we are settling into a cozy, comfortable and rainy fall. snuggling under blankets and sipping hot tea. But its not all chillin out time and as usual life is full of activities.... here are a few pictures of things going down in the hood of late.
first and foremost is that we FINALLY finished painting the house...literally right before the november rains (praise jeebus for a beautiful october!). the house looks great, still a classic white farmhouse but now with a red door, porch, and trim. todd did most of it so i gotta give him props. we also had to get our chimney repaired.
the kids have been busy and enjoying their fall activities.
lucy is loving her ballet class. i mean pink tutus, dancing, twirling...its a 4 year old girls' dreamland.
riley took a martial arts class this fall, which he really enjoyed. admittedly, i was a little hesitant to sign him up because i have memories of my little brother ian coming home as a kid and trying to 'practice' on me (ian also used to jump off furniture in an attempt to fly after seeing superman or watching greatest american hero so his ability to separate reality from fiction was an ongoing issue.) ....love you bro!
anyway riley had a great time.....and not once did he try his moves out on his sister. he took the class with his buddy jack.
riley is also playing indoor soccer. he is on the same team as his good buddy jack and they are really starting to pass and play good ball. no pictures of this yet, but i'll post some if i get any.
both kids take a tumbling/gymnastics class on saturday morning which they look forward to all week. riley especially loves the climbing, and jumping, and swinging.
in farming news we got ourselves ten baby chicks. for about a month they lived in a box in our downstairs shower. then as they were getting too big (and too smelly) for indoor living todd fashioned a mini-coop within the big coop with a heat lamp. the separation is to keep the big birds from attacking these little guys before they are big enough to hold their own (since they have no mama hen to protect them).
so what else....oh we did have a little snow and todd took the kids up for a fun day of sledding last week. not enough on the hill for skiing yet but we are definately sending lots of good vibes to the snow gods!
and in the milestone category riley had his first sleep-over at his friend jacks' house last weekend. he had a great time. that left lucy home by herself that night with daddy and they had a special tea party/dinner...todd even put on his dress coat for the event (such a good daddy).
that's it.....happy fall!
