Another fall farm!

Fall fun continues :-) We found a new fall farm destination and I think it's my new favorite-so much for the kids to do and so cheap (actually free this time-thanks Shaun and Nana!)

There was an obstacles course and hay maze


A Noah's Ark shaped Playground the kids loved


Trikes


A Hayride :-)

A 9-acre corn maze

Ella was OBSESSED with this 2 story tall slide. She went down probably 50 times!


My lovely friends Jen and Amy

Love this pic Jen took of Ella in the corn kernel pit. Such a fun farm trip!

Fall Crowns

So, while we were at the Tire Park I saw some kids with leaf crowns on and decided I had to figure out how to do it! So, I'm passing on my leaf-crown-making instructions because I think they're wicked cool :-)

Step 1: send your child to gather large, still flexible leaves with stems


Step 2: Lay out leaves and choose the most uniform in size, pretty, and flexible


Step 3: Separate stems from leaves


Step 4: Use stem to "sew" leaves together


Step 5: Lay out band of leaves to make any final touches, then fit to size of child's head and weave final stem to connect


Step 6: Wear 'em!

Tire Park 2

We introduced the cousins to the Tire Park near us. It was a BEAUTIFUL fall day!

Ella has gotten taller and braver since last time we were are this park when she could not do this!

Christopher got a kick out of this inchworm while Ella looked horrified

warming her nose

She spent a long time laying out, counting, and guarding her acorn creation from her cousins




A lesson on fall leaf crowns to come...

More hilarity

The things that come out of Ella's mouth are the highlight of my day most days! Here are some recent ones :-)

*Commonly used phrases
"fer sure!"
(with genuine awe) "that's ahhhmayyyyyzing!"
when asking her a yes or no question "that will be fine"

*We were playing a game on PBDKIDS.org (which I HIGHLY recommend) and Ella was decorating a house with furniture. She plopped a big arm chair in the middle of the living room as it's only decor and said "There. That'll be good for a man."


*We were talking the car about prayer
Mom: Isn't it cool that God can always hear us wherever we are and we can always talk to him?
Ella:Yeah! But we can't hear Him.
Mom: Yeah, not with our ears but sometimes we'll hear him say something in our hearts that we know he wants us to do.
Ella:Yeah! Like this (bends her head to the side). If you put your ear real close to your shoulder you can hear your heart! That's how it works Mom.

Ella at 3

Since there are only two weeks left that Ella is 3 I wanted to post this little book she made at school about herself! It's pretty self explanatory and the poem on the last page gets me choked up every time!