Pumpkin patch fun!

Laney went to the pumpkin patch with her class last week.  These little ones were quite sad they did not get to go with her so we decided to go on Sunday!  

Connor insisted on wearing his new coat, but it was soooo nice out it did not stay on him long!

My cuties.  I should post a side by side in the same spot last year.  They have all 3 grown so much!

They liked the silly looking pumpkins!

At first Claire was scared to jump on the big pillow so I helped her.  Connor and Laney jumped right on.  After a few minutes Claire had it down and was jumping on all by herself.  

 I am so rarely in a picture and when I am it is blurry!

Claire in mid air!

Once she got it down she giggled the entire time!

Connor and Claire argue that this is called tractor ride (says Connor) or train ride (says Claire)  Either way they liked it!  Claire had to ride with big sister because as usual at first she was timid.  Doesn't take long for her to feel comfortable though!

I ran to the other side of the patch and they were surprised to see me when they drove by!

This huge slide is super fast.  

That girl was ALL smiles and even went more than Connor and Laney!

Who doesn't love a zip line?

Daddy was scared to let go of the twins but they did great!

We took in lunch and sat by the fire they had burning to eat.  It was a nice break for these crazy kids!

Then on to the favorite...HORSES!!  Claire had to have Jeff stand by her at first (that is just Claire!  She has to make sure something is safe first!) Then she told him to go away!  She was so sweet to her horse.

Connor was ready to run at Fonner!

Laney was to pro and showed the twins how to do it!  

How big??  They were saying, "SO BIG!" Connor is really a smidge taller than Claire, I think.

Riding the hayrack out to pick a pumpkin.

Laney inspecting if this is THE pumpkin.  She liked the bumps on it!

I love fall.  So pretty in the pumpkin patch!

 Claire found her pumpkin and Connor is photo bombing!

She was really proud that she found a smaller pumpkin all by herself!

Laney with her pumpkin.

Connor found his last and he was so excited he had to watch his pumpkin instead of looking at me for a great picture!

The kids would have REALLY liked to take home one of those gigantic pumpkins there but we couldn't have afforded it or fit it in our car!!

The pumpkin patch was a hit and I can't wait to go again next year!  

Math night

Golly oh my!  How we have looked forward to being involved in Laney's school activities.  Tonight was one of those nights.  It was math night.  She got to show us some of the things they do in math.  Laney had been BEGGING us to walk to school (we live 2 1/2 blocks from school) but we are always in such a rush in the morning we don't have time.  So, tonight we walked to her school.  BONUS...we avoided the tiny parking lot with horrible traffic!!

Don't tell Jeff...that is not a good picture but that is us walking to school!

This little girl was far ahead of us so excited!

Walking with dad.

She was so looking forward to seeing her friends and showing us math stuff (which she keeps telling me she really needs to practice!)

Bad iphone pictures but of course the pose with a hand on her hip.

Sitting next to a friend from her class.

Putting her numbers on her math mat.

Quite proud of herself.

Making a pattern.

Hmmm...that side chit chat we heard about at conferences?

So, that was math night.  It is so fun to see her as an absolute sponge.  She soaks up every bit of this learning in school.  I cannot believe how she is starting to read.  She comes home EVERYDAY...I mean every and has to do school work.  She teaches Connor and Claire.  I just love this girl and to see her get to be social and all this stuff she is learning is awesome.  She absolutely loves her teacher too!

Laney update!

Laney had her first Girl Scout Daisy meeting this weekend.  She was a little unsure at first.  We have been talking a lot about helping others and doing something each day to make the world a better place.  The kids read a story about bucket filling where you fill people's buckets with kindness and take from their bucket with mean stuff.  So, I thought Girl Scouts is a great way to do this good stuff.

As always, with something new, Laney was a bit standoff ish.  

She joined in and sat with her group.  She spoke up and shared her name and where she goes to school.

So, I hope the experience turns out as well as it did for me when I was little.  I think back to our poor leader, Deb.  She took us on while she had (when she started with us) no kids of her own.  She eventually had 3 kids but stuck with our group until High School.  Man, those summer camps were fun.  Oh yeah, Girl Scout Cookies are a bonus too!