Monday, October 31, 2011

Pumpkin Picking!!

Year 7 at Ashland Berry Farm on Columbus Day!!  and just like most pumpkin picking years, it was HOT!  The kids had more fun this year than I ever remember!!  They ran and picked and repicked and ran some more!!  The donuts were delicious and the bee's annoying!!  Love, love, love pumpkin picking day!!

Fernando, Riley, Caroline, Kyle, Lauren, & Lily!  they lined up in tall to small by accident:-)








Friday, October 21, 2011

School is back IN!

 School is back in!! Riley is now in 1st grade and still loves school!  There have been two times this year when she has asked to stay home to play... which NEVER happened in kindergarten however she has also expressed that they do more work and play less in 1st grade so thats probably the reason!

When school 1st got started both kids were sick.  Kyle was snotty as usual and ended up getting a 2nd set of tubes and Ri, who is NEVER sick ended up on an antibiotic!  One evening while Eric was prepping the kids for bed, Ri attemped to open a bottle of kids cough syrup.  Without any luck she hands it to Eric so proceeds to easily open it, pour, and distribute.  Ri was floored and asked, "Daddy, how did you do that?  When I turned the top it just went 'click, click, click'!"  Eric explained that the cap is child proof.  Riley paused to think and then asked Eric, "But how did it know I'm a child?"
I just LOVE how this little one thinks!!
 1st day of school!
This is one of the pix Ri left for us at her desk for back to school night
(yes, she finally has a desk instead of a table!!  by far one of the best parts of 1st grade for Riley!!)
 Kyle is now in Pre-K with Ms. Julie (same teacher Ri had) and seems to love it!  He also finally started to play t-ball!!!  He loves it - even more than soccer!  Since he considered himself a rock start soccer player, we figured he'd have the same opinion of tball.  However after the 1st game, he expressed how much fun it was but also said, "but I'm not dat good at hitting, I'll need to practice!"  We are very proud of him and his desire to rock on the field!