Fabulous fall!

We are enjoying some wonderful fall sunshine at the moment (same as everyone in the UK I hear!!) so plenty of time for playing outside and enjoying it while we can :)

A couple of weekends ago we visited the local corn maze which both kids loved. The huge corn pit was a big hit and Oliver loved being buried in the corn!! Emily had fun just figuring out how to move around!! Oliver went down the big slide all by himself (see the video below) which was something I never thought would happen!! We hope to make it back there one more time before it closes but we'll see.

We had a great play date with some friends here where the kids gathered leaves from the back garden and then did art projects with them. It was a little tricky trying to persuade them all to come back in but the cookies helped ;)

We think Emily is working on growing some back teeth. She has certainly been chomping on her fist a lot!!! Today she did come out with her first sentence which was "bye bye duck" after she saw the wooden ducks at Oliver's school. Super cute!!! She then went on to have a very good swimming lesson. She is so excited about going these days and loves all the songs and games we play. I think her favourites are the bubble bucket (pushing a bucket into the water to create bubbles) and ring a round a rosy where they sit on the "magic carpet" and then "fall" into the water at the end of the song. She does great going underwater and is not phased about it at all.

Oliver is getting excited for Halloween and loves to look at all the decorations in Target. He doesn't seem half as scared as he was last year but we'll see how that goes on the actual night! He has his costume now which is Francesco from Cars 2. He is also very excited about the trip to England which happens the day after!! He is always playing the "driving to the airport" game at the moment :) Just keep your fingers crossed that my US passport arrives in time (it's being processed at this time......!).

Oh my :( What a sad Emily after nap time!

18 month picture

Mummy is an American!!

Fun with leaves

Emily joining in the colouring fun (and laughing at Miss Rachel!)

Sitting on the step stool

Oliver trying out mummy's American crown!

Bounce house fun!!

Cutie!!

Emily pretty much ran around the same few bales of hay but loved it all the same :)

Emily up to her bum in corn!!!

So let's just bury her!!!

Oliver doing "corn angels"

I'm not entirely sure what that cow is thinking......

Having fun on the play equipment

Oliver eating his first fajita!! Well, he got about a third of the way through and decided he didn't like it!

Emily's favourite game to play in the morning - grab the step stool so she can steal my cereal!!

Bargain chairs we got for the kids in Target - they are a hit!

I think he's in the middle of asking mummy what she'd like to eat and drink - the restaurant game is Oliver's favourite game to play outside

Awwwww :)

Oliver loves polar bears!!

Yup, she grabbed the potty seat and brought it into the kitchen. I admire the enthusiasm although I hope she manages to get the location right in the future :)

Piano playing :)

I just love how the sunlight is coming through the window :)

Oliver's newest polar bear called Fluffy! They seem to have matching smiles :)

We went out for lunch with our friends today. Here's Oliver being rather silly with a piece of lemon!

I'm not entirely sure about Emily's style of dancing but there you go......