Dwelling In His Richness: October 2013

Halloweeny Activities

30 October

The other night we had some pre-Halloween fun by making Halloween crafts from Grammy, carving pumpkins, eating Halloween fruit snacks (Grammy again), and watching a special Halloween episode of Curious George.

Yep, my little scaredy cats ended up hiding behind their chairs during George. :)

Pumpkin Picking

28 October

We visited the pumpkin patch on a very chilly fall day. The kids stayed warm by bouncing in a pumpkin bounce house, climbing on hay and sliding back down, and jumping on the jumping pillow. And thankfully I wore multiple layers to keep myself warm, as there was no bouncing or jumping going on here. :)

Clifford the Pumpkin

21 October

Claire's homework for the weekend: create a favorite storybook character out of a pumpkin. :) We decided to make Clifford, based on the book "Clifford's Halloween". And never one to miss out on the fun, Max decided to add some color to his little jack-o-lantern.

Since the paint was already out, my little artists just kept on creating...

Apple Abundance

18 October

Our day at the apple orchard resulted in a very large bag of apples just waiting to be baked into something delicious. One way to use up most of those apples? Homemade applesauce. And a cinnamon apple cake to enjoy while you wait.

So Blessed

15 October

My wonderful photographer and friend, Jenny, took these pictures a couple weeks ago. I love looking at them. It makes me realize how very blessed I am to have two healthy, beautiful, fun, loving children and one more on the way. They keep me busy, make messes everywhere, and can sometimes frustrate me and try my patience- but I wouldn't trade them, or my role as their mom, for the whole world.

Mornings With Max

14 October

Max and I do a little bit of "school work" every morning. We do simple activities with the alphabet, counting, shapes, colors, etc... I did this with Claire too, and let me just say-

they are OPPOSITES.

Claire loved (and still does) doing school work, and would try her hardest, and enjoyed all of the little activities. Max is happy for the first two activities, and then he's done. He just rushes through his work so he can be finished with it.

IT DRIVES ME CRAZY.

I can't imagine what a full day in preschool will be like for him next year. His poor teacher.

Oh well, I'll just keep trying to break him in!