Fall Break

 For Fall Break we headed down to great-grandma and grandpa's house. They have a pumpkin patch and let us pick out our own pumpkins for free. I've also been wanting to stay a couple days at my grandma's house. We spent a lot of time there as kids, and had many fun sleepovers with cousins. It was nice to go down for a couple of days.

The marbles are always the favorite thing to play with, P3 was laughing hysterically!

 

P2 loved all the babies and dolls she found at the house:

For breakfast, we had German pancakes, great-grandma's specialty!

P1 hard at work creating a Pokemon mural. He told great-grandma all about Pokemon during our time there.

Picking pumpkins at the pumpkin patch. P1 really got into it this year. P2 picked a couple, and P3 would have been happy to just stay in the van. We filled the back of the van with lots of pumpkins!

 

 

 

We went down to the Farmer's Market. Grandpa has a golf cart that he let the kids ride. They had a hay maze and big slide that the kids enjoyed.

They had some little kittens at the farm. P3 liked them, but P1 and P2 didn't want anything to do with them. My cousin's daughter couldn't get enough of the kittens, and we had to keep rescuing them from her grasp.

It's so fun to see all the beautiful varieties of pumpkins and squash. I believe they grow about 70 different varieties.

13 Months

P3 loves to color with his brother and sister. He has also recently shown an interest in plush animals. He is so cute when he gives them hugs!

 This kid refuses to sit in his high chair the normal way. He has figured out 101 different ways to sit or stand in it (most precarious), but hates to sit that way he is supposed to.

This boy loves smoothies! And of course he makes a huge mess! He will drink it as fast as he can, and then he will be shivering and yet still ask for more. 

 Waiting at the doctor's office:

Being adorable:

Somebody got a goose egg:

Eating applesauce like a dog:

 P3 playing his brother's kazoo:

Grandparents Day at Preschool

P2 had Grandparent's Day at preschool. My mom and dad were able to go, and they had a fun time. Afterwards they took her out to lunch. 

Pokemon Birthday Party

We had a Pokemon birthday party for P1. It was a lot of fun to plan, and it went a lot better than last year's birthday party!

Party favors:

Poke ball cupcakes:

This poster was fun to create! A project of love. I designed all of it and printed it at home. I did end up taking it in to get laminated. Since I had a free HP ink plan, it only cost $7 to get it laminated. P1 was really excited about this. Every kid got 3 Poke balls, and the plan was to blindfold them and let them try to catch a Pokemon!

The Poke ball cupcakes each had a Pokemon coming out them. Ignore the backwards 6, apparently I am dyslexic.

 Let the party begin! We started off by making Pikachu ears and watching a Pokemon episode while we waited for everyone to arrive.

Playing Catch a Pokemon! This turned out really well, and the kids loved it!

We also played Pokemon Bingo:

Everyone enjoyed their cupcakes:

We had 3 boys and 3 girls show up. Three were from kindergarten, 2 from primary, and 1 family friend. For presents, P1 received Pokemon pajamas, Pokemon legos, a Pokemon book, a Leonardo action figure, a Jurassic World truck and dinosaur, and a Transformer book/play set.

Everyone seemed to have fun, and P1 enjoyed every minute. It was a very successful party!