September Fun

Just a little fun chalking on a nice weather day!

Owen was invited out for ice cream with a friend!

We love Tim Hawkins and were so excited to find him coming to town! Kim and Chad joined us for a weekday date night!

We enjoyed getting to a couple minor league baseball games this fall!

 

We stayed for the fireworks and realized they were the first fireworks that Owen has ever seen!

Tilly and Whiskers had a well-visit at the vet. 

They made it clear they were not happy about being in the car OR the carriers!

Owen's class had a lesson at school with the counselor and were asked to set goals as a family. One of ours was for the kids to spend time together (very rare these days, unfortunately!). Here's some of their "forced sibling fun time." 

Clearly they made up their own rules!

Willow is still enjoying her time in the nursery at church each week. She's got some good tricks up her sleeve!

 
Owen had a couple buddies over for a sleepover. Thankfully they're both super respectful young men, which makes it easy to have them over!

Owen's friend posing for him to draw his portrait. He actually took it very seriously!!

Owen even made a spinner of activities for them to do!

Making apple muffins always reminds me of this book that the kids enjoyed when they were younger. 

 

Chris hasn't read it for AGES so I was super impressed with how well he did with his memory test ;)

Fun flowers I learned from an Instagram video!

Owen and Willow both tried too!

I made lollipop spiders as a treat for the Question of the Day winner at school while we read "Charlotte's Web." Many of our craft supplies were passed down from my mom or her friend who retired the year I started teaching. We have a ton of googly eyes to choose from. The price on this container made me wonder what they'd cost today, and if the person who bought them knew how many years it would take for them to be used!!

Owen started a ninja class at a new gym closer to our house. It's more of an American Ninja Warrior type of gym than the gymastics gym he was at before. It's challenged him in a different way and we've already seen him show growth in his ability to maneuver the course. We can't wait for him to "beat that wall!" Either way, he comes out sweaty every time!

Apple Picking

We got in a trip to the local dwarf apple orchard during one of their peak weeks. The pickin' was easy!!

The picking stick wasn't even needed....but is fun!

Check out how loaded the trees are!

That should last us for a little bit!