It was a pretty typical Monday for us. We started the day at a playground with some friends. It’s really nice to start our day outside in the sunshine and fresh air.
We have just a bit of time to get home, eat lunch then get Cannon to school.
While Cannon was at school Emmy helped me throw dinner in the crock pot. We are liking this Chili Recipe.
We also made some pumpkin bread to share (family favorite)
On Sunday we got to see our cousins who are some of our favorite people.
What a difference two years makes!
I spent the afternoon looking at Halloween treats.
What are your favorite Halloween snacks?
We had our typical Saturday filled with soccer games and family.
It’s so crazy now having two little playing soccer. Things change so quickly!
I looked back at a post from around this time last year, where the kids were so much smaller, I was talking about keeping the crib forever and we had snow. Emmy doesn’t nap and we are about to get rid of her crib. It’s been very dry this year and we still haven’t had ANY snow.
I have been busy adding the details to our Christmas trip.
I am really getting excited for our trip. We won’t be home on Christmas morning and that feel weird, but I think we will be having so much fun we won’t miss it!
We are also have Christmas at home and with my parents early before we leave.
Are you traveling for the holidays this year?
We visited the pumpkin patch again with friends, we really like to celebrate the season! How many times to the pumpkin patch is too many?
Cannon’s school photos came back and they are SO cute.
We are picking out books to read on our Christmas trip.
And shopping for Emerald’s big girl bed, time to say goodbye to the crib.
Now that we have our book nook up and running I thought I would share some of my favorite Halloween books. This is still a work in progress, not all of my favorite books were in to be put up and I think we need another shelf!
The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky
How to Make Friends with a Ghost
I LOVE picture books and add some to our collection every year but also don’t want to go broke so we check out lots of these from our library as well. Visiting the library and getting themed books is one of our favorite things to do!
Monthly Book Nooks:
January – Arctic Animals/Winter
February – Love/Valentines Day
March – St. Patricks Day/Spring
April – Easter/Spring
May – Emmy’s birthday theme
June – Cannon’s birthday theme
July – Camping/summer
August – Back to School
September – Fall/Harvest
October – Halloween
November- Thanksgiving
December – Christmas
Emmy has grown so much since she turned three in the spring!
Even with all the Covid restrictions Emmy finds joy every day!
Her little buddies are very important to her.
Over the summer Emmy loved our adventures together the most!
The pool being fully open this year was also a favorite thing!
Being outside makes Emmy the happiest.
Over the summer Emmy gave up her nap but still would catch car naps some days.
Our original plan was to put Emmy in half day preschool where Cannon went to school but when Covid numbers kept rising and constraints we decided to do preschool at home and Emmy is loving it. Surprisingly so am I!
Emmy played her fist season of soccer and found that she loved it.
Emmy loved kicking off the Halloween season in Disneyland.
And she loved all the fun fall activities at home.
The years are rushing by and I try to just hold her tight as long as I can while she is little!
Past Updates
We woke up a little sad knowing we had to leave Buena Vista and head home.
We had so much fun and there is so much left to see.
We packed up the trailer and visited the river one more time before leaving. Cannon had school in the afternoon and Cory was working a half day so we needed to get moving.
The kids also had appointments to get flu shots, they weren’t huge fans but were brave.
In the evening I did some online shopping for the kids holiday wish lists. Trying to get those done early!
Because of soccer and school, etc. we only had one full day to enjoy Buena Vista. There is so much more to do and see, just a great excuse to have to come back! We spent the morning exploring St. Elmo.
We found a short hike called Agnes Vaille Falls Hike that was beautiful and easy enough for the kids to do.
Some climbing, but not too bad.
There wasn’t much water in the falls due to the time of year, but still a great hike!
After our hike we drove back to town, found ice cream and a playground to enjoy.
We spent the late afternoon exploring the canyons around our campsite.
Then back to town to get dinner.
We don’t actually eat out often but there were lots of restaurants with big open patios (still not eating inside). We had the best time and had delicious food!
These times together are my favorite!
What is your ideal day? This was pretty much it for me.
It seemed very appropriate near Halloween to visit a real life ghost town. We have visited a few before but St. Elmo is the biggest and most preserved one I have seen.
It was fun to walk through town and see how people used to live.
The kids loved exploring the buildings and imagining what it would have been like to live there during the gold/silver boom.
There was a little ice and snow around but still easy to get around.
Have you visited any ghost towns?