Ken had a conference in Portland for a week in Sept, and the girls got out of school early one day that week, so I was brave and the girls and I made a field trip to the WA State Fair. We've lived in WA for nearly 6 years and I've never been, so I figured now was as good a time as any.
The girls rode on rides. . .
(Sophia is on the far right of the slide)
Saw baby pigs that were only 1 day old . . .
Watched the clydesdales . . .
Petted sheep . . .
and had fair food and got faces painted. All in all a successful outing . . . and even better, we made it home in time for our normal bedtime. Wahoo!
Sophia had her first field trip to Hunter Family Farms on Oct. 6, and I got to come as a chaperone. She wanted her picture taken next to a few of the silly scarecrows.
So excited to be on the wagon heading out to the pumpkin patch.
Holding the "chosen" one :)
The next day, I got to be a chaperone for Amelia's field trip to the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. I've always thought that was a cool place to go, but the field trip was so educational and fun; I think even the chaperones had fun and learned a few things :)
Amelia and some of her friends being tree huggers, ha-ha
One of many tree frogs that we saw. I don't think I've ever seen one before. They're only about the size of a quarter or smaller, and mostly bright green.
One of 2 snakes we saw . . . in the trees . . . waiting for the tree frogs. We weren't that close to the snakes, but I was still grateful they were only about 1/2" around.
And now I take a breather for 2 weeks, while we gear up/ prepare for Sophia's birthday and Halloween. But as Ken said to me this morning, "there's always something going on". . . so stay tuned for more.
