Pictures From October
| I've been meaning to post pictures all through October, but.....it just never happened. So, we are doing an entire October recap. |
We all had lots of fun at the Ringling Bros Circus....which is surprising considering none of us are really that fond of the circus. It was really so well done, and the time went by very quickly. Before the show we went onto the circus floor to meet some of the performers, plus the boys tried their hand at tight-rope walking. Adam and his spiffy new circus hat.  Austin on the tight-rope.  Drew and one of the circus performers 'clowning' around. The kids and I went to Centennial Village is a little town near here. It is a historical museum / village with many buildings to tour through.  Exploring the 'one room schoolhouse'. I have taken the kids to so many one room schoolhouses, it has become a bit of joke in the family. They see a schoolhouse and roll their eyes.....  Adam....being Adam   Lys and Lexi thought the old gas station pump was pretty cool. It was hard to believe that our little girl turned 15 in October. She had family and friends join us at the bowling alley for a party, which was lots of fun!   Adam loving on his big sister....she doesn't seem to mind.  For Halloween we had quite a mixed bunch. Adam was one of his favorite characters from Bakugan, Austin was a pirate, Lexi was a medieval girl, Lys was a drummer for a band, and Drew was....a teenager who decided not to wear his costume.  Making cookies for the Halloween Party. Since Adam is allergic to peanuts and soy we find ourselves doing a lot of baking so we know what ingredients are in things. It is good that the kids love to help out! The last week of October we spent a few days in Colorado Springs. We had to make our annual trip to the North Pole before they closed for the year. That is our favorite amusement park...it was almost empty so the kids were able to ride on ride after ride with no lines.  The sleigh was covered in snow so the kids had to stand up for their picture, but it is our tradition to get a picture in the sleigh each year so they put up with it (and me reminding them that it is a requirement before they can ride the rides!).  We have been on this train ride so many times, we could do the narration along the way. I will look at one of the kids and see them saying the words that the conductor's recording is saying....guess maybe we have been to the North Pole a few too many times!  Lexi, Drew and Adam on the roller coaster.  Feeding the deer.  We also went to the Dinosaur Resource Center. Awesome place with the most amazing dinosaur displays. The boys love dinosaurs so they were very impressed. Even the older kids were very interested in the information on the tour.  We ate dinner at a restaurant in the former Colorado Springs train station, built in the mid-1800s. The trains still fly past so the kids enjoyed watching them.  Posing by the rocks at Garden of the Gods.  Posing by 'balancing rock' at Garden of the Gods. All of the boys are really into bowling. All of the kids bowl in a league with their homeschool friends, but Drew and Rob started in a league on the weekend too. Their first week bowling Andrew had a really good game (over 200).  Drew and Lexi participated in the local library's Murder Mystery. They had so much fun. Lys went to help serve pizza and was nice enough to take some photos for me.  Drew was the lead detective.  Lexi was the owner of a construction company. She was also.....the murderer (and I thought we had raised her better than that).  Lys at her horseback riding lesson. Not long after this photo she took a big fall and was hurting for several days. She was really nervous to get back to riding but last week she finally went for a lesson and did great.  Lexi at her horseback riding lesson. She is so funny....she's so easily excited. I think sometimes she scares the horse because she tends to scream when the horse goes too fast. But she enjoys herself. We had our first snow in October. The kids were very excited. We have had two more storms since then, mixed in with gorgeous 70 degree days in between.  Drew has no idea he is about to be hit by Lexi's snowball.  Helping daddy clean off the car.....actually, watching daddy clean off the car.  The First Snow We went to the Farm with some friends last month. The kids like to pet the animals and play on the playground.  Drew and Lys decided not to join us in the goat pen, but enjoyed laughing at us as we tried to make our way across the pen while avoiding goat droppings.  Adam playing 'king of the mountain' on the haystack.  Feeding the sheep some pumpkin. We are hoping to take a rafting trip in the spring so we have working on the kids' swimming skills. They have a swim tutor once a week and are getting pretty good. They (well, except for Lys) love swimming.   Well, that's our October at a glance! We've been keeping busy and having lots of fun! |
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