Field Trip to the Fire Station

It was several weeks back now, but I couldn't find the camera cord!

We went on a field trip to the fire station and had so much fun learning about fire safety and exploring the fire trucks.

Since M isn't my kiddo, and I don't think her parents are online much at all , I try to put a sticker over her face. She's a cutie and her expression in this picture was awesome, but I'll let her parents have a copy and enjoy it. Pip and M did amazing during the presentation. They asked questions and listened really well!

Roo was really into heat sensor so they could find people in the dark.

Friendly is into awkward expressions apparently, must be a "5" thing. :0D

They had so much fun climbing through the trucks.

Checking out all the things!

When I remember her at 5, I will remember The Hair. The Hair that *never* stays back and always gets quickly undone when I fasten it back. Five is the Year of The Hair Waterfall. In.her.face.all.the.time. :0D

Pippy has the same issue. ;0) Such beautiful hair hiding such beautiful faces. childhood.

This trip was fantastic, we can't wait to go back next year!

Did I tell You About the Fair?

We went to the fair in Late August. It happened to fall the day before M joined our days, so we went together as a last hurrah- just the 4 of us. Not that we don't love having M this school year, but it feels like we're in a new stage now...Like that was Summer, and it's over. And that special summer when the kids were 2, 4 and 6 will never come again...And visiting the fair (one of our favorite things) was the thing that happened at the end of that time.

And then we went back with M to see the cows and butterflies...

Our First trip...Just the 4 of us.

The goats.

Then we went back to the butterfly house a few days later with M it was so so much fun! We got to see a Butterfly come out of it's chrysalis!

Roo watching the butterflies in action!

Pip and M were so so funny on this trip! They were little pro's scooping up the butterflies...And then scolding them for flying away. Pip (who is an avid butterfly lover) was super super into this whole holding butterflies business!

And now I told you about The Fair...

Autumn Recap: Parks and Places Addition!

Oh the beautiful places we wandered this past Autumn...Some of our very most favorite places to play and sit and eat apples...

Chasing the leaves in the wind

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Bikes at the Rose Garden One warm December day!

The giant Leaf Pile to play in for hours and hours! One crazy Early November day!

We walked to the local playground one late October morning, we always look a bit like the circus with the wagon and 4 kids!

Shivery Selfies

she was mid fake burp. So 6.

Traditional picture at this park

Pip's new tradition at this park! :D

Autumn 2014 Recap: SCHOOL

School school school! We started some fun new things this school year!

We launched into the school year with ALL THINGS ANIMALS....We also added an extra 2 year old to our crew during the weekdays. M has been a lovely addition to our days and we have had a lot of fun exploring things together.

We started off pretty strong, we stuck to a letter and a number every week...But some where around mid October that got lost in the shuffle...


But boy was the shuffle fun! Here are some pictures from our school year so far...

Our Autumn Leaf Craft.

This child LOVES school... She is beginning to sound out words (yes, age 2)

Our trip to the science Center.

Friendly playing with balance.

From our habitat studies: Our habitat is a house! We had fun/

Pip's first ever picture of a person!!! This is from Late August (She was newly 2 and a half!) I thought for certain her sisters had drawn it until she showed me how she did it! Look at all those body parts! And the arms don't come out of the head, but the legs,so different from other new drawings I have seen before.

Alphabet fun!

Our Craft after our study on nocturnal animals...

Scented SEVEN! (mint leaves)

Our field trip to the firestation....It was kind of a bright afternoon!!!

Family Vacation Cape Cod Part 2 Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower

Our Trip to visit the Mayflower II was a lot of fun! We had studied a tiny bit about early American History in our review of Creation through the Bible and a hop skip and a jump up through the Civil War in school last year. So the girls were familiar with the pilgrims and the Mayflower and were looking forward to this trip to go on a real old ship (it is a replica ;))

It was a HOT July day, sweltering for that neck of the woods, but we sure had fun with my Mom and brother Joe.

We started off our trip in Plymouth joining a walking tour around the area near Plymouth rock, the kids were such troopers and we lasted with the tour for a lot longer than I expected to!

 

Visiting the Memorial of the brave Women who travelled on the Mayflower

I had been to see Plymouth Rock back when I was a child, gotta say...Just as underwhelming as an adult.

 

 

 

 

We really enjoyed exploring the (small!) ship. Having 3 small children on that ship sure gave me an appreciation for what the Mothers on that voyage must have gone through, I strapped Pip onto my back because YIKES!!! The kids thought it was AWESOME.

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Photo Op!

 

I am so glad we were able to take this little field trip! I look forward to going again when the kids are a bit older and we can go around to some of the other historical sites and explore a bit more together!