Apple Pickin', Soccer Playing, Museum visiting kind of weekend...

Now, I will get back to my usually scheduled post. :)

We visited the Apple Orchard on Friday and had the best time. The kids took a hayride through the orchard, we talked about Johnny Appleseed, and read "Ten Apples Up on Top". I just love Dr. Suess books! I think they confuse Ethan when he is trying to read them, so I may have to hold off on them for a little while longer. I don't need anything to mess up or progress right now.

Anyway, back to the orchard. The kids picked four apples a piece, and then we had a picnic lunch. We are going to bake our apple pie tomorrow during school time. It is amazing how many things you can learn from a simple apple pie bake!

Here are some pictures from our trip. Ethan could not wait to climb up in the little trees to get the "big" apples! :)

Scarlett and her friend, Karlee, before gathering their apples.

Ethan and Scarlett with their sack of apples.

Saturday morning we had a early soccer game. I do not like anything before 10am! But this week, I was not so lucky we had to be at the soccer fields by 8:45. UGH!! Off we go to wet grassy fields. Yippee! Ethan is so funny about his sports. He may not always play the best but he is going to look extremely serious. He just had to have this headband and wristbands. He looked like such a soccer player! It cracks me up. I enjoy watching him play soccer, baseball, anything.. it is so much fun to watch your children to something they love and even more fun watching them really "get it". Ethan's soccer team is 4-0, so they are having a great year.

Getting ready to throw the ball in. The little boy to the far right was so cute! He would yell at his team and tell them "Come on guys, don't let them get "weady"!" everytime his team was throwing the ball in. He was a very serious soccer player.

Ethan heading towards the goal...

After the soccer game we went to the Museum. The day did not go as planned but I think it was better than planned. We had the neatest guide at the Arkansas Historic Museum that had "Toys of Yesteryear" and she was so great with the kids. I have never seen these three sit so still and listen so well to anybody! She showed them about 25 toys, let them play with each one and even shared her lunch with Scarlett before the boys noticed and wanted in on the action, too. :)

Here the guide is teaching them the game Mancala. They were very into her stories, it was fun and educational. You gotta love that!


I think when we first approached the museum, and the guide was in character the kids were a little taken back at first but they quickly caught on and laughed right along with her and had the best time.



They walked on stilts, stick pony races, potato sack races and so many more games! The kids were exhausted.. or atleast they should have been! But it was so much fun.
after the museum the boys had a baseball game. They played against each other AGAIN! I think they are getting used to it, it did not seem to phase either one of them. One time Ethan had a hit and while running the bases he was stopped third, which is where Hayden was playing. They were talking and laughing! Thank goodness they are still too young to care who's team they are on, or what the score is, it only matter that at the end of the game they are still friends.
That was a quick update, but some of the pictures were too cute not to share. :) Thanks Ms. Nancie and Hayden for spending the day with us. Tell Mr. Harold we are sorry we kept Hayden out before the ball game. :(