Autumn

Autumn is well and truly here - the dramatic temperature changes and the associated coughs and colds! Poor Emily had a terrible cough last week and suffered particularly at night. The rest of us have just been a little under the weather. Hopefully we're near the end of it all now!

This past weekend we did get to enjoy some great weather at the Minnetonka Orchards with some friends. The kids had a fab time. What with that, dinner with friends, a birthday party and all the regular things we have to get done on a weekend it was a busy busy time!! And my first weekend off for 2 weeks so it was nice to spend some time with the family.

Oliver only had school one day last week thanks to the annual teacher's conferences. Things are still going well and I see lots of progress in many ways. He is such a little artist and always has some little project on the go!! The days off did work out well though as I managed to get sibling photos taken at Emily's school. I am hoping they turn out better than Oliver's kindergarten photos (I am hoping for a retake on them!!).

Emily's teachers at school today told me how much her speech has progressed with them. She has been pretty quiet there up to now but she is learning how to express herself better every day. She managed to get through two changes of shirt in just 2 hours today thanks to hand washing alone!!

Halloween is the next big thing for us. Plenty of Halloween activities on the agenda and I probably need to figure out a second costume for Oliver's school party as the Angry Birds one is just to big for him to take!! The question is will it snow before then? Watch this space :)

Oliver's Angry Birds picture

The first really chilly morning at the bus stop

Hanging out with my boy on a day off school!

Must be a comfy way to sit!

Oliver's joy at his Amazon parcel arriving

One project - homemade hats!

Emily enjoying a cookie decorating playdate

Oliver's ghost impression!

Getting a haircut at Daddy's hair salon

The finished article :)

Hello Kitty - a picture he drew for Emily :)

Emily is the perfect advertisement of how NOT to act at the dinner table

Dog walking part 1!

Watching the puppet show at the Nature Center

Oliver choosing a puppet

Out for a short hike!

One of his favourite puppets!

Dog walk part 2!

Bedtime stories :)

Checking out the corn maze!

Jumping off the hay pile

Cutie!

Not too sure about the tractor

Oliver's face painting

He liked the tractor though!

Off on a ride on the Apple Express!

Emily really wanted to ride but when I took her photo she just said "no"!

Aw, Celia and Emily just being cute :)