Last week, I was able to chaperone on a field with the girls' elementary school to a local apple orchard/pumpkin patch. They had fun playing in a hay bale maze before having lunch. Afterwards, we all got a hayride out to the pumpkin patch and picked a pumpkin. Then we went to a "classroom" to learn about "good bugs" and "bad bugs" for apple trees, went to the orchard for a Red Delicious apple and a lesson on photosynthesis. Our last stop of the day was in another "classroom" to learn about the bees. Because it was a COLD day, the bees weren't very active and the QUEEN was hidden. Of course, we also saw where the apples are stored after they are picked and sorted. Yum!!
This is the rocking horse that Terry and I bought when the girls were very little. Sadly, it has gotten too small and our house has too many "things" in it. Happily, though, Kayla and Levi have taken it for the little ones to play with at their house. It will be good to see it being used in a good home!
Every spring, we get three new baby rabbits from the "mama" that Gma and Gpa have. This year, we had Shadow (Trevor's), Blaze (Emily's) and Buster (Erin's). Unfortunately, it turned out that Erin's was a male. In an effort to keep him through the summer though, Erin gladly put him in a hutch inside the dog kennel (the rabbits' home where they can run lose) and she volunteered to go out EVERY day to care for her rabbit while Trev and Emily took turns taking care of the rest. It was a sad day when we had to sell them but we just don't have a good place to winter them over. =-(
We have had a LOT of HIGH winds the past few days. Sadly, the cedar tree in front of our house decided it was just too much....and LARGE part of it broke off and fell on our front patio this morning during breakfast. Luckily, it JUST brushed the house as it fell and brushed the Grand Prix on the driveway. It doesn't look like there is any damage to either one. Just some of the goodies in the flower garden that it feel across......
A few weeks ago, our elementary school held it's annual DONUTS WITH DAD. The fathers can take their children to school, have milk and donuts with them before school starts. This is always a special day for our kids.....Trevor was a bit bummed out that he won't have that in Middle School. I was able to go in and have lunch with him last week, though, as they have a monthly "Parent Lunch".
Last week, I was able to chaperone on a field with the girls' elementary school to a local apple orchard/pumpkin patch. They had fun playing in a hay bale maze before having lunch. Afterwards, we all got a hayride out to the pumpkin patch and picked a pumpkin. Then we went to a "classroom" to learn about "good bugs" and "bad bugs" for apple trees, went to the orchard for a Red Delicious apple and a lesson on photosynthesis. Our last stop of the day was in another "classroom" to learn about the bees. Because it was a COLD day, the bees weren't very active and the QUEEN was hidden. Of course, we also saw where the apples are stored after they are picked and sorted. Yum!!
This is the rocking horse that Terry and I bought when the girls were very little. Sadly, it has gotten too small and our house has too many "things" in it. Happily, though, Kayla and Levi have taken it for the little ones to play with at their house. It will be good to see it being used in a good home!
Every spring, we get three new baby rabbits from the "mama" that Gma and Gpa have. This year, we had Shadow (Trevor's), Blaze (Emily's) and Buster (Erin's). Unfortunately, it turned out that Erin's was a male. In an effort to keep him through the summer though, Erin gladly put him in a hutch inside the dog kennel (the rabbits' home where they can run lose) and she volunteered to go out EVERY day to care for her rabbit while Trev and Emily took turns taking care of the rest. It was a sad day when we had to sell them but we just don't have a good place to winter them over. =-(
We have had a LOT of HIGH winds the past few days. Sadly, the cedar tree in front of our house decided it was just too much....and LARGE part of it broke off and fell on our front patio this morning during breakfast. Luckily, it JUST brushed the house as it fell and brushed the Grand Prix on the driveway. It doesn't look like there is any damage to either one. Just some of the goodies in the flower garden that it feel across......
A few weeks ago, our elementary school held it's annual DONUTS WITH DAD. The fathers can take their children to school, have milk and donuts with them before school starts. This is always a special day for our kids.....Trevor was a bit bummed out that he won't have that in Middle School. I was able to go in and have lunch with him last week, though, as they have a monthly "Parent Lunch". 
2 comments:
nice post...always like to see what the kids are doing...that was a BIG piece of that tree!!!
that is a huge piece of tree! Yiiikes! Glad everyone (and everything!) is okay!
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