Pumpkin Patch
We went to church and Sunday School yesterday. Livi has been having some trouble with separation anxiety for Sunday School, so the first couple of weeks I stayed with her in her class, and then the last couple of weeks she's gone by herself. She is so excited to go, but then has such a hard time when we drop her off and I guess during much of the classtime, too. So, we're trying to decide - do we keep trying or do we just give it some time and then try again later? Zach is just starting in on the separation anxiety - although much milder. When we first started taking him there, he'd just see the toys and forget that he even has parents, but lately he's been more upset about us leaving him, although he's fine within a few minutes of us leaving. So he stayed with us in church yesterday, and I just have to say that I am so glad that our church has a cry room where you can stay and not miss the service (in a sound-proof room). So we were in there for part of the time. And then after that, we all decided to go to the pancake breakfast, and the kids were hungry and really enjoyed that after sitting through church/Sunday school.
Since it was such a nice weekend and I was feeling pretty good we decided to go to Tweite's Pumpkin Patch. We were about 1/2 a mile away from there when I remembered that the camera was still at home (about 20 miles away) of course. A good time was had by all, though. Zach cooperated and took an early enough nap that we could go for a few hours in the afternoon. It's a really cool place to visit. Mostly geared for kids, of course, so fun times. We played on the castle that's built around a barn - Olivia had a blast with that! And then they have all these pots and pans and chimes hanging from old cow feeders and then some wooden spoons and sticks for the kids to bang on the pots and pans - lots of good loud fun. Of course, both kids had to "drive" the toy tractors and trucks. Zach was having such a great time and needed to be dragged away when it was time to move on - poor kid. The highlight for all was going on the tractor and wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch where we all got to pick out some pumpkins in the field. So we trudged through the field and found 3 pumpkins for the kids - yes, even baby got one, too. And Olivia very patiently waited until today for us to carve them. I think that she asked me about 20 times from the time I brought them in the house today at 11:00am until we finally carved them up around 3:30pm. But she was pretty good about waiting, and I kept putting it off anyway, and I just couldn't anymore. Olivia really liked helping me pick out all the seeds so we can use them up later. And Zachary spent most of the time helping by playing in the kitchen sink with cups and water. I think he likes doing that just about more than anything else in the house these days.
Not much other news to report here. Livi is getting somewhat impatient to meet the new baby. I had cleaned out the bassinet and washed all the baby clothes - just in case we went in early again. Well, when she saw the bassinet in our room she wanted to go to the hospital and see the baby right away, and was quite upset that we weren't doing that! Zach knows something's up, but doesn't know just what yet. We'll keep you posted!
-posted by Elena
Since it was such a nice weekend and I was feeling pretty good we decided to go to Tweite's Pumpkin Patch. We were about 1/2 a mile away from there when I remembered that the camera was still at home (about 20 miles away) of course. A good time was had by all, though. Zach cooperated and took an early enough nap that we could go for a few hours in the afternoon. It's a really cool place to visit. Mostly geared for kids, of course, so fun times. We played on the castle that's built around a barn - Olivia had a blast with that! And then they have all these pots and pans and chimes hanging from old cow feeders and then some wooden spoons and sticks for the kids to bang on the pots and pans - lots of good loud fun. Of course, both kids had to "drive" the toy tractors and trucks. Zach was having such a great time and needed to be dragged away when it was time to move on - poor kid. The highlight for all was going on the tractor and wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch where we all got to pick out some pumpkins in the field. So we trudged through the field and found 3 pumpkins for the kids - yes, even baby got one, too. And Olivia very patiently waited until today for us to carve them. I think that she asked me about 20 times from the time I brought them in the house today at 11:00am until we finally carved them up around 3:30pm. But she was pretty good about waiting, and I kept putting it off anyway, and I just couldn't anymore. Olivia really liked helping me pick out all the seeds so we can use them up later. And Zachary spent most of the time helping by playing in the kitchen sink with cups and water. I think he likes doing that just about more than anything else in the house these days.
Not much other news to report here. Livi is getting somewhat impatient to meet the new baby. I had cleaned out the bassinet and washed all the baby clothes - just in case we went in early again. Well, when she saw the bassinet in our room she wanted to go to the hospital and see the baby right away, and was quite upset that we weren't doing that! Zach knows something's up, but doesn't know just what yet. We'll keep you posted!
-posted by Elena
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