Hello, everyone!
We’ve been having so much fun playing in the leaves & enjoying the cooler weather that comes with fall. The kids had a ball trick-or-treating this year as well.
Ariel is doing great in preschool; she loves going & really enjoys getting to paint each time. They also do circle time, story time, art projects, dancing/singing, & free play outside on the playground. She was recently selected to have Curious George visit our house for the week. So, Ariel took him to a variety of places & also decided to throw a birthday party for him; and since he’s a curious little monkey, we decided to pretend he got a hold of the mixer & made a big mess, which our cat cleaned up. We had to do a scrapbook page with the photos from his visit and then Ariel shared her story with the class. Here are the photos:
Dylan is copying everything these days, so you have to watch what you say & do. He saw Ariel leap off her dress up trunk, so now he does it. And he leaps off the furniture & climbs everything in sight! Both our kids are little monkeys! Dylan escaped at the library last week, and Ariel & I found him trying to climb up on the coloring table---Argh! Toddlers! But he’s so cute!
David & I are doing well too. I’m still involved in my mom’s groups & help plan events for one of them. We have been on two tours this month—the food bank and the grocery store; and we’ll visit the post office for a tour later this month. It’s always challenging with Dylan, but Ariel sure enjoys it.
I finally finished knitting David’s hat; here he is modeling it:
In September, we visited the aquarium, attended a princess themed b-day party, went to Ariel’s preschool’s Harvest Party, went to the art museum, attended a mermaid themed b-day party, played at parks, enjoyed the outdoors & of course spent time with family. Here are some photos:
In October, we went on a fieldtrip with Ariel’s preschool class to Linder Farms, painted pumpkins, attended the Idaho Moms’ Network Halloween Party, visited the Botanical Gardens for the Scarecrow Stroll, took the kids to my parents house for an overnight stay so we could celebrate ten years of being a couple, commemorated my sister, Angie’s, b-day at Chuck E Cheese, dressed Ariel in pajamas for Pajama Day at preschool, and of course-went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. Ariel was a witch, and Dylan was a pirate---I was so proud tha both kids knew exactly what to do & wore their hats the whole time for Halloween night. Here are the photos:
Now it’s already the middle of November, and we’ve been planting flowers & raking leaves, seeing friends & having playdates, visiting the Discovery Center & World Center Birds of Prey (Ariel’s second class field trip) & looking forward to Thanksgiving & Christmas!
Hope you are all doing well!
Lots of love,
Tammy, David, Ariel & Dylan
