October

   October looks like it's going to be one busy month.  We have a child turning 5 the begining of the month so of course there will be a party.  There is also school pictures for two kids, doctors appointments for two kids.  Church hay rides, community trick or treat nights, and a trunk or treat party thrown in there too.  Our preschooler is starting letters this month as well so there is extra practice with him as well.  It's just going to be a busy month.  Here is what my calendar looks like at a glance.  I use a dry erase calendar in my kitchen so that I can make sure and not miss anything and so the kids can see how many days they have left till a fun activity or something that is coming up in the future. And yes it is color coded to different children :)

 

   This past weekend we went on a Farm Tour around the area.  The first place was a little disappointing.  It was a sheep farm that was supposed to have like 1,000 head of sheep.  But let me back up a little bit.  This farm was just a few miles from our house and I got lost trying to find it.  The address was listed on the Farm Tour info sheet, but it turns out that it was not where every map I looked up showed me where it was supposed to be.  Finally I saw a sign where the address was sending me to with directions to the farm, sign was not very clear, but we finally did get there.  They had a dog herding demonstration, is lasted about 15 minutes or so then the farmer put the sheep away in a pen where we couldn't even see them so anyone who showed up after the demonstration was done probably didn't even see any of the sheep.  They did have a little store open where they sold meat and sheep skins though.

   Next we went to an apple orchard.  There the kids got to see some turkeys and paint on some pumpkins then they did a little craft which they enjoyed, but it was mainly just a normal Saturday for the orchard since it was open and selling apples, pears, pumpkins, and plums.

   The last place we went to was a pony farm, which my animal loving 4 year old LOVED of course. And he got to ride a pony.  Mommy had to pay for him to ride the pony, but I couldn't resist how much he wanted to ride the pony.
 

   They also had some snacks and little play area set up for kids to play.  I think they mainly did the farm tour to get business for their pony birthday parties that they hold.  But it was still a good experience for the kids and the pony rider thoroughly enjoyed himself.

    So it wasn't too bad of a day even though it didn't start out the greatest.  But it was a beautiful day out of the house with my two oldest.  I don't get many days like this with just them.  I was hoping to see more animals for the animal lover but that just didn't happen, maybe next time.  And as a little bit of funny/cuteness/crazyness to end this, here is a boy in a box, lol, enjoy!

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