No Way!

I can't believe it has been a month since I have been here! How lazy am I? I could go on and on about how busy I have been but who isn't busy? But yes, I have been busy - blah blah blah.

We did take a trip to Arizona for Thanksgiving for 8 days. We went with my husbands brother and his family. It was such a restful and fun week. It was really hard to come back to reality. I do have pictures to share but I haven't even looked at them yet myself.

Today is such a nice day. The kids don't have school and it is raining outside. The perfect day to throw the ingredients for vegetarian chili into the crockpot and bake chocolate chip cookies and snuggle up with a good book.

On the reading front, I have been reading The Hawk and the Dove for the past month. Wow, what a book! It really has made me think. It is a trilogy and three books in one. There are 557 pages in the book and I am on page 540, almost done! I have the Mermaid Chair waiting to read next. It didn't get great reviews on Amazon but I am going to give it a try. I am so enjoying reading again!

I can hear the rain again, such a pleasant sound this morning. I am going to enjoy it and finish my book now...

Obligatory Pumpkin Patch post

I tried to post this yesterday but Blogger ate it up, the big B must have made a pumpkin pie out of it or maybe pumpkin soup. I am sure today's post will not be anywhere near as witty and funny as yesterdays try.

Casey's preschool went to the pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago on a field trip. Being the overprotective, ultra involved mom that I am, I insisted, or should I say volunteered, to be a driver. Above is a picture of Casey and her friend K and J that is in another class. J attached himself to me for some reason. He was just SO shy, he stood with his head down most of the time. I tried and tried to get him involved in the activities but I usually found him standing next to my leg. The girls on the other hand I had to chase.

Cortney went too because when you are homeschooled you can go do the fun things with the preschoolers when you want. I am sure she must have learned something there.

Feeding the goats was a big hit. The slobbering, yucky, stinky goats. Casey and this goat made friends, well, until Casey ran out of food and then he dropped her like a hot potato. She didn't seem to notice as I hurried the little ones over to wash and sterilize their little hands.

Then came the three year old melt down, because you know, no trip is complete without someone having a melt down. I am not even sure what set it off, but three year olds don't really need a reason do they? So, she sat with the pumpkins for a while, "my only friends", she said.

Finally I made her come with me to gather with the group for *fun pumpkin songs* (cough, cough). And there is the look. The look that says "I will go with you but I don't have to like it, or you". Her dad says she gets the look from me.

Of course a snack makes everything better. I know it usually works for me. It was a fun trip, melt down and all. I really do enjoy watching the little ones get so excited over little things like pumpkins and feeding goats and porta potties.