The Begining of Fall.

Forget summer, it's too hot, it's to busy, and it's just not as cozy as fall and winter.  Our fall started early, with a pumpkin patch, hay rides, and corn maze at the cider mill. We have carved a pumpkin, with another being painted this morning and on the way to carving, and planning for the family camp out has begun.  I love this time of year, love love love fall and winter.

Despite it being 85 degrees the day we went we still had a lot of fun, and Dravyn was really excited that her grandma and grandpa went with us this year, I think her favorite part was the hay ride, we went around twice and she just loved it.

School Time!

This week Dravyn started school, and boy does she love it!  We are using Hands on Homeschooling from www.handsonhomeschooling.com.  I have had my eye on this particular curriculum for awhile and finally ordered it.  It got here on Tuesday, so this week we have tried to pick the big points and go for it because we were making up time from missing Monday.

Every morning she goes and gets her Bible and tells me it's time for school.  We read a story, this week was Jonah and the whale, and go over a bible verse, which she is still struggling with but to be fair apostle is a big word for a 2 year old.

There are lots of projects for each day, and baby girl is just loving everything.  Squares have been the focus this week. And she keeps telling me she wants to glue squares every time we have some down time.

Today's project of shaving cream squares did end up a little bit of a shaving cream skating rink, but I'm pretty sure it was the most hilarious thing I have ever seen her do.  She had lots of fun, clean up was easy and all the activities so far have been great for her.  I definitely will be updating with more posts of all her fun school activities!

My very beautiful 2 year old.

The 9th was Dravyn's birthday but we celebrated the 6th.  She had some people come to celebrate with her, including my cousin who's birthday really is the 6th.  It was a great day with pizza cake and a big surprise for the birthday girl.

 

She got a little people barn and has been carrying it around the house playing with it everywhere and after the initial scare over it making noise, now she is loving the sounds it makes and the animals.

 

Her big gift was from her grandparents, my grandparents, and her father and me.  She loves it and has been wanting to go play at her "park" all week.

 

 

Her actual birthday was really laid back, we played outside in the morning, and went about our usual schedule.  She did con her grandparents into taking her to McDonalds to get fries and a cookie, and to go to Wal-Mart where she got a new outfit and some hair clips.  The night finished with a jello fish bowl just for her and some two year pictures.

 

 

She has gotten so big over the last couple of years and I can't wait to see how much more she will be able to do next year.

 

 

4th of July

Dravyn's second 4th of July went really well.  She loves stomping on snappers, and helping her daddy light smoke bombs.  She also rode a tricycle for the first time, she didn't really "get" it, only pushing it correctly about half a rotation but she had fun!  It was a great day even though we spent most of the day building her birthday surprise in the backyard.

 

 

 

Stomp Stomp Stomp

What I got when I asked for a smile.

A super happy girl!

 

I hope you had a happy Independence Day.

During a real toddler photo shoot....

 

 

You get slightly blurry shots, and really blurry shots.

A change of scenery just because, and anger at props.

Closed eyes, and bugger picking.

 

Tools of bribery that don't always work, and some tears.

 

 

But you also get genuine smiles, curious looks, and if you are lucky a few other "keepers". 

 

 

 

Happy 21 months baby girl, I love you.