Monday, October 12, 2015

FALL FUN

Last week was the usual hustle and bustle of the work/school week.  And this weekend was full of fall fun.
We had a great time celebrating Nana's birthday this weekend.
The kids loved celebrating for Nana and picking out their own special presents for her.  Claire picked out a beautiful change purse and Oliver picked out some fuzzy red gloves (after he decided against the plastic bat).
Mark and the kids made a special cake for Nana!
 And of course Uncle Johnny made everyone laugh all night long!
And Greg tried his hand at some photography.
We are so busy but it is so nice when everyone can get together.
I was really busy taking pictures this weekend but the kids and I snuck in a quick trip Zittels. 
The kids loved all the spooky stuff!  Oliver was a little stand offish but once he realized everything was plastic he was ok.
The kids loved feeding the goats and Oliver demanded that I take his picture with the goat.  So here is my son, choking the goat at Zittels farm.  I swear the goat was not hurt.
Miss Amy came with us and the kids loved hanging out with their buddy. And she saved the day because I forgot my wallet :(
We even snuck in a visit to Baby Camden!  Claire can't get enough of this baby and Oliver loved reading to him (again).  
Then today we finally made it apple picking. This is one of my favorite traditions and I was so excited when the kids mentioned how much they wanted to go!  Hopefully they will always feel that way!
Claire picked all of her own apples this year!  She is a pro.
And Oliver was beside himself that he could climb up the ladder all by himself to get some apples.
Me and my favorites.
We even got a family picture!  May not be our best but here we are!!

It was a great weekend and having today off was so great.  It was just so nice to have an extra day to hang out with my favorite people.


Saturday, October 3, 2015

Week In Review

It was yet another busy week but I don't want to get behind in blogging (again) so here goes.  
We have been crazy with the beginning of school activities.  Here are the kids on picture day.  Notice Claire is holding a violin!  She is thrilled to be starting violin lessons this year!
We had the kids open houses too.  I absolutely love open house.  I love sitting in the kids' desks and getting to see where they spend their days.  I also love getting to know their teachers!  But my favorite is all of the cute stuff they make!  Here is Claire's "About Me" page.  I love that she wants to go to Paris!
I read through Claire's writing journal and I loved what she wrote about her summer vacation!
Oliver's open house was great too!  His teacher is wonderful and I loved seeing all of his artwork!
Oliver seems to be adjusting just fine to Kindergarten.  He won the Monster Drawing contest!!!
He was beyond excited to tell me all about it when he got home! They said his name over the loudspeaker and that about blew his mind. That day he also got to ring the "clean up" bell, hold the gerbil during story time, and take a walk with Mr. Clark.  He told me, "IT WAS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!"
On Thursday this little guy joined our Komosinski gang!!!  Camden Scott is absolutely adorable and perfect in every way!!!!!
I even got to have a great Bookclub meeting with my favorite readers!!! 

So far the year has started out wonderful!!  I can't wait to see what 2015-2016 brings!!!