Friday Fun

Monkey and his friend Sammy found this guy on the trail out to the back-field fort this afternoon:

Here is sweet Davery being held by Roo:

This evening our friends the Roles had a birthday party for their third child who turns 1 next week. Fun evening hanging out with new friends (thankful to have them!)--

Patch time

Family day Monday (Columbus Day) complete with Home Depot run, stop-in at children's museum, and pumpkin patch quick visit.

Odds and ends in October

Fall weather is finally here! Mouse and I took Jack for a walk in the back fields… Light is gorgeous.

Rainy Saturday caused us to opt out of the fall festival parade. Instead we stayed home and HF made donuts for the first time - delicious apple-cider flavored. Monkey was his main helper this time:

Baby lambs born this week! And we didn't even realize that our ewe was pregnant. Came home to find them born and well… and they're adorable - Roo named them Davery and Luke (after Skywalker). Our total sheep count is now at 9.

Second to last game for Monkey's soccer team (still undefeated). Here he is playing goalie, which he's really been enjoying.

One fall in Virginia

Though it still warmer than I think to expect for early October (75 during the day most days), the days are definitely growing shorter. I catch the sunrises in the mornings now:

Today our homeschool co-op had a wagon ride "wildlife scavenger hunt" field trip at nearby Caledon State Park which was a lot of fun and very informative. We found a lot of cool stuff on our sticker-guided punch list. Here are a few shots of our fun fall discovery day: