Mountain get-a-way Part 2

 I noticed him standing by this "Pool Closed" sign and it was just a little sad.  But, the hot tub was open but only for adults.  So no swimming this trip for the kids. 

 Beautiful colors.

 Love these pictures where their feet aren't touching the ground.

 We played a round of mini golf.  Notice the smile on Sam's face?  He was doing unusually well in this game and even beating his dad and I.  It didn't last and Paul eventually won, but Sam sure loved doing so well.

 This boy needed a lot of instruction but had a great time.

 She just watched as we tried to make sure she didn't get into any of the water around the holes.

 The kids love this giant tub.

 I made up a crockpot full of venison stew to bring with us.  This is from the deer that Anna shot and she told me as soon as she shot it, she thought of venison stew. 

 It. Was. Delicious.

 Do you know what this is?

 This is a picture of a little boy who put soap in the tub and then turned on the jets.

See his little face peeking out??  It took a long time for that soap to dissolve!

Emma and Ben

A few days ago Emma and I were shopping at Wal-Mart.  They were handing out samples of ice cream bars.  (Just a sidenote- they were AMAZING!)  Anyway, Emma got the chocolate and I got the white chocolate.

Emma; "Mom.  I got chocolate.  What do you got?"

Me: "I have the white Emma."

Emma: "Mom.  Say banilla.  Say I have banilla."

I stand corrected.

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I bought the kids some accessories for their Halloween costumes at the dollar store this morning.  As I was taking them out of the packaging I said "Now, you have to be very careful with these because they are not well made and will break easily."

Ben replied, "Oh.  You mean they're fragile?"

Again, I stand corrected. :)

Our Mini Fall Getaway- Part 1

 We had Monday off from school; Paul wasn't on call for the funeral home; and we had no other obligations.  So we decided that we would take a mini getaway to the North Georgia mountains for one night.  The kids, especially Emma, were so excited!  Our first stop was Jaemor Farms.  They had all kinds of attractions and the kids (and adults) like looking at all the apples!

 A HUGE pumpkin.

 We arrived at the condo, unloaded the van and then Anna, Emma, Ben and I went for a walk.  Ben couldn't resist rolling down this hill.  Emma wouldn't even think of it.

 Beautiful tree and grounds.

 Feeding the horses.

 Look at his face!

Stay tuned for the rest!

A A Apple

 A few days ago we learned the letter A in my Kindergarten/Preschool class.  (Ben and Emma!)  Of course you can't learn the letter A without involving apples.

 This was excitement!  I had 7 different kind of apples for them to taste.

 Mmmm.  She liked them all.

 Even the big 3rd grader got in on the action! 

 After we tried them all, I cut and peeled them and we put them on the stove to make applesauce.

 Adding the cinnamon.

 Mmmmmm!  It was delicious!

Everyone agreed how tasty it was!

The Turtle

 This morning we had an unusual visitor to our front yard.  We see lots of turtles, but usually they are down by the lake.  I'm pretty sure we've never had one come up in our yard before.

 These two were so curious about the turtle.

 They were petting it.  (I had to crop Emma out of most of these pics because she only had underwear on)

 I love this picture of their chubby hands "petting" the turtle.

 Seeing if his head was coming out.

She loved that turtle.