Thursday, October 30, 2014

Farewell, October...

It's been awhile, friends. 

As October is nearing to an end, I decided it was about time to update my blog and upload the photos I had taken. We've been quite busy in our little home with lots of learning and being together doing our regular family rhythm, too. 

Sienna took this photo of the front of our little blue home on the way out one day. Of course, it looks a little different now. We have some pots of my lavender sitting in the flower bed in front waiting to be planted.


This was my attempt at a baguette to make garlic bread with spaghetti for dinner one night.   


Chai Guy just being ... Chai Guy. Oh, how we love him, so!


Halloween cookies ... the wee ones and I made together one day. 


Sienna in her kitty mask from a card Grandma Diane and Grandpa Paul sent in the mail. 


Kona jumped into the recycle bin a few times this month and sat in there. Not quite sure why? 


Sienna finished her first embroidery project! 



We studied about apples this month and finished the unit up with a field trip to Padilla Bay for apple cider pressing and to learn a little about apple orchards. Sienna got to use this apple press to help make cider. It was quite tasty!  


She also helped plant an apple tree. 


And, composted!


We carved our pumpkins together, roasted pumpkin seeds and saved some seeds for our own little pumpkin patch. 



We took Sunshine on some adventures. This is her pushing her head between us in the front seat.


We danced at Sienna's Halloween Party for her dance school! Sienna and Forest dressed up as hippies. This was the only photo I could get of them all night.


Our beasty friends napped a lot, too. I caught the next two photos of Kona and Sunshine during Forest's afternoon nap. 



It's been quite a lovely month together. Sienna just finished learning about Bats and will begin a smallish unit on Pumpkins and then, we will learn a bit about Scarecrows and perhaps make our own! I must remember to take more photos in November and update more often. 

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

A Day on the Farm

On Sunday, our little family trekked over to three of the farms on the Skagit Valley Farm Tour. This has become an annual tradition for our family. When we were getting ready to go, David took a few photos of the wee ones in front of our Autumn inspired home. 



Then, we were off to Gordon Skagit Farm, our favorite! Forest wanted to hold all of the pumpkins and ride on all of the tractors.


 






We each chose one smallish pumpkin and one larger one. David opted for a gourd for his smaller one.


Next, we headed over to the dairy farm, Golden Glen Creamery. We saw calves that had been born that day and the day before.



We also went on a hay ride together.



Before we left, Sienna had a rainbow painted on her face and then we headed over to Sakuma Bros. Farm.  

Sienna and Forest both planted a thornless blackberry plant to add to our growing garden.




Right before we left to go home, Sienna got to participate in a straw candy hunt. They hid candy all around the small pen and covered it with straw.  


We love visiting our local farms!

To see our farm adventures from past years: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013