Homestead Hollow

Yesterday we spent the day at Homestead Hollow.

The weather was warmer than I think it should have been :) but we knew it was going to be warm and dressed like it was July. 

The girls loved it out there. 

There were trees to climb, animals to see, water to play in and lots of yummy food to eat!!

How could you not have a great time. 

The mean duck in the swimming pool is always fun for them.

They always have a hard time understanding why they can't put their fingers in to touch and feed him.

Any tree that looked like it could possibly be climbed.... Ellie had to try to climb it and Annie was not 

far behind her.

There were lots of great places to take fall pictures

And we found baby Nolan there !!

After dinner hike

We had an after dinner excursion to the waterfall last night.

The girls love going down there and I usually let it be a " girls and daddy" thing but last night I tagged along and took a few pictures too.

Annie has started copying just about anything Ellie does. It really is the cutest!

Last night Ellie was walking and jumping so Annie was walking and jumping too :)

Ellie's new favorite thing to do at the waterfall is climb up it. That's right folks... Straight up. It was her and her daddy's idea... Not mine. 

She loves it. She has such a heart for adventurous activities it makes me pretty worried about what she will chose for her occupation when she is grown :)

All I can do it pray.

Annie and the tale of the terrible twos

As hard as it is to believe by looking at this sweet little face but we have hit the terrible twos hard this week. I can say all along that Annie has not been the easiest baby around but I am certain now the Teri le twos has ahold of her and it's been a week around here. 

We have had fit throwing, meltdowns galore and a sassy mouth all week long. She has been instigating fights and disagreements with Ellie. I think she likes Ellie being mad at her. 

Pray for us!! 

I know there is a sweeter baby in there and I want her back ;)

In other news Ellie is loving learning her bible verses for school. 

She is remembering them from the past weeks. 

Here is her one from this week.

Fall please come back

I have got fall on my mind this week.

This past weekend was just a tease and I am ready for the weather to cool off and stay that way.

I just don't want to see 80 again...is that too much to ask!?!

We have our ready all pumpkined up and now I want it to feel like fall :)

I  have been pinteresting a lot lately and here are pretty fall things I have found...

Funday Monday

Just about every night Ellie ask me what we are doing the next day and where are we going.

Well Sunday night was no exception and I told her... I'm not sure yet Ellie. She said " we should just stay home all day and do fun things and just have a funday"

So that's just what we did :)

We painted outside on the easel...

Met daddy at the park for a picnic lunch

Then went to the library...

Then came home, took a nap and made puppets

Sounds like a pretty fun day...huh? 

Parade

Last week we went to the homecoming parade.

I am thinking it was Annie's first parade... Or at least the first one she remembers.

She was pretty uncertain but once she realized that they threw candy at her she liked the idea better :)

Ellie on the other hand was super excited about it from start to end and ALL night long.... Thanks to all the candy she came home with.

Here are a few pictures 

Happy half birthday to Ellie!

My sweet four year old is now four and a half!

It's hard for me to believe this!

She loves to talk about how old she is and how big she is getting.

She talks about turning 6 and 7 and I remind her to slow down!!

This little girl is very adventurous. She is always looking for something to discover or explore. Her favorite thing to do is climb trees :) She loves to be outside and be in the woods. She likes looking for things outside like rocks and leaves. 

She is pretty coordinated and can climb up just about anything she puts her mind to. She is still doing gymnastics. She has become pretty good at her kart wheel and handstand. Every time she gets out of class her teach tells me... "She did great but she didn't want me to help her with anything" ... She is very hard headed and determined. 

She loves school. She really does like to learn and works on her letters and numbers at home all the time. She is very know it all though and when I try and correct her she says...I already knew that!

She loves to sing and dance around. Her favorite song right now is months on the year and the Tarzan song. The other night she was in the bathroom playing in the mirror watching herself. She started singing and was making up a song. She started singing about getting big and loving God and Jesus... Matt and I were both outside the bathroom listening. It was so sweet.

She can be very sweet hearted. She loves her sister and her sister adores her. They love to playing laugh together. She works hard to keep Annie happy and content :)  She went through a period where she wanted to carry Annie around all the time which is a pretty funny sight since Annie is only 10 pounds less than Ellie. 

Ellie loves to color and great things. She has started getting really good at coloring in the lines. She can cut great with scissors. She loves to sit at her table and make things. She has discovered glue...which is great :) she loves to staple her pictures together and make books for me and Matt. 

Her mind and thinking always amazes me. She likes to talk about Jesus and God. Her understanding of them makes me laugh. She talks about God and what he looks like. She tells me he is very shiny. She is always telling me that God is the boss. The other day she told me that I could tell her what to do because God is the boss not me. Believe me I had a response to that :)

 This sweet, busy little keeps me on my toes and busy.

I love this little four and a half year old little bit so very much!