Camp Fontanelle Pumpkin Patch

We met Briget and Sami at Godfather's in Fremont for lunch and then we drove to Camp Fontanelle's Pumpkin Patch.  We did the corn maze, the jumping pillow, the petting barn, a few games, ate a snack and took a lot of pictures with different cut outs.  The weather was the best it could have been for mid-October!

Children's Sabbath

Maggie is in the Cherub Choir and for the first time ever, she sang!!!  Gene and I were amazed and proud.  Mena is now in 2nd grade and moved up to the Sonshine Singers.  She's really enjoying the new choir group.  They sang a song from the VBS dvd so she was practicing at home, too, since she got the dvd for her birthday.

Crafts

Maggie chose a cross stitch craft kit.  She did well while I was telling her exactly where to put each stitch but she wanted to be independent.  Without my help she just got frustrated and decided it was too hard.  The box says for 8 years and older so I'll just save it for when she's older.  Mena painted the birdhouse she got for her birthday.  I glued it together and then she painted it.  It is now hanging from the tree outside the kitchen window.

Shrinky Dinks

Mena got the first set of Shrinky Dinks that my girls have ever seen.  I was proud of how she shared it with her sister both in coloring the pieces before we baked them and in playing with them after they cooled.  These were a gift from Jada and Amy.  This is Mena's favorite picture with Jada.

Mena's Friend Birthday Party

Back Row:  Kali (Maggie's friend), Brooke, Luci, Rory, Aunalie, and Molly.

Front Row:  Maggie, Presley, Mena, Haley, and Tessa.

Mena had a great time with all her friends.

I thought giving a party in my own house was so much easier than at the apartment clubhouse.  I didn't plan any games; I just let them play together outside or downstairs!

Mom's Birthday

I chose La Paz for my birthday dinner with my daughters!  Delicious food and great conversation!

Mena's Girl Scouts

Each girl in the troop wrote on a petal something nice about each of the other girls.  Then they glued their compliments onto a paper with their own picture as the center.  It is great to see an activity building up all their girls in a non-competitive environment.