Plumper Pumpkin Patch

Ms. A had her first Field Trip in Preschool - The Pumpkin Patch with daddy. She was thrilled to go and has been talking and asking about it for the past two weeks. Monday Ms Jo Ann, her teacher, gave the children some instructions which she faithfully recounted to me. :) Apparently the hayride was a bit nerving racking, Ms A was concerned she might fall off so she asked Reed to hold her hand. They had a wonderful and wet time. She was so proud of her pumpkin that she was able to choose "ALL BY MYSELF!"

Here are a few pictures.

Here's a video of the Hayride

AC Gilbert House

Sara, our cousin, Meredith, and I took our children to the AC Gilbert House courtesy of our library's Cultural Pass. Thanks R for the recommendation. We had a wonderful time exploring and the children ran and checked out EVERYTHING. Ms A's favorite room was the Bubble Room in the Gilbert House. She would not leave! She giggled and was so proud of herself when she was able to hold the bubbles in her hands. She also had a wonderful time playing with her cousins and running ALL OVER THE PLACE!

How Firm A Foundation

Ms A loves singing. One of her new favorite songs is "How Firm A Foundation". Her Primary sang it in Sacrament Meeting last month. I'll hear her singing this song in all sorts of places and doing a variety of things. Since it's one of my favorite hymns and my sweet pea singing, I love to sit and listen.



Here's another version with "I Am a Child of God"

Silly Girl

A friend of mine pointed me to a contest by Elefun & Friends and I couldn't resist it. I loved the quote: "They sure can leave us in stitches can’t they? Even on our most trying days". As soon as I read it I remembered this picture and the eruption of laughter even though I was upset that she used marker all over her face and arms.


She always knows how to get me to laugh!

On Jumping and Scooters

Today after General Conference (which was EXCELLENT), we went over to our local, under construction park. Ms A loves to JUMP, so she was more than willing to test her jumping skills all over the soon-to-be water feature. She caught some good air and had a grand time jumping from all sorts of (safe) heights and places.

We have a friend who heard Ms. A talking about how much she loves scooters, so our friend gave Ms. A an extra one that she had been given. (Thanks J and P. Ms A has been in heaven ever since.) She talks about and tries to show everyone her new scooter. One of her favorite things to do is to ride it over to the park. She loves trying out the new paths as they are finished.

Going SCUBA DIVING

Ms A enjoyed a wonderful curriculum by Mother Goose Time last year. We didn't finish up before Preschool started, so when she came down with an ear infection, we talked about scuba diving and the animals you'd see. When I mentioned daddy had something cool upstairs that had to do with swimming in the ocean her eyes lit up. I ran upstairs and grabbed Reed's scuba diving bag. We tried them on her and talked about why she would need each item.

She was delighted!

(for those wondering, no a giant seastar didn't expire in our home, we were playing a music game where you had to jump in the seastar when the music stopped)

Ms. A and her new "Little Pony"

For those of you out there that don't know our little one very well, Ms A has a deep love for My Little Ponies. She has quite a collection. A couple of months ago, she lost her favorite Pegasus, StarSong. When Ms. A started Preschool, my mom sent her a package. (It was also because she has given all her other grandchildren a Build-A-Bear.) Ms A was tickled to receive a package and even more excited when she saw what was inside - a TALKING STARSONG! Her favorite part was when StarSong sang her version of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

She giggled, laughed, hugged, "fed" StarSong and smiled for days. Thanks MOM!!