Traveling to the Falls

This is a beautiful valley we recently visited while traveling around Kentucky.

 

 

We took the camper out for one last hurrah before putting it away for the winter.

Of course, there was jumping.

These things are popular right now.  My kids LOVE them.

 

The KOA we stayed in had a great playground in addition to the bouncing pillow.

We spent most of the first day of our trip just playing at the campground.

The kids had a great time.

 

 

 

 

The weather was cool and beautiful while we were there.

As you can see, EVERYONE had a good time.

 

 

The second day we visited Cumberland Falls.

 

 

 

 

While at the falls, we got to enjoy a small car show they were hosting at the park.

 

 

Then we headed back to the campground area where a tractor show was taking place.

 

The kids were interested in watching this display.

The 'man' would saw on a log until a piece would fall off.

 

The owner would then let anyone watching have the piece of wood.

 

Guess who got a keepsake?

 

Woody was the name of the woodcutting guy.

 

 

Renfro Valley was the beautiful place hosting the show.

Our campground was less than a mile down the road from here.

 

No more adventures until spring.

We've winterized the camper.

 

Given how cold it is outside this week, I don't think camping would be much fun now anyway.

 

Goodnight!

 

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Sending good thoughts your way, Joselyn!

Break a leg!

(Well, not literally.)

 

Happy Halloween

 

 

Candy bag on his face...

 

 

 

Woody and Princess Jasmine

 

Hope your day was sweet!

HEY CALE!!  POST A PICTURE OF YOUR HALLOWEEN COSTUME SO I CAN SHOW GRANT!!!!!!!!!

Fun at School

Grace wore several interesting items to school last week.

It was Red Ribbon Week.

 

I asked Grace if she knew what Red Ribbon Week was about.

She said she did, then proceeded to name all of the fun things the school does during that week...

 

pajama day

crazy hair day

crazy hat day

favorite team jersey day

wear red day

 

She did not mention drugs once.

Ummm, I think the school has diluted the message with the fun activities.

 

She had a blast though.

I think her favorite day was pajama day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grant had a fun day at school yesterday.

He did not wear his pajamas, but he wore the next best thing...

 

his Halloween costume!

 

He dressed up as Woody from Toy Story.

 

 

I thought it very providential that his buddy sitting at his table came dressed as

 

BUZZ LIGHTYEAR

also a character from Toy Story.

 

 

 

There were Halloween snacks to eat

 

and games to play 

and book to read

and treat bags to take home.

 

 

He was

 

CRAZY

 

by the time I got him home.

 

 

 

 

 

David won't have to look too far to shoot a deer this fall.

This one even had antlers.

 

 

Have a good day!

Grant

 

Grant has a new love in his life.

 

 

 

He talked me in to buying  him strawberry milk.

 

No surprise....

 

HE LOVED IT!!

 

 

He drank the whole thing!

 

 

 

 

That would lead to my next thought....

Seeing as how he is built like a sherman tank and he is usually off the chart on growth chart percentiles,

we are trying to get him eat a little bit healthier.

So far it is working (please disregard the above pictures of strawberry milk).

How do we address this since we really don't want to talk about

"being fat" or "being on a diet"?

We ask him once a week or so to go weigh and

"tell us his numbers".

Then we talk about trying to keep his numbers healthy.

He thinks it is a game and has fun weighing and telling us "his numbers".

Hopefully, there is a little less Grant to love the next time you see him.

His kindergarten class went to a pumpkin patch recently.

 

 

This is the only field trip they have in kindergarten.

He had a blast playing on the hay bales with his friends.

 

Petting Zoo

 

 

 

 

Other Grant Stuff....

 

Grant loves to read library books.

Ninety-nine out of one hundred of them will always be non-fiction.

 

The subject doesn't matter....cars, dinosaurs, castles, rainbows, snow, tractors, horses...

anything non-fiction.

 

 

 

 

Grant has learned to whistle like a pro.

He can whistle a tune with the best of them.

Ask him to demonstrate.

He loves to whistle all of the time.

(including in the car!!!!  Ahhhhhh!!!)

 

 

 

 

 

Mario Kart is his favorite Wii game to play.

Routinely he beats me at this game.

He does not beat me because I am nice and let him.

He beats me

because

he is that much better than I am!

 

 

 

Grant is into teasing and jokes.

He loves to tell me whoppers and usually he can convince me he is telling the truth.

Then I feel pretty dumb when he chimes in with

"JUST TEASING"!!

He listened to a whole lecture from me about getting a color change on his behavior chart one day before finally telling me he was "just teasing" and had NOT gotten in trouble that day.

 

 

 

 

Grant is getting soft.

He voluntarily put on jeans today to play outside.

If you know him well, you know that is significant.

(still no shoes and socks though, just jeans)

 

 

 

Target pizza is the favorite place to eat after school.

We eat there once a week whether we need it or not.

Hey, he's my last one.

He gets spoiled.

 

 

 

Tying shoes is the newest hurdle on the road to growing up.

We do criss-cross very well.

Through the rabbit hole is totally killing him.

His fat fingers cannot hold those little strings!

For now, Mom continues to be the official shoe tier.

 

 

 

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Lots going on in the news.

Praying for those in the path of the storms out east.