My mom and dad spent two weeks with us in October. The kids were off school and we celebrated my birthday (41...I'm officially on the other side of the hill). Since it's October, we tried to do some fall activities, though it doesn't much feel like fall when temps are still hitting the mid-90's. Kind of annoying. I like the sun and the blue skies, but the high heat can go away.
We went to Mother Nature's Farm this year, deciding to go at opening time in the morning so as to avoid too much heat!
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| Lincoln, Yiayia, Cassidy, and Pops at the entrance to Mother Nature's Farm. |
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| Matt, Cassidy, Lincoln, and Julie. |
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| Linc & Cass feeding the goats! |
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| Cass found a goat who wasn't as pushy as the others and was sure to feed it. |
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| Cassidy and Lincoln in the hay bale maze. |
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Cass & Linc thinking they were strong enough to push this concrete tube.
No such luck. |
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| Cass, Pops, Yia, and Linc. |
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| Matt, Cass, Julie, and Linc trying for a decent family pic. |
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| Cass getting taller. |
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| Linc is just about at the 5 ft. mark in 5th grade. |
Yia and Pops met Dunkin for the first time on this visit. He kept them on their toes. "He's so quick" is the common theme in their remarks about him. He's into everything and is, indeed, very quick. There are lots of rules that have to be followed in our house now that there's a puppy that's taken over. For example, you must push your chair in when you leave the table (otherwise Dunkin will be sitting in your chair and grabbing any food that's on the table. He'll even jump up to the counter if you leave your toast close to the edge as you turn your back to put the butter back in the fridge. Just ask Papou! Dunkin enjoyed some of his toast one morning.
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| Aww...Dunkin and Papou. |
While the temps were still in the 90s, the pool has cooled considerably to about 75 degrees. Too cold for me (my blood has thinned!), but some people still enjoyed it.
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| Yia, Linc, Pops, Cass. |
