September Pictures

We had one last swim in September. It has been fun to swim in Grandpa's pool all summer.

Both kids are pretty good at entertaining themselves. It's always fun to see them reading books.

Our view from our front window:

P1 has been asking me to do "school" with him. We have been doing addition with goldfish.

Dad built a campfire for us in the backyard, and we roasted hot dogs and marshmallows. The kids didn't really care for the s'mores.

Playing with rubber bands. P2 thought they made great bracelets.

My little artist. He drew a monkey, a snake, a giraffe, a tiger, and an elephant. 

We had a streak of red in our trees. Our trees were some of the last in the neighborhood to turn colors. I guess they don't want to acknowledge that it is fall.

Dressing Up

I needed a Book of Mormon costume for a church activity and so we went to grandma's house to see if she had anything. P1 had a lot of fun trying on different costumes, and P2 refused to put on anything. P1 really loved the Peter Pan costume, so we decided to take it home with us.

Our other grandma ended up buying P2 a Tinkerbell costume when she saw P1's Peter Pan costume. At first P2 would cry when we talked about her being Tinkerbell, but eventually she warmed up to the idea. And now she loves to wear the costume and begs me to fly her around the room.

 

When I finally pulled out my Fall box, the kids found some more costumes. P1 loved wearing his giraffe costume even though it was getting too small. And P2 found my Izzy costume and wanted to wear it, even though it was much too big. She looks more like a gypsy.

Friends

 We love our friends! We had a lot of play dates this month. It was fun to watch P2 play with her friend, instead of just clinging to my side the whole time.

 

 

 

 

 

Chilean Day

We had our annual Chilean Day festivities! As always, we had great food and great company. It's always good to see our friends from college.

PE preparing some meat empanadas. We baked some and fried some. We used 2 lbs of hamburger, and it was perfect. The kids really enjoyed the cheese empanadas.

The kids helped me make the torta de mil hojas.

We had empanadas, completos, mote, apples, and torta de mil hojas. It was all delicious, and ended up being the perfect amount of food.

We had a total of 13 adults and 7 kids.

The kids had fun playing together

As always, it was a fun and delicious day! Thanks to all our friends who keep coming every year!

State Fair

We took the kids to the State Fair. We spent most of our money on food. $5 for a corn dog is completely ridiculous. A complete stranger ended up giving us his carnival tickets because his daughter wouldn't go on any of the rides. The first thing P1 noticed at the fair was the giant ferris wheel. While we were eating lunch, we asked him if he wanted to go ride the ferris wheel. He said yes, and started walking towards the ferris wheel. He was very eager to go! After we finished lunch, we took the kids over and they both enjoyed the ferris wheel and the carousel.

The kids didn't want to touch any of the animals. I bribed P1 with a penny to touch a goat, but P2 refused to touch anything.

Butter sculptures.