the original Starbucks!! In the short time Julie has been here (2 months) we've made a Starbucks fan out of her! She thought that it was just about cappucinos...she had no idea you could order a hazelnut mocha or an iced decaf white chocolate mocha! We've opened up a whole new world for her!
As a side note, do you see the lovely apples in this photo? do you have any idea how difficult it is to make something like that? Julie and I were invited to my neighbor's house to make 'fancy' caramel apples and let me tell you... they were fancy all right, for about 2 minutes before the caramel started sliding down the apples, carrying with it all of the perfectly placed decorations...M&M's, pralines, almonds, chocolate... it was so sad. Maybe better luck next year! (and no, I have no pictures of the delicious but oh-so-not-pretty apples)
This month we attended Julie's homecoming game at Monroe High School, the Bearcats! They lost, but it was fun to be back at a high school game with all those crazy students dressed in their tank tops, shorts and flip flops in October! BRRRR!!!!
This month we finished up Camden's first "big league" soccer season! Until now we've played through the YMCA, but this was serious... 2 practices a week and a game every Saturday for about 10 weeks. (8 games). It was a fun season and fun to watch all the kids improve every week. Matt was the assistant coach and loved it! I think he may have found a new passion!
Matt has been wanting to build the boys a tree house and I suggested he build it on the enormous stump that we have from the tree we cut down last year. Matt thought he'd start by cutting a door into it and see if it was indeed a good place for a tree house. Well, after cutting, he decided it is probably not a good idea to build a tree house on top of a rotting stump. I am sure his mind was made up before he began cutting, but I am now convinced. So now he has plans to make that a play area, hang a rope swing from the top, clean out the inside, etc. I'll update you on its progress if it happens. The tree house location has been redetermined, but not started yet.
Hudson got to go to the pumpkin patch with his preschool class! His class consists of 3 boys and 4 girls. His best buddy is a boy, but he wasn't there. So Hudson was hanging out with his "best girl friends" as he puts it. :) It was cold, but it was a great time, tractor ride and all!
3 days later our whole family went to the pumpkin patch along with some of our family friends. It has been a tradition for 8 years!! and the weather that day was GORGEOUS!
They planted some corn this year and they had a section that was about 10 rows deep...just deep enough to not be able to see through to the other side. The kids called this their own 'corn maze' and had a blast running through it! we called them the "Children of the Corn". We picked pumpkins, ate kettlekorn, ran around and had a great day!
Tomorrow is Halloween. I still have no idea what the kids are going to be. How's that for a prepared mom? HA!
Maybe the next blog posting will have pictures...if we ever figure it out! :)
