Fall

I love fall! I love where we live, the colors are gorgeous this time of year. Every morning I drive to drop kids off at school, I can't help but marvel at the beautiful colors in the morning light.

6 Years Old

I can't believe I have a 6 year old! P1, you bring such joy to our family. You are kind, sweet, smart, and helpful. You are already reading and at the top of your class even though we suspect you have dyslexia. You have made several good friends in kindergarten, and your teacher says you are always kind and helpful. You are good to play with your younger siblings, and usually willing to help mom out. You are very creative, and are always building new toys out of your legos. You love holidays, and are always making decorations for the current holiday. You have become a really good eater and are willing to try new foods. And you will even eat the food you don't like because you want to be healthy. We love you so much, and it has been fun to watch you grow.

6 Year Stats:

Weight: 40 lbs 8 oz (18th percentile)

Height: 45 in (41st percentile)

P1 has been counting down to his birthday all year long. So of course, he woke up sick on his birthday. Poor kid! We were still at great-grandmas house in Gunnison, and P1 threw up in the middle of the night. He had a lot of mucus and a nasty cough, and was basically gagging on the mucus which caused him to throw up. So we ran to the store and got cough/decongestant medicine and then we made the 2 hour drive home. Dad was waiting at home with his presents. P1 got a Pikachu jacket, Pokemon chapter books, a Mew plush, and a Rowlet plush from P2. He also got a Mewtwo vs Mew lego set that he was most excited about.

 

 

 

We had family over for cake and ice cream. P1 got more Pokemon legos, and a Frog and Toad book from his uncle. 

 

I threw a cake together really fast, and it turned out decent for the amount of time I spent on it.

Happy Birthday P1, we love you!

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.