from her point of view....

Sometimes Addelyn gets ahold of the camera.....

 And leaves me a sweet surprise.

I usually delete them but these made me laugh too much.

They had to be shared.

I am still giggling. 

fall finish

The first snow marked the fact that I am behind on my fall blogging. This post is dedicated to some of the fall happenings at our house. Especially the activities found on our Fall To Do List - which we did finish for the most part!

Pumpkin carving time! Jace thought he'd start out by sitting on the pumpkin. Don't let Addelyn's summer outfit throw you off- this picture was taken the week before Halloween. Clothes are not my battle these days!

This year she was a little more excited to pull out the gunk. Jace wasn't too interested until later on- he finally would stick his hand inside.

Addelyn helped poke holes and Dad did the grunt work (as always).

Our four year old at Halloween!

Didn't that one turn out cute?

Bobbing for apples! I'm not going to lie, I find this activity really gross. People sticking their faces into the water, then drooling and spitting all over, and then the next person goes. Awesome. But a fun fall activity, hee hee. So I got over it and we had fun with it. 

Jace was not really entertained with this activity, can you tell?

Even the roomie got in on our fun. 

Addelyn struggled to get her apple but FINALLY made it happen. She was proud!

Family picture- Halloween night with our little trick or treaters.

The first stop- our yearly stop at the Hansen's for their fun party. Lots of good friends and a good bowl of soup before we head out trick or treating. Love these sweet buddies.

This year we hit a few places- but didn't get pictures everywhere. We did catch some at the Boelmans.

And Cali and Nick's house- our last stop. The kids were on a sugar high and ran circles around their living room. 

This kid was obsessed with candy, once he figured out what the routine was. Trick or treat, get good candy, try to eat it. He was mad the whole way home because I wouldn't let him have anymore.

We got to trick or treat at Grandma Stewart's school a few days after Halloween which was fun!

Isn't this the cutest little dragon that you have ever seen?  Yeah for fun fall days!

he may not like much....

...But he does like the frosting from a chocolate doughnut!

the "first" fieldtrip

During October, Addelyn had her first fieldtrip to Caelor's farm (the sweet little boy sitting by the window). Addelyn loved riding the bus with her buddies. I also got to go along, which was so much fun.

Addelyn and her buddy Austin. Rumor has it, they like to sit together at preschool. They got to paint pumpkins at the farm. Addelyn loves her crafts!

A sweet pic of Jess and her little man!

This is Addelyn's wonderful teacher, Mrs. Knapp. We absolutely love her- 

she is an amazing woman and teacher!

At the farm, they got to see cows, chickens, and horses. Fun times! 

Addelyn even got to feed the horse- she thought that was pretty special. What a fun first field trip! 

some of the greats

This fall we got to spend some time with some of the great grandparents. It is pretty amazing, my kids are getting to know four of their great grandparents- my two grandmas and Mark's two grandpas. Addelyn did get to meet my Grandpa Kramer during her first year of life and Mark's Grandma Dean (Hoskinson)- for that I'm thankful. During this fall's visits- of course- I ended up not getting pics with everyone, dang it. Goal for December- take pictures when with the fam!!!

Here my Grandma Stewart (my mom's mom) is showing the kids her tape player. They were very entertained and she was a good sport while they messed with things and pushed buttons.

This is a great pic of Grandpa Dean (Dar's dad) with the kiddos. We love our very special grandparents!

cutest play date!

Catching up on some of my fall pictures. How can you not love these play date pics? 

These girls are such sweet friends. 

deal's apple orchard

We were in P-town visiting Mark's parents on one of the beautiful weekends this fall so we headed to Deal's Apple Orchard in Jefferson. It was a fun place- the kids had a blast. We did a hayride, bounced on the big pillow, sampled apple cider and popcorn (a few times), shot apples in the sling shot, rode the slide (you go down on a sled), fed the goats, went in the corn box, rode the little tractors, and more.

Yes, Jace is wearing a pink jacket. Whoops we forgot his! Sorry Jace, lots of memories that make you look like the little sister!

Of course my animal lover found the dog. He could have chased this dog around all day!

The whole family did some bouncing!

Yeah, they never did hit the target. But it was a good try! 

These goats were pure entertainment. They were out of food so we improvised and gave them leaves. 

They loved us.

I would definitely go back to this apple orchard. It was great! Oh, I forgot- we took home some yummy apples and made caramel apples and apple crisp. I love fall!