Pumpkin Patch with School

Grisham's preschool class had a field trip to Kuhlweins farm. We met his class and teachers there. It was a very very cold morning with chances of showers. Thankfully it did not rain but boy was the wind bone chilling. The farm had a bounce house and hay maze for the kids. We went on a hay ride out to the pumpkin field. I did not have my camera with me when we were out in the field. Not enough hands for pumpkins, Carolyn and camera. After the hay ride we enjoyed a snack of donuts and fruit punch. Why people buy the red juice is beyond me. They are preschoolers people!! They will spill it! After we did the bounce house picked our pumpkins, ate lots of sugar, played in the maze, looked at the baby cows and rabbits it was time to head out. I sat the kids down to take a picture of them with their pumpkins and at that moment the sun came out. Pretty funny huh?

Zoofallistic!

Friday mornings Grisham has been enjoying Zookids. It is a program for preschoolers put on by the zoo. I wanted to put him in this summer but it filled up fast and we missed the deadline so I signed him up for October. He has been loving it! While he is in school for three hours the other kids and I walk around enjoying the zoo. Now that the zoo has its fall/winter hrs we get the zoo to ourselves for an hour. Last week Genevieve, Brenner, Carolyn and I spent most of the time in North America visiting the bears, wolves, moose, otters and petting zoo. The pictures posted to day are from the first day of zoo kids at the beginning of the month.

Cuteness

Just some cute pics of my baby Carolyn. Janey ,the yellow lab, also cute:)

I Wonder

I find myself wondering about many things these days. Mostly about the future. I wonder what the kids will be like. Being the mommy to three kids is the most amazing job. I wonder if they really know how much I love them and want the best for them. I wonder if they will make the right decisions and if I will be ok when the do make some poor ones. I wonder if my husband knows how much I love him. He has so much stress at work I wonder if he enjoys being a surgeon at all. I would love to be a fly on the wall and be able to watch him in action. I wonder if he will ever be able to relax and enjoy things. Our kids will be grown and gone before we know it and I don't ever want him to wonder if he was a good daddy or a good husband.I think he is amazing for balancing the roles of resident surgeon, husband and father. I wonder what I will be like when the kids grow up and move away. Since becoming a mommy my world has become consumed with kids and kid things. I have no time to do something for myself. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade being a mom for ANYTHING. I just find myself wondering if I had a few hours to myself without the worry of kids and house work, what would I do. Hmmmm! I would love to become a runner again. I would love to learn to ballroom dance. I have no hobbies whatsoever. I would love to take an art class. The idea of finishing college has crossed my mind but no desire. Maybe get my EMT license again and volunteer. Maybe do volunteer work at the hospital or local women's shelter. I think it is nice to sit and ponder the future and dream about what we would like to see. The one thing that really helps me not to start to worry (sometimes wondering turns into worrying) is to believe that God is in control. He has the ultimate power in my life. He has written my future for me. Mathew 6: 25-34 really speak to me in my time of wonder.Vs 33-34 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it's own." Hmmm. I wonder....

Apple Picking

Every year we drive an hour south of Columbus to a fruit farm to pick apples. They have this wonderful apple festival that has horse rides, petting zoo, carriage rides and just about anything that is made from an apple. The only thing that was really different this year was the types of apples available to pick. They usually have about a dozed different types to pick but they just had two. Spring came a bit early and the summer was so hot that the apples ripened about 2-3 weeks early. The apples available to pick were not our favorites and we didn't feel it was worth waiting and hr in line to ride up the hill and pick apples we weren't crazy about. So we went to their market and found our favorite, the Melrose. Walked around a bit more and then packed the kids up and headed home. I was really looking forward to doing this one last time before we moved next summer so I was a little bummed about the day. But the kids did have fun and it was nice see start of all the beautiful fall colors. We are hoping to continue our family tradition when we move to Chester.