Appleland Station

Yesterday, I was a parent volunteer for the Jr. Kindergarten's first field trip--Appleland Station. It was a beautiful apple orchard just outside the city. They had a train, a pumpkin patch and Sand Mountain (which is just what it sounds like, a huge mountain of sand with cement tunnels and play equipment). I wish I had a camera because the setting was amazing! We learned how to make an apple tree, how bees pollinate the apple blossoms and the proper way to pick apples. I ate an apple that I picked off the tree! We had a great day! This is a pic that was snapped by Lukas' teacher while we were on the train.

A Little Picasso

This is one of Lukas' newest creations. He titles this one, "The Caterpillar and the Cookies". All of the sudden he went from scribbling to drawing semi-recognizable images. When he draws, he uses lots of paper (thank goodness for recycling) and of the 10 pictures he drew, he chose this one for the fridge. I had to take it down to scan it and he immediately noticed and was really upset that his picture was not on the fridge.

This is one of Kailyn's self-portraits, of course she dressed like a princess. Kailyn has always enjoyed drawing and coloring. She loved when my Dad would visit because the two of them would often sit and draw together.

Our Family Picture

Our Family

School's Back!

I've been hearing complaints that my blog hasn't been updated in a while--it's been about 6 weeks and due to a crappy Internet connection, I've been unable to do any updates. My deepest apologies for my negligence.

September has been exciting so far. Kailyn has been accepted into a french immersion school and has made lots of new friends already. She's getting right back into the swing of things and has also mastered riding the bus again! Lukas started Jr. Kindergarten. He's attending school every morning from 9:00-11:30--which isn't the greatest but I think it's probably the best for him. He went with me to meet his new teacher and check out the classroom. Every day he comes running out of the class and says he's had so much fun. Then when I ask if he wants to go back tomorrow, he says no.

Bob is now working a little closer to home which is great for all of us! We actually get to see him now! We also have our nephew, Ben, staying with us until his family moves out here in January. I am so happy to have him here. (Not just because I'll have a live-in babysitter...) Kailyn and Lukas have really enjoyed having him here so far and follow him around.

We're looking forward to Christa and Zoe coming out here for a visit at the end of September; then my parents will be coming for Thanksgiving! We love to have family come and visit. Hopefully, we'll be able to get a camera soon and post some new pictures. Don't give up on me! I'll try to post again soon!