Friday Photos
Author: Sarah
It’s a Mystery…
Shhh…
I bought Carolyn’s birthday present today.
I’m so excited and can hardly wait to give it to her!
Sharing is Good
Anna is so excited to have the “sharing bag” to bring to school today. Since the color of the month is orange, she has to bring in an orange mystery item for her classmates to guess. Her clues are:
1. You eat it.
2. It’s crunchy.
3. It grows in the ground.
Any guesses?
No?
It’s a carrot!
Also, she gets to be the “star helper” for the morning. Like I said, she’s excited!
Columbus Day & Cousins
We went to my great aunt & uncle’s house today for a cook-out since the kids had off from school. They live on a small, mostly retired farm, next door to another great uncle who cares for a retired race horse.
The girls had a good time playing with their little cousins and feeding Brownie!
Best Buddies
Carolyn loves to cuddle with Molly and Murphy!
Family Puzzles
I found the best puzzles ever in the toy store by our dance studio. Family puzzles! I adore complicated puzzles, and used to have thousand piece puzzles in progress on the dining room table all the time…pre-kids, of course!
So, these puzzles only have 400 pieces. But some pieces are big, some medium and some tiny. Basically, Anna-sized, Carolyn-sized and Mommy-sized pieces!
It didn’t take too long to put it all together – we started it yesterday after school – but the best part was that everyone could work on it without frustration. We’re definitely going to need to get more of these!
Friday Photos
Signs of autumn: pumpkins, falling leaves, and orange shirts. My favorite season!
Anna’s First Field Trip
One of the advantages of sending Anna to the same preschool as Carolyn is that she gets to do all the same fun things! So today was Anna’s first field trip, just like Carolyn’s four years ago. Anna was pretty upset when we got to the farm, because she “wanted to go to school today!” Luckily, that wore off quickly, and she had a fabulous time.
She also really enjoyed trying to feed the animals in the little petting zoo. I say “trying” because she tried to feed them like she gives treats to the dogs: hold it out in your hand and then chicken out at the last second and drop it on the ground in front of them. Too bad, because the goat and sheep had such soft tickly muzzles and tongues. I want to go back just for the petting zoo!
Sometimes I should probably just nod and say “yes”.
Conversation in the car earlier as we pulled into the driveway after dance class:
Anna: “Mama, what is that on top of the roof?”
Me: “That’s the chimney, honey, for the fireplace we never use.”
Carolyn: “Yeah, we’ve never used it, have we?”
Me: “Well, not since before you were born.”
Carolyn: “Oh! Is that because it contributes to greenhouse gases? When I was born did you start thinking more about the world around you because you wanted to be more environmentally responsible for me and all the other children in the world?”
Me: “Um…well, honestly? It made the house too stinky.”
Carolyn: “Oh.”
Maybe sometimes honesty is not the best policy! Also, where on earth did she come up with that whole speech? I mean, we are pretty environmentally friendly, but have never talked about these things in anything approaching those words…
Lantern Flowers
Anna and I spotted these “Living Lantern” planters walking into Wegmans. Also known as Chinese Lanterns, they absolutely fascinated Anna and I figured they’d look nice on our front step. Something different from the potted mums I usually put out for the fall!
