Monday, September 26, 2016

Finn's "Preschool" and the Annual Apple Orchard Extravaganza

Finn's first day at preschool
Finn holding his pumpkins

Liam jumping on the bales of hay

Here comes AJ...

And Luke!

Finn is checking out the sheep

Feeding the goats

Liam and Finn

Aiden on the cow train

Finn and Liam

The boys reaction when I suggested our yearly picture in front of the corn

And when we said we were not doing any of the fun stuff until we got the picture....

Jumping Pillow

Finn in the log

The new zip line was lots of fun!

Aiden on the zip line

Finn in the corn pit

Freezing COLD (after borrowing Luke's shirt)

Corn pit fun

Corn maze

John with Finn and Luke navigating the corn maze 

Up on the bridge

Bridge #1 Corn Maze

And our yearly tire picture!

Finn and the tractor

Luke

Look at those curls!

Take a picture Mom!

As most of you know, Finn turned three in late July.  He isn't technically doing any type of preschool this year, but I wanted him to do something to break away from me occasionally.  We both need the break!!  We are members at a Lifetime Fitness that has some awesome kids programs.  I have really benefitted from their childcare, swimming lessons, and parents night out over the years  that we have been members.  Finn is doing a preschool adventure class every Thursday morning and last week was his first day.  It was quite organized with circle time, yoga, story time at the public library next door, music, craft, snack, work, and play time.  He thought it was so great and I did too!

We took our annual trip to the apple orchard/pumpkin patch over the weekend.  While the pictures make it look awesome (and it was for the most part), it was not without some issues.  Overall, I will say we had a fun time and I am thankful we were able to make the trip.  The boys loved the new zip line, the jumping pillow, and the corn maze.  It was all a nice break from our normal routine and a fun outing for all of us.  

The weather was not the best this year which cut down on the crowds so that part was nice.  The temperature dropped after we left the house and thankfully the boys had sweatshirts, but John and I froze (and it takes a lot for me to complain of being cold!).  We have had a ton of rain recently and the ground is saturated.  Thankfully, we have some older tennis shoes and we wore those, but we were all a muddy mess.  Lastly, its "bee season" in MN.  Around this time of year, we always have lots and lots of bees.  Its hard to eat anything outside without getting stung.  Aiden and John were stung this year.  Thankfully, they both did o.k.  Aiden was the one we were concerned about with all his allergies, but thankfully his sting was minor and he didn't react although we had the epic pen on hand.    

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