It's Halloween!

It's Halloween season and we have been living it up. I don't even know where to start so I will just start and try to do a post every day until I am out of pics!!

Last weekend we went to the corn maze with The Girls.

We were first greeted by what has become an unofficial motto of the U of I.



But it was on a pretty impressively painted machine!



We headed in with Bob in the lead. He had to have a map of course. But with a 3-year old that is walking, better safe than sorry.



The corn was very tall.



Then the girls got to check out the properly sized hay bale maze.



Mae like it because: 1)She could walk through it herself and 2) she could see over the sides.



Etta really liked being Joe Vandal!



And the girls had to take what was left.



Pumpkin carving and our themed dinner to follow.

Bright Girl

It was slightly overcast yesterday so both girls really stood out in their bright colors. Pretty much every single person we saw "oohed" and "aah-ed" over Mae. She is pretty cute.

Checking out the surroundings while waiting for the other kids to show up.



Check my sweet ride.



Here is a second shot of one that I posted yesterday. Both kids can never be looking at the camera at the same time...



Mae loves her pumpkin!

3.5

Can she be 3 and a half already?

Have 1,277 days already passed since that first day?

Has it been 2 years since The Big Party?

And one year ago (tomorrow) since we last visited the pumpkin patch?

Time flies when you are having fun.

And have fun is what we did today. Today was her very first field trip. "With [her] class! With 5 students in it!" And she was excited.

We got there (really) early because I did not want to be late. I thought she was going to burst. But we had a lot of fun and enjoyed ourselves.

The kids were asked to look off of the bridge and describe what they saw. Lots of answers of "rocks", "water", "dirt".



Standing by the pumpkins that they (I) picked out.



Eating an apple the "regular" way. She kept asking to eat it and I kept saying, "Let's save it for lunch". Her response was, "But mom all the other kids are eating their apples by just biting them!" Can't really argue with that (when it's about apples anyway). And she ate the entire thing!



My girls and I. (If you look closely you will notice Mae was not having a good time by this point. She missed her morning nap.)

Makin' Cookies

Last week Bob & Etta mixed up some sour cream sugar cookies & then cut them out in the shapes of bats, pumpkins & owls. I think that it is going to be fun this winter!

Cutting out the cookies.



Mae doing her own thing.



Bob busted sneaking bites of cookie dough after specifically telling Etta not to eat anymore dough.

Lunch with Daddy

We are pretty blessed to be able to have lunch with Bob every once in awhile. With Mae being at the wandering stage we have decided that it is easier - and probably nicer for the other teachers - to stay in his classroom to eat. That way the girls can just play as they finish up. And risers make the perfect "table" for kids this size!

Warming Up

Trying to get Mae used to the idea of a toilet. I think that she is going to think of it as a library even more than her big sister!

Portland, Part III

Part III begins with the drive home. Since I had run 13.1 miles we decided it would be good to stop multiple times on the way home so that hopefully I didn't get to stiff & sore.

I love waterfalls & since we went to Palouse Falls a couple of times Etta really likes them too. So of course we had to stop at Multnomah Falls!

We love this place!



Getting a good view.



Loving my big girl!



Bob needed a turn with the kids too. But I didn't want to take Mae out of her stroller...(She was tired & crabby. And wants to walk everywhere. Not a good combination where large bodies of water are involved.)



So simple, yet awe-some.