Farm Fun

Eme was pretty excited to see Grandpa & Grandma when we arrived!

We went "home" for a long weekend. Even though I didn't grow up where my parent live now, I still call it "home". It's my second home of course now that we have our own home, but where  Mom and Dad live will always be my second home... unless they live in a nursing home.

We were reminded how much fun farms are a month ago when we went to the farm where my Mom grew up and picked apples, climbed the bails and fed the cattle. So we went back for some more fun.

This time the round bails were lined up, so Griffin had a remarkable time running and jumping and climbing.  He also helped my uncle Roger drive tractor spread the good stuff on the field.

The good stuff came from these beauties. And we found two heifers with hearts on their foreheads.  

Here's a pic of one.

Nature's Pallet

We explored Nature's Pallet yesterday.
First I cut some "painter's pallets" from a cereal box.  The kids drew and colored each circle with a different color and added it's name.  Then I used Medium Zots on each color.  We ventured outside to see what we could find of each color and stuck it to the pallet.  Surprisingly in October this project wasn't too hard! We had purple kale, blue spruce needles, green leaves, yellow dandelion and stella d'ora daylillies, orange mums & red leaves. It was a great activity to get us outside in the cold and wind.  But they quickly forgot about the elements!

Good-bye Summer

Fall is finally here with the leaves changing and farmers in the fields. 

 Here a some of the greats from the summer.

Building a play house with Papa David, Dada & Mama

Mama struggling to get a smiling picture from my kids in the new play house... 

and everywhere else I bring a camera.

Playing at the beach

Play dates with friends in parks around the area

Fishing

Happy days on the lake

Specials for the kids at the Farmers Market

What were your greats from this summer?