Fall Preschool Field Trip - Pumpkin Patch

If you live around here, the Country Mercantile Pumpkin Patch is a must-visit this time of year! We had so much fun there picking pumpkins, running around in the hay maze, climbing the hay pyramid, seeing the animals and having cookies and punch! Afterward we stayed for some lunch and tasted so many of their delicious samples. It was amazing how it was raining all morning and when we got there the weather was great. Then, while we were inside eating lunch it was a complete down pour! What timing!

Preschool

 

 Eliza and Porter are both in Preschool this year and loving it! Here are their first day pics, even though they didn't start preschool on the same day.

Addition

Happy Birthday Daniel! Daniel is adding one more year to his life - the big 27! He is the best husband and dad, and I'm not just saying that because it is his birthday! I really appreciate his selfless and cheerful demeanor.

As Daniel is adding another year, we thought it good to start sharing that we are also adding to our family! Baby #4 will be arriving beginning of March! What a great life!

Recess Monkey

 Last week we went to the Recess Monkey's show at the library. It is our 2nd time that we've seen them and we had a great time. They are school teachers from Seattle that have toured our libraries in the summer and entertain these kids with their fun & creative music! Porter and Jesse were dancing fools, Eliza got into by the end too! Thanks Kristin for keeping me in the know about when they perform each year! We love 'em!
You can here a lot of their songs on their site here.

Summer Pics

My boys (and first picture with Daniel's new camera*)

Porter and Daniel fishing on Papa's boat

Sunrise on Independence Rock

Rock Creek, my favorite spot on our trip

Had to include a picture of this little muffin!

Fort Laramie

We had a great trip and it was so fun to spend time with family! A huge thanks to my Mom & family and Mike and Em for watching the kids while we were gone!

 Chimney Rock

*also a huge thanks to Papa & Mimi for the camera!

Porter is 3

Top 3 things I love about Porter:

He is such a softy, always first to say sorry and give hugs

Loves to hug...sometimes a little to tight...to little girls...in nursery

His one-liners are classic:

"Whoa, mom take it easy"

"Ooh good job, that's amazing"

"fanks mom"

He calls Jesse and other little kids buddy.

There are many more, and I'll have to add to the list as I remember them.

I love this kid!!

First year of preschool

Eliza loved her first year of preschool. She learned a lot! We were lucky to have such good moms in our group that really put time into preparing and teaching these kids!