More fall weekends...

I just realized how far behind I am on my blog!

Here are a few pictures from when Josh, Jessica, Tina, Ben, Kim and all the kids were here a few weeks ago. Kristin, Collin and Sylvia couldn't make it because the girls were sick. We originally were planning on going to the pumpkin patch but the weather changed our plans. We all just hung around at our house. The kids played very well with only minor meltdowns. We also made "Thanksgiving" Dinner. It was awesome and we all ate too much. I can't wait until Thanksgiving comes again so we can have more turkey!

Pumpkin Patch

On Friday October 9th, Kim's kids didn't have school so the 5 of us headed to the pumpkin patch. We were originally going to go on Saturday but the weather called for 40 degrees and snow. Friday was sunny and 50-nice fall weather.

The kids had a good time. The big kids went into a couple of haunted houses (Libby tried one and got scared 5 steps in the door), we fed a bunch of animals, and the kids rolled around in hay a few times through the day. The big kids also had carmel apples and Libby and I shared a popcorn ball-which I dropped on the ground. We went on hay ride and picked a pumpkin out of the patch. The hay ride was definitely Libby's favorite, she still talks about it to this day.

We are lucky we went Friday because we woke up to 4 inches of snow Saturday morning!!

Fall Days...

Here are a couple of pictures of Libby playing school and at the zoo. I have been printing off worksheets from a couple of school sites so Libby and I can "play" school. She mostly colors but I want to try to work with her on letter sounds, writing and a little more on numbers. Libby recognizes all the letters but doesn't know them in order. She can count to 17 but only recognizes 0-9. She knows all of the basic shapes and colors. I got her to write "L-i -b" the other night and then she quit. She is such a stubborn student-I wonder where she gets that from??

A couple of weeks ago when it was still nice, Libby and I went to the zoo for the afternoon. We ended up staying for 4 hours! She got a free ride on the carousel and we spent a lot of time watching the new baby gorilla and the monkeys. I could spend all day in the aquarium but Libby wasn't having any of that. When we were getting ready to leave we passed a man pretending he was a gorilla next to the gorilla statue. Libby thought it was funny and tried it herself. The guy was still around and was laughing that Libby was copying him! She is so cute! I am hoping the weather gets nice enough to go to the zoo one more time before it snows...again.

We also took Libby on a Ferris wheel ride at Scheel's. She kept begging us to go on it. I didn't think she would really like it once we got on and it got going. Libby did great! She held on really tight and sat really still at first but once it got going she really enjoyed it. Unfortunately we didn't have our camera with us since it was a surprise that she actually went!

Libby Belle...

Again I am sorry for not posting for a while. Libby and I were busy enjoying the nice weather while it lasted. We played catch outside, went the park a few times, and went for a some stroller rides. Libby found her pink t-ball glove that I bought her before she was born. She likes to try to throw the ball with the glove or use it as a helmet. Hopefully she will have more athletic ability as she gets older. Daddy gave Libby a hair cut due to the fact that she REFUSES to get one at the salon. He did a pretty good job however she still has crazy hair everyday. Every so often she will let me put it up and make it look cute.

I am also happy to report that Libby is OFFICIALLY pacifier free!! It has been almost 2 weeks now that she has been without it. The first couple of days were a breeze. After that I think she got overly tired and was whining more at bedtime. She hasn't even mentioned them for a couple of days now so hopefully we are over the paci.