Field Trip to the Farm –

Today, I went on my first field trip with my class. We went to farm. First, we got on a big yellow school bus…the kind I’ve been reading about in my books for years! I was so excited when we got to school and I saw the bus waiting to take us to the farm. Mommy came too so we sat together on the bus. We sang songs on the way to the farm. When we got there, after posing for a photo op, we had our snack, apple and juice. Then it was off to see the animals. There were LOTS of animals to see. We even got to pet the little goats and see the BIG HUGE pig up close. Then we went on a hay ride pulled by two black horses. We sang more Halloween songs that we’ve been practicing at school all week. We had lunch and each got to pick out a pumpkin to bring back to school to decorate. It was a great day!! I think riding the bus was my favorite part! I can’t wait until school when I can ride the bus EVERY day!

Me and my class getting ready to get on the bus..


My friend Thomas and I...


Waiting patiently for the hayride...


Photo's on the hayride...


Mommy and me on the hay ride..


I picked out a pumpkin for me and one for Paige too...

Happy Anniversary!

5 Years ago we were all in Hawaii…soakin’ up the sun and having a good time. WE so wish we were back there right now. We said we would go back for our 5 year anniversary. 2 kids, 1 dog, 1 house and 2 jobs later….the story has changed slightly. We do hope to get away for a 4 day weekend (minus the kids!) sometime next spring…we hope!

We were talking to Luke about why this was a special day. We asked if he would like to get married some day. He said that he would. He would like to marry Paige.

Look what I found in the archive photos….

Check out this set of pictures...

I was SIMPLY trying to get one picture of the two of them next to their ghost and pumpkin Halloween decorations. This is a small sample of the disaster photos I got. The only thing going through my head as I’m doing this – “getting a picture for the holiday card is going to be LOADS OF FUN this year”

Leaf Peepin' Weekend

We went to NH with my cousins to visit papa last weekend. We had so much fun. I was having too much fun...sleepover with my cousins in the same room….I couldn’t control myself. I didn’t get to sleep until 10:15pm. I was keeping everyone awake too..oops! We went to a fair, saw all the animals, rode some rides, ate fair food and papa bought me a balloon! Then we went to dinner at the turkey farm THEN (after keeping everyone up late) the next day we went out on Marny and Bills boat. We had big fun. I love hangin’ with my cousins and papa too!!

Checkin out the animals with daddy...


Paige was all bundled up in her backpack...


Paige, enjoying dinner at the turkey farm...


Chase and I were big sillies together...

9 Month Update!

I'm a big healthy girl!! 20lbs and growing! The doctor asked if mom put Miracle Grow in my bottles. Must be, because I'm growin'like a weed!! I had to get my blood taken for my lead test and my flu shot. I was such a good girl, didn't even cry. My big brave brother got his flu shot before me and showed me there was nothing to be scared of.

Excuese me if I'm cranky...

but I'm really not...not for all the teeth I've been working on lately. I have my two bottom, my two top fangs, and now I'm working on my two top front teeth. I'm hard at work getting those teeth in. You would never know it. Mommy says I'm such a great baby even when I'm teething!!

Happy Birthday Nana!!

We went to Mimi's for dinner Sunday night to celebrate Nana's birthday. We told Luke we were going to Mimi's. He says "CAPE COD!!". We had to explain to Luke that Mimi has another house, it had been sometime since we'd been to Lexington, Luke didn't remember. So he looks at us and says "Mimi's Cape Cod house is broken" as if he had it all figured out in his head.

Apple Picking!!

This weekend was the annual apple picking outing with our friends (although last year got rained out). It was a beautiful day. The kids loved it, we did miss the Ryan family this year! They have lots of great things for the kids to do: see the animals, ride the little tractors, have cider donuts and other yummy treats, go in the hay maze and jump on the hay stack and oh yeah..there was the apple picking part too!! Luke really got into it this year and was able to pick the apples himself...after some coaching not to take the apples from the ground. Next year we'll work on not "throwing" them in the bag. All in all, a great day!!!

In the old neck of the woods..

Before apple picking, we drove around Acton and drove by our old house. We figured it had been almost exactly a year since we moved. We asked Luke if he knew where we were when we pulled in. He said "Jackson's house". NO. He said "Katie's house" and pretty much went down the line of his friends. He didn't remember our house at all which was a little sad but what did we expect the poor guy wasn't even 2 when we left and haven't been back in a year. We went to Kimbell's for some ice cream too!!

New Toys!!

We've moved toys around, taken some downstairs, out, in and all around. We also got some great new toys from cousin's Chase and Madison. Both kids are lovin' having "new" toys to play with. Fan fav is the Dora kitchen for sure...