Hannah Says...

Trip to the Zoo

Last week we had a rare weekday off, so we took advantage by heading to Seattle!  We met up with Brent's friend from a long time ago.  She is from Seattle area, but is married to an Irish guy.  They live in Ireland with their son who just happens to be one day younger than Emmett.  They were in town for a few weeks visiting friends and family, so we got to spend a little time with them.  It was a beautiful day and we had a great time at the zoo and playing at a park after the zoo closed.  Emmett and their little guy had a lot of fun playing!

 

(I'm pretty sure in this one, Emmett is asking him if he likes macaroni and cheese. Of course his new friend wasn't sure what that was, so he stared bankly back.)

Happy Halloween

I know we are a few days early for Halloween, but Emmett got to wear his costume to school today.  They made all kinds of crafts and even went trick or treating around the church.  He came home with a few pieces of candy or "trick or treats" as he calls them. 

We were fortunate enough to borrow this costume from his friend Gracie.  He loves that he looks just like his best friend Stretch!

 

Brought to you by the letter "E"

I'm so proud of my little guy.  Doing anything academic isn't exactly his favorite thing, so I was happy to see how excited he was about school today.

 

This one is definitely going in his permanent file!

Cider Making

Saturday was the perfect fall day, bright and sunny, and not super cold.  Brent had to work all day, so Emmett and I decided to go on a little outing.  A field trip, as he called it.  We headed to a fruit stand really close to where my parents' live.  Every fall they put together a small hay maze, pumpkin patch and other fall activities, including cider making! Emmett was so excited about making his own juice!

 

We started by picking apples (out of a bin.) Then we had to wash the apples. Next, a safety lesson about the cider press. Then, we tossed the apples into the opening at the top of the machine that ground up all the apples. Then we turned the big wheel and it pressed all the ground up apples. And finally, a taste! Delicious. Then he drove a tractor... climbed a big pile of straw bales... went through a hay maze (or climbed over the walls)... and enjoyed some ice cream! We went on a hay ride through the orchard too, but I didn't get any photo evidence.

My favorite kind of deal

I have yet to finish Emmett's room, in terms of decor.  I don't like themes or characters and I am kind of picky when it comes to colors and patterns.  But, I saw this quilt a very long time ago at Target and loved it from the get-go.  Alas, the bargain shopper in me refused to buy it at regular price.  Everytime I went to Target I would check to see if it had been marked down.  Sometimes I hunted down an employee to ask if they knew when it would go on sale.  To my wonderful surprise, I found that it had been marked 30% off today!  (Ideally I wanted it to be 50% off, but I wasn't willing the risk that it would sell out.)  So, finally, Emmett has a quilt.  Of course, in the mean time, they got another one that I liked equally as well.  So I let Emmett choose which one he wanted, and he chose my original favorite.