Updated

So I updated our family wish lists as I will continue to do until Christmas is over. Hope you guys are getting enough ideas. Neither Chris nor I enjoy doing these kind of lists. It feels weird to list out all the things we would buy if we just had money running around. Most of the time we just say, "wouldn't it be nice..." and that's the end of it. We do understand how helpful it can be though so we do it for you. Love you all and happy Christmas/Birthday shopping, whatever you're doing. (if it's Christmas, holy cow, congrats you're almost as good as Grama Nix - almost!)

First Field Trip

I love my daughter. She is so smart. We recently joined a group of moms doing a preschool co-op kind of thing and to be honest, it's the best thing that's happened for us in a long time. I was doing school all by myself and while we were doing okay, it just wasn't what I was hoping for. It was also really difficult.

Katelyn and Evie - best friends!

Joseph loves tractors!

Then my best friend mentioned a curriculum book that I fell in love with and found some other moms to join us in home preschooling all together. It's been a fantastic experience.

"i've found it, I think."

"which one, which one, they're all so great!"

"this one, mom"

Well after a couple months we had our first official preschool field trip. We'd just finished colors and it's now October so we all went to a place called Willard Farms. It reminded me of a school field trip I did when I was in grade school back in Spokane.

"just one sweetie!"

Joseph and his pumkin!

Well this farm had tractor rides, a pumpkin patch, a giant slide area, swings that looked like horses, a bouncy platform, and a cow train. It was great!!!!

Yes, cows linked together in a train

Wooden tractor with slide at the back

The kids loved it. It was super inexpensive too because we got a deal for being a "school group" and the "students" little brother/sister just had to pay for the pumpkin they picked out as opposed to the whole price. We paid a total of 10$ for the whole morning. We ended all the fun with a picnic lunch at the table. It was a blast and my heart totally melted watching my kids doing such big-kid things. What a wonderful opportunity. I'm so glad we all got together to do this.

Super Cute!

Okay so everyone knows how cute I think my kids are and now you can decide for yourself. Here are the latest "cute kid" moments, including Lizzy's first picture standing up! Yes, it did happen the day I took the picture.

Ultimate cuteness, right?

Always moving!

My Little Monkey

She's getting so big!