Pumpkin Patch

We (everyone in the pics plus Grandma) went to the Ozark Corn Maze in Cave Springs this evening. It was so much fun! The kids had a blast, and I have to admit, I did too! We will definitely have to go back.

Gideon posing near the scarecrow

The real model!

Magic pumpkin patch!

Riding the cow train

So much fun and the weather was perfect!

Lost in the corn maze! :)

Waiting for the hayride after we picked our pumpkins

Brothers

Storytime!

What a great Dad these boys have!!

School

Well, I think Daniel enjoyed his first day. Although when I was picking him up, he had some trouble sitting in his seat with his hands folded in his lap. They can't go to the parent until the teacher calls on them and she won't do that unless they're sitting properly. Anyway, he tried to tell me about his experience. It came out with words like...playground, snack, cookies, teacher, desk, God, game, circle. Yep! That pretty much sums it up! 

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Daniel's first day of school

Daniel started k-3 today!! He was sooo excited! No tears or anything. :)

Afternoon trip to Fort Smith

> Well, our trip to the Trolley "museum" was not quite what I was expecting! But it was still fun. The museum was really just a huge garage where volunteers work on restoring old trolleys from the 1920s that were used as the main source of transportation at that time. There was no a/c at the museum or on the trolley ride we took, and it was HOT (felt like 107). We didn't end up having to pay for the trolley ride, because one of the volunteers paid for us. I have no idea why, but he was very nice! There was also a huge steam train on the grounds that Daniel really enjoyed. And we found another place that had an outside (did I mention it was hot?) carousel which we rode twice. Oh, and I almost forgot! Daniel LOVED the tunnel experience on the way to and back from Ft. Smith!
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A day at home

Here's an example of what a typical day is like for me. I emailed this to my cleaning buddies (other moms who like to be encouraged to keep their lives and homes organized). 

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Begin forwarded message:

From: Audrey Blevins <audreyblevins@gmail.com>
Date: August 5, 2010 6:11:04 AM CDT
To: clean-mamas@googlegroups.com
Subject: Thursday

Well, I'm up pretty early today! Just couldn't sleep...got a lot on my mind I guess! So, I decided to try to get a lot done before the boys get up. Here's the list of stuff I need to get done:

 

1) Fold 4 loads of laundry

2) Straighten LR

3) Dust

4) Vacuum

5) Bathrooms, including floors

6) Straighten Daniel's room

7) Unoad dishwasher and straighten kitchen after breakfast (it's actually clean already)

8) water plants

9) clean out car

10) Fill birdfeeders

11) send cards to a couple families

12) pick-up contacts (yes, this is from last month but I ran out of money so I still haven't picked them up!)

13) get eyebrows waxed

14) hotspots (entryway and piano)

15) clean out bin of papers and get rid of stuff/reorganize

16) cook and puree veggies

17) bake cookies and brownies

18) make smoothies and freeze??

19) write on blog

20) cook supper

 

There's probably more! See why I can't sleep? Anyway, I'm gonna try to just go down this list and get as much done as possible before the boys get up. I'll send a report later!