In October

Happy 16th of October, everyone! I hope you have been enjoying this beautiful season.  As we do school, we've been noticing buckets of leaves floating around the yard. It is so easy to see why this season is a favorite to so many.

Outdoor Halloween movie nights






At Hafner's fall fun festival














Halloween decorations :)


We love a rainy Saturday in October.






Busy with school






I love that they all still play together every day


Mummy art




Sleepy spiderman


Learning about the Mayflower with the help of SNOOPY!




Josie did a Blood Transfusion! Seriously, I'm always amazed at how many awesome resources are available to teach the kids.


Cute sisters


Our October wall (so far)


Miss Molly Moo enjoying Grammar with her Josie Lynn


I love all of the lessons in Josie's book


The kids have been working on their United States notebooks each Friday


A chilly walk at Green Lakes










Liam found this beautiful leaf for me :)






The leaves!














While jumping in the leaves, Eli accidentally jumped on Liam's face and BAM! Out came another front tooth.


Pumpkin cookies :)


Watching old Mickey Halloween cartoons














The next morning, we woke up to the first frost!










On the cold mornings, we've been bundling up. No heater on quite yet!




Back to bowling!




Sweet Boots. She is about 14 years old now!


Checking out the rabbit show at the State Fairgrounds!




With the kids Field Trip to the apple orchard rained out, we decided to go up to Beak and Skiff anyway! If only to get cider and donuts.






Afterward, we stopped at Tim's Pumpkin Patch - Our personal favorite!




























More fall












Josie's cool stick puppets!


We are all excited about our new lunchtime read


Hard working kids!








Sometimes, she reminds us of a Koala


Another day, Another frog


They just looked so cute.


A beautiful morning


Pumpkin painting









Waiting for the other kids at Theater


Good morning!


Walk at Sullivan Park




































It won't be long and they'll be SLEDDING down that hill


Co-op begins on Friday! This year, Josh and I are teaching "NY History Mystery" On Saturday, I put it all together. Each month, I'm going to have the kids go around the room and find a "clue" for their worksheets. This month, if they answer all the questions correctly... their sheets will spell out HUDSON. Afterward, we will play a video on Henry Hudson and the kids will make STEM "Hudson River" boats with sticks, twine and sails. I'm proud of the way everything turned out. I love to figure out fun ways to help kids retain the information they've learned!




Another day, another pie! I LOVE baking. It's one of my favorite things.


Hanging out with Carter on Sunday






Fire Department Open House


A few weeks ago, we come home to a yard full of hail!


More schooling




We love our pets




Josie gave Miss Molly a bath!


Every night, he requests at least 3 night lights.


Getting ready for their theater show next Friday and Saturday! Ashton plays Graham a postal worker/player of the instrument called a PLAT, Josie is Semolina - a Spy! and Liam plays Barley/Cyclone - the "bad guy" in the play. -He secretly steals the wind in an old windmill town.






Frankenstein art by the kids!



Witch feet!






Another frog! Will it be the final frog of the season?! Stay tuned!


The yard is just beautiful right now




Ashton's cool zombie slaying sword. He's really proud of his creation! He's read all the Last Kids on Earth books several times -which has inspired his zombie sword



Pictures I grabbed this morning:




That about does it for me! I hope you are enjoying this rainy day. I love you all!

xoxo, Jessie