My Dancing Queens......

No explanation necessary!!....Well except...Adi's dancing...not quite sure how to explain that one!!

Ema's First Field Trip.....

Ema had her very first field trip yesterday to Camp Judson....it's a Baptist Church Camp about 20 miles from Rapid......the daughter of the preschool teacher lives and works out there.....so she grows a very large garden all summer long and lets the kids come out and enjoy a Fall day in the garden....and around the camp! 

 

 This was the two Pre-K3/4 Preschool classes from her school.....and a few siblings thrown in....

Adi being one of those siblings....she loved feeling like she was "at school".......

 

A few things were left in the garden to let grow until the kids could come out and see them.....needless to say a few of the zucchini's got a little out of hand.....

There were pumpkins still on the vine for the kids to pick.....

 

Ema's class.....the best we could get.....some were not has happy as others about getting a picture!

 

Then they were off to play in the corn stalks.......

 

 Finally we went over to the actual camp and had snacks all from the garden and then the kids got to go on a pumpkin hunt and enjoy some time on the playground....

Ema with one of many pumpkin finds......

 

Zero the HERO....take TWO

Every tenth day up to 100...ZERO THE HERO visits Eli's Kindergarten class.....(A.K.A - a parent volunteers to come in and talk to the class about their job in relation to numbers)

This day...it was Eric's turn...I'm so good about volunteering him.....only 2 more times to go!!

 

This was the 20th Day of school for Eli and he was so proud to have his Dad there to visit!!

A FALL Drive in the HILLS......

We went for a spontaneous drive through the southern Black Hills last Saturday....and we had so much fun!! The colors were close to peak....the weather perfect...and the kids LOVED IT!!

 Well...almost all the kids....Ema definitely chose her moments to comply and not comply when it came to pictures!!

We started in Custer with lunch and then proceeded into Custer State Park and onto the Needles Highway....

 

Our final stop was Sylvan Lake....where we "hiked" completely around the lake!!

 

Back side of the lake....you can see the dam.....

 

Eli LOVES hiking....we really ought to do it more....the kid was begging to go hiking for his birthday....sorry bud...March is still pretty snow packed around here!

 

Ema-loo turns FOUR......

Emalee Kate...turned 4 years old a few weeks ago.....we had been counting down to her birthday for weeks....and spent countless minutes on the computer "looking" at what she wanted!!

Ema is very much into playing babies....so a new car seat and double baby stroller where at the top of her list!!

Of course I failed to get a picture of the actual stroller.....but it is definitely her pride and joy!!

 

Ema decided at the last minute she wanted "cake" cupcakes...I should have known better....the girl just does not like sweets....so I think she took one bite and was done.....oh well!

 

Her actual birthday fell on her VERY first night of AWANA.... so we celebrated a little earlier in the week and she took birthday treats to share at Cubbies.

 

 

The birthday GIRL on her special day!!