Stories from Home

On Monday Dustin and I met David and Sharon at Panera for lunch. Sharon told us this story about David....

At brunch David was looking around the restaurant and found something. He walked up to Grandma hiding something behind his back and told her he wanted to buy something. Grandma gave him a couple of dollars and and pointed out the waitress. David took his money and surprise to the lady and paid for it. When he got back to the table he gave Grandma the change and put the surprise in her purse.

At lunch Grandma handed the prize back to David who got a pen and proceeded to write in the card. Dustin helped him seal the card, and then David gave it back to Grandma.

Sharon thought the card was for me. David wanted to give something to his Grandma. The card was a congratulations on buying a home card. The picture on the front was a little white house with 2 bright orange birds at the door.

It was too cute to watch him give the card to his grandma and to hear the story about how he got the card.

Activities of Fall II

Pumpkin Patch

We have been out the the pumpkin patch twice now; once last week just David and I and then again today with Dustin. I forgot to take the camera today so all our pictures are from last week. The pumpkin patch is HUGE! We were able to get tons of pumpkins super cheap and we just had fun going. I would go back every week if I could spend the money there every week. We have gotten really cool pumpkins! I was able to get my cinderella pumpkin this year so I was really excited. I was also able to get one of those white pumpkins. We got some perfect for Mr. Potato Head pieces; Dustin even picked out some more today. If anyone comes to visit us, you will be greeted by our friendly pirate and Indian Jones pumpkins, they are just sitting at the door waiting to greet you.

Swimming Lessons

We enrolled David in swimming lessons, which he loves. We have completed one session of lesson and our new ones start on Tuesday. David is really progressing well and we are very proud of what he has learned in the water. Dustin and I no longer feel the need to hold on to him the whole time he's in the pool. We still keep him close but we can let me play on his own. He has learned how to hold his breath under water, proper arm strokes (in theory), we're working on floating front/back and we're working on blowing bubbles in the water. David practically had private lessons because the other kids in the class never showed up and only one other boy came occasionally. Despite all of his private tutoring we have enrolled him in the preschool one class again.

This is the video I got of part of one of his lessons.

Activities of Fall I

Harvest Farm Cornmaze - The first of many activities.

We spent one Friday and went the the cornmaze just north of us in Wellington. The maze was fun and David is very good as running through it correctly. We were able to enjoy the hay bale maze, the hay bale pyramid, the petting zoo, pig races, hay ride and corn kernel box.

Fall Washington Trip

David and I took our annual fall Washington trip mid- August thru the beginning of September. We started our trip a little differently this time by driving to Washington with Dustin's mom. The drive took a few days and we were able to see some interesting things along the way. These pictures are in reverse chronological order so start at the bottom and move your way up. First in Casper, Wyoming we stopped at the last penitentary with a gas chamber. The whole things was a little creepy but we did get to see a horned owl perched up by the roof.

Next in Twin Falls, Idaho we payed a visit to the Shoshone Falls. They were amazing!

Our last stop on the drive was Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in Baker City , Oregon. It was cool to see the wagons and the picture without David is one of the original wagons that made the trek, the others were all replicas.

While in Washington we found something interesting - a horse crossed with a zebra. A Zorse was pretty cool to see. We were also able to ride the train in Snoqualmie/North Bend. David loved riding the train with his Grandpa, all of us girls had to sit separate from the boys.

Back in the Fort

We made it!

We finally made it back to Fort Collins and we couldn't be happier! The first two weeks allowed Dustin and me to get things settled before David came back home to us. When David arrived we began to show him the coolness of his new-old home/town. David really enjoyed the little train at City Park; we have spent time feeding the ducks & geese (illegally, I might add) and walking around Old Town. Fort Collins is a whole new town now that we have a child. We have ridden the trolly from City Park into Old Town and back - that was a great experience and we got to learn about the history of the trolley in Fort Collins.