October Fun

This past October was a blast - the kids got to experience their first Pumpkin Patch where the pumpkins actually come from the ground. Johnson Family Farms does a fantastic job of treating the kids to games, pig races, hay rides and more. Loved every minute of it so much we went back for seconds! Chase also had his first field trip (to the pumpkin patch), we had a great Halloween night get together with the neighbors, Ah and Pa were here, and we had a blast trick or treating in the neighborhood which was very decked out!

Chase's 6th Birthday

Chase turned 6 this year - SIX!!!!! That's only 10 years away from driving, 4 years away from double digits and just too old for me. He still has a very distinct personality, a rule follower to the max. For example, he had homework last night of retelling a story that he learned at school to the family using props that they had made. We were doing our other homework around 4 o'clock. I told him we should have him tell us his story at that time too. He said "no mom, my teacher told me to do the story at night and it isn't night yet." Well, ok then little man, thank you for always keeping me in check ;). Chase is still pretty laid back, going with the flow as long as we aren't doing anything wrong. He is starting to laugh at my jokes and silliness, although I know he's usually shaking his head at me. He is reading well above his grade level and has started in on chapter books, reading to himself. He loves school and never complains about going. And of course he is awesome with his little sister. They still sleep in the same room (their choice) and they rarely fight. You can tell he takes responsibility for her and gets upset when she is hurt. I just love every day with him and am so happy that he chose me to be his mama!

Lil Fish

Both kids love, love, LOVE the water. We are so excited that our gym has an indoor pool - now they can not only take lessons year round but we can have family swim days WITH a water slide (Chase's favorite)! Chase swims on his own so his lessons are now about technique & strokes. He's super comfortable in the water and is competitive with himself so he's always striving to do better. Miss thang just started lessons in August and she is already swimming on her own (not far, and it's kind of a sad looking doggy paddle deal... but still, I'll call it a win :)).