heather, marc, wren & z mroz

i think wren and z could have played in the leaves all day!

z still doesn't walk very much but he could if he wanted to!

mama do you want to try these green beans I put in with my dumplings?
they are really good!

We LOVE appleberry farm!  Is it the best farm?  probably not.  Does it have the most kid friendly activities?  No.  Are the apples super tasty?  Well… some of them are super tasty and some are all full of holes from the bugs eating them.  BUT we go there every year and I enjoy the simplicity of it.  Trees, apples, hayride if you wish and some pre-picked pumpkins.  Our favorite is the tire swing and this year they added another one.  So beautiful.  I think we will go here every year as long as we are in Madison.

Pumpkin pictures from Schuster's Farm this weekend.

Last weekend we went to Schuster's farm and had a lot of fun!  There were goats to feed, tractors to climb, pillows to jump on and pumpkins to pick.. (pumpkin pics to follow…

Grandma Lynn and Gpa came to visit and were able to see wren's gymnastics class.  There is also a picture here of z cuddling with Grandma Lynn.. a rare occurrence!

Wren had her first day of homeschool preschool today!  She was so excited and wanted to start before she was done with breakfast.  We sang a good morning song, had calendar time, practiced drawing lines, L's and wren's name.  She also tried to lace the letter L on the leaf and then we practiced patterns with different colored leaves.  We had a lot of fun.  It was definitely easier when Z was sleeping though.. we will see what the future holds!  Later today we plan to go on a walk to the library to find some books on leaves and gather leaves on the ground on the way (I can't believe there are already some on the ground!).

We did have some moments of distraction where she just wanted to put the pencil behind her ear and color instead of drawing lines… so we colored an L with a lion… she thought it was hilarious that the lion was hugging an L (she thought I was being silly?!).

We had a picnic at the park and z decided it was time to start exploring the park equipment.. he's getting to be such a big boy!  He also had a blast in the boucy house at Adie's birthday party.  Wren was eating one of our cucumbers from the garden and made some silly faces.  I think that's all for now…

Wren had her first gymnastics class today. Here is the only pic I got and it's blurry because it was through the observation window.  They were all popcorn kernels on the trampoline and the teacher (Miss Lauren) would gently bounce and they all would laugh.  They also had a long stick that was supposed to be butter that she put on them all…

Luke, Sarah and Zachary came to visit!  We went to the farmer's market yesterday and the park today.  SO MUCH FUN!!!!

We bought bikes and a trailer for the kids.  We finally found helmets for both of them so we took a ride tonight.  We just rode over to a nearby park, but we all had a lot of fun!  I put the camera in a pocket in the trailer by wren and I guess she was trying to help me document it all (hence the picture of me pedaling). In the picture of Wren and Marc she is doing the papa sign. I thought she was just being silly with some weird hand gesture, but she announced that she was doing the sign for papa!