MOM: Maddie, what would you like to do today after church?
Maddie: I want to go swimming!
MOM: well, we might not be able to swim today, it might be to cold, what else would you like to do?
Maddie: Go christmas carolling!
MOM: IT is a little early for christmas carols. We could go christmas caroling on thanksgiving. That would be a fun activity.
Maddie:NO! We can't do that because then we would just sing "Turkey Turkey Turkey" because it is Turkey day.
When we got home from church we filled up our little wading pool. Then we let the kids swim and run through the sprinkler. What else can you do on a 70 degree sunday in November when it is too early to sing christmas carols? There wasn't much swimming, but everyone got wet and Caleb and Maddie both wore their swim suits. I brought out the hammock and relaxed with Reed. Such beautiful weather. Everyday really is beautiful in its own way. If you live locally don't be surprised if you get some early carollers soon. It is supposed to get back to normal temperatures by the middle of next week. I love my life.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
giant pile of leaves
Saturday Morning the city decided to collect the leaves on our street. The sweeper truck piled them all up in front of our house! The larger truck came to collect them later in the day, but for several hours we had a massive pile of leaves! It was fun.Maddie's hair blends in with the leaves. She likes us to pretend that we can't see her because of her hair
Caleb liked to cover himself up with leaves and then pop out of the pile.
What a great unexpected activity for a november saturday!
It was very warm saturday, so after playing in the leaves we all went for a hike at Natural Bridge state park.
An archeological dig at this site in 1957 found firewood that was 12,000 years old. Evidence of ancient inhabitatation. These paleoindians were living in the time of mastadons and mammoths. This part of Wisconsin was not glaciated- the southwest corner of wiconsin was not covered by the glacier that covered the rest of the state during the last iceage- so the land is a lot rougher and older structures like this are preserved.
I am very glad that my kids enjoy these sorts of outings. Hopefully they will always be excited about nature and geology.
I like this park because it is pretty fun but also very safe. The trail is a loop, with all of the trees bare you can see everyone all the time. There is nowhere to fall or get wet. We had a fun hike and a great day. Now we are ready for the long cold winter.
Friday, November 6, 2009
fun
We went to the zoo.
we saw the giraffe.
Reed seemed entertained. He probably just enjoyed watching all of the kids and people.
we saw the giraffe.
Reed seemed entertained. He probably just enjoyed watching all of the kids and people.Monday, November 2, 2009
Halloween
Reed
carried around, did not dress up. was not really scared of any costumes. Did not like the cold wind at the trunk or treat.
Caleb
First a bat, then a lemur, then a Bat again. Only 1 melt down during Trick or treating. Enjoyed acting out his costumes and pretending. Really loves all of the candy everywhere, doesn't enjoy not eating all of his candy all of the time.
Maddie
planned on being a bat, then found her Lemur suit from last year. Wore the suit All day friday, slept init friday night and wore it all day Saturday including her acting class. This suit includes a 4 ft long tail. Was very disappointed to learn that she is actually a lot larger than a rela lemur. She also acted out her costume, making Lemur beds out of boxes and pretending to eat tamarind, which consists of up to 50% of the diet of some wild lemurs. Trick of treating and playing with friends went great. This is truly Maddie's favorite holiday.
Martin
Martin dressed up as the wizard Howl from Howl's moving castle. He decided not to trick or treat at all this year! We wanted to do trick or treat for unicef, but in the end we just collected our spare change. Martin is a great kid.
Ben and Valerie
We did not dress up, which is incredibly sad. I deeply regret this and next year I am definately dressing up. We did watch the WSU cougars play Notre Dame on Halloween night. The cougars lost, but they played alright. I love my team. GO COUGS!
carried around, did not dress up. was not really scared of any costumes. Did not like the cold wind at the trunk or treat.
Caleb
First a bat, then a lemur, then a Bat again. Only 1 melt down during Trick or treating. Enjoyed acting out his costumes and pretending. Really loves all of the candy everywhere, doesn't enjoy not eating all of his candy all of the time.
Maddie
planned on being a bat, then found her Lemur suit from last year. Wore the suit All day friday, slept init friday night and wore it all day Saturday including her acting class. This suit includes a 4 ft long tail. Was very disappointed to learn that she is actually a lot larger than a rela lemur. She also acted out her costume, making Lemur beds out of boxes and pretending to eat tamarind, which consists of up to 50% of the diet of some wild lemurs. Trick of treating and playing with friends went great. This is truly Maddie's favorite holiday.
Martin
Martin dressed up as the wizard Howl from Howl's moving castle. He decided not to trick or treat at all this year! We wanted to do trick or treat for unicef, but in the end we just collected our spare change. Martin is a great kid.
Ben and Valerie
We did not dress up, which is incredibly sad. I deeply regret this and next year I am definately dressing up. We did watch the WSU cougars play Notre Dame on Halloween night. The cougars lost, but they played alright. I love my team. GO COUGS!
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