It's Fall! Lucy has made a song, or more of a cheer that she will shout triumphantly: "Fall is arrived! Fall is arrived! Fall has arrived today!"
Lucy loves reading. Every day we read a chapter out of a chapter book together. After that, it's nap/rest time for everybody. She has taken to using that time to make illustrations of many of her favorite chapter books. Here is one from a book called Schoolhouse in the Woods. It's sort of a Little House of the Prairie book aimed towards slightly younger kids. In this chapter, it rains so hard and so long that the foot bridge that the kids take to school is washed away in the river. All of the kids think they are stuck at school forever until a dad drives his carriage through the river to get them and bring them home. Below you will see the dad driving the carriage, the red ball with long legs is the horse. All the little days with T's above them are all the children. The T's are their umbrellas :-)
Another one from Schoolhouse in the Woods. This is a ladybug, a daddy long legs, a butterfly and a turtle they named Grandpap.
Lucy, self portrait. (Homeschool art lesson)
Another self portrait.
Another self portrait.
Some snuggling on a chilly fall morning.
Okay, here we are at the apple orchard. The kids have been looking forward to this field trip all month! Earlier this month, they learned about apple seeds and how they grow. Here is a misguided group shot where everyone is looking into the sun.
Pumpkins!
Charlie was not entirely sure about this place yet. I think he was upset because we hadn't seen any apples yet...
After a long walk, we finally made it to the apple trees. We had a short lesson on not picking up apples off the ground and especially not eating them off the ground. Charlie was really excited.
I had to give Lucy a limit. We ended up picking about 15 lbs.
Charlie could have picked apples all day. He loved it! Here are some videos of the process. He did this for every apple he picked:
Peter managed to pick a few from the backpack carrier.
A very smart mom brought a wheel barrow and carried allll of our apples back.
Peter was ready to get down and explore. Unfortunately, he had his sights set on a lake that was beyond the play area. He cried bitterly every time I picked him up and brought him back to the play area. But then he would just get right back up and walk over there again (not a short walk either).
Okay, the play area is not so bad after all!
This farm also had lots of animals. Charlie wanted to kiss them all.
A great first field trip for the year!
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