Fall Days

Fall is my favorite.  Fall festivals, trick or treating, the pumpkin patch, and soup weather.  Hudson and I have been discussing all of the seasons, with a huge emphasis on fall.  We have been collecting leaves, acorns, pine cones, gords, pumpkins, and anything else we can find that centers around the season.  We have also been discussing the concepts of "living" and "nonliving" things outside.  The falling leaves are a great starting point for these conversations!

Making a tree with colorful leaves.

Will's school fall festival.

Camping in the backyard.

Pumpkin patch:

   

My birthday.  Several peeps not pictured!

Bonfires.

Nature walks.

A trip to the farm.

Preparing for Halloween night.

Our pumpkin frowned....since we cut him!

Library trick or treating.

Trick or Treat parade.

Feeding the birds.

Leaves!

3 wheeler trails in our yard.

A trip to the zoo!

Roar!

Our Daily Routine

Our daily routine changes often...based on the needs of our family.  Here is the routine we are sticking to during the fall.

My time with the Lord and coffee with Clara by my side

Breakfast

Morning chores
-----clean up breakfast, clothes away or to laundry room, make beds, kiddos dressed

TV show while I shower and get ready for the day

Playtime/ room time

Clara's nap/ Hudson's preschool time
    -  This include letter and number work, a book, Bible time, and an activity.  Afterwards, we usually play
         outside together.

Morning snack

Morning outing
     -Grocery store, Wal-mart or Target, bank, errands, park, library, etc...

Lunch

After lunch chores
-----clean up lunch and toys

Playtime/ room time

Movie to wind down

Nap/ rest time

Afternoon snack

Outside time

Daddy home...time with him

Dinner and family worship time
.......Our worship time right now includes prayer sticks I found from pinterest, and a short reading from the            book "Thoughts to Make your Heart Sing."

Bath time

Evening chores
......Final toy clean up, laundry is put away, trash out, etc...

Bedtime stories

Bed!

Will and I usually crash on the couch and watch 24.  We are deep into this series!

This schedule will change when Clara drops her morning nap and when Hudson transitions to only rest time. For now, it works great for us.  I think that the kids love consistent days.  We do not stick to rigid time frames, but we also don't live our day on the fly.  I love a predicable plan that can easily be canned if opportunity presents itself!

Our Summer

Today is the last official day of our summer.  I am one lucky lady to have my husband home during the summer. It is a bit fairy tale like, I know, but believe me, we pay for it during soccer season. He does work...cutting lawns, office work for his team, and practices, but for the most part, I am able to plan around his help.  I love having him home for breakfast and going to the grocery store alone.  I will miss that.

We really didn't do much traveling this summer...other than our Chicago trip.  Our days were slow.  We spent most mornings watching cartoons and drinking coffee.  We went to the pool,  the lake, played in the yard, and had many cookouts with friends. We ate many lunches picnic style...my favorite-easy clean up!  We also celebrated the beginning of a new chapter for us....Will accepting a head coaching position at Hoover! Instead or writing details of our summer adventures, I chose some pictures to share instead.  It was a great first summer as a family of 4.





Pool days:

Taken right after Huds took a bite out of Clara.

Blueberry picking:

Lake Day:

My sister, Wendy.

Chuck's pizza!

Kayak date:

Exploring Helena:

Hillsboro walking trails.

Family fun night with our church:

Water balloon fun!

Before Five in a Row with friends: (We did this once a week).

Owen, Huds, and Jacob

Watching Daddy play softball:

Moss Rock:

Annual Chick-fil-a dress like a cow day:

Home improvement projects:

Slow mornings:

Slow evenings:

Watching life begin from porch:

Park days:

4th of July firework explosions in our cul-de-sac:

Laura, Maggie, Noah, Hudson, Charis, and Nikki.

Play dates:

Water day with our playgroup.

Family fun days:

Discovering the wonder of summer storms:

Watching a storm with Daddy...way after bedtime.

Lots of watermelon:

Ryan, Jacob, and Hudson

The Galleria- aka: the coolest place on earth according to Huds:

ABC Toys...Hudson's favorite toy store.

Free carousel rides....Hudson like it....Clara loved it!

This boy loves an escalator.

Oak Mountain:

Oak Mountain Farm.  Clara was obsessed with every animal.

Treetop trail.