, dropped hot dog, and 3 trips to the bathroom - ahh, such is life with little ones :)

Princess night

 

Each year the Chik Fil A here does a princess night. This is the second time we have gone. The girls absolutely love it. It's a pretty busy night but the crowds don't seem to bother them. Each of the princesses is there. They do a carriage ride with Bill - the horse. We made crowns, played games, and went wild with princesses everywhere.

we PLAY

 

It rained for almost all of September. We have had more rain in October but every once in awhile.... a beautiful day is thrown in. While I can't say there are as many mild and beautiful fall days like we had in the West - there is some incredibly beautiful weather here too. Just much less frequent. So we take advantage of those nice days and play outside. See Caleb in full - Hailey is in MY SWING mode - ?? He's learning how to hold his own with his siblings already. They are all getting big so fast. I'm glad to have this blog to document where all that time goes because it's gone before I even remember it happened.

Halloween is coming....

 

The kids (especially Maggie) have been anxious to decorate for something/anything. So they were excited when I told them we could decorate for Halloween on Oct. 1 :) We made these painted jars and put flamless candles in them. They are pretty cool at night. We have some other simple decorations that we put up also. I will put up some pics of those soon - maybe. It was fun to decorate and the kids loved it. However, Hailey has been wanting to go 'ask people for candy' ever since!!