Gnome Hunt and Fairy Houses

I took the kids to an event at a local farm back in September. We went on a walk in the woods to find hidden gnomes, and then they built fairy houses using materials they found in the woods.

Finding a gnome.

A gnome!

Becca's fairy house.

Samuel's fairy house (for very large fairies apparently.)

Becca and her finished fairy house

Samuel's finished fairy house

Both kids really liked walking around in the woods (there are no woods near our house. Heck, we only have 1 tree in our yard, which is great for fall raking time, but not so much fun for exploring). Becca is a nature collector and brought home a big bag of treasures - nuts, seeds, sticks, etc... Samuel didn't bring anything home, but he had a lot of fun building his fairy house (mansion?) At one point, the instructor actually restricted Samuel from bringing back any sticks that were larger than he (Samuel) was. That's how gung-ho he was about building this. I don't think he was at all interested in a fairy possibly living there, but he just wanted to build, build, build.

First Day of School

Was the 1st day of school back in August? Yes. Am I super behind on updating our blog? Yes.

Here are the kids ready for their first day of school:

Live from Fort Wayne, It's Sunday Night...

Our blog has been sadly neglected for the past few months since I went back to work the beginning of August. I have tons of things I want to post here, and will try to get to those soon. In the meantime, here are a few videos of Becca attempting to tell a joke tonight. (It sort of looks like she is wearing a purple mink stole in these videos, but it's actually just her bathrobe.) Oh, and in case you thought 4-year-olds were ready for stand-up comedy, spoiler alert: they aren't. But she is super cute, so that counts for something.