Hello, Fall!

 A gorgeous week with plenty of playtime of basketball and frisbee after dinner.  Ayson's 5th grade class took a virtual field trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore along Lake Michigan and Ranger Dave told the kiddos about the lake and dune ecosystem and invasive species.  Addie has just started to get into multiplication and division in her math class and we have practicing at home at her request :)  

We hope that all of our family and friends are healthy and making time to get outside and enjoy the gorgeous fall.

Ayson was not happy with the dinner options on Tuesday so he made a 1/4 batch of pancakes - hahaha...fractions!

SO close to balancing!

Another game of PIG, anyone?
The blog put the pictures in reverse order and I refuse to fix them.  Both kiddos made plenty of baskets AND Amy caught one of Addie's basket as the ball was half way in!

Yay, Addie!

Full moon setting on Friday morning was incredible!

Pretty flowers from our gardens

Habanero peppers are ready!

Amy's Team's meeting companion

Gorgeous morning shot

And more basketball!  Of course the boys give each other a hard time when it is there time to shoot.

A story from Addie and she made us the "Roe" family :)

These two items have been missing for at least 4 years each.  The wooden spoon was found while cleaning the dryer vent that was blocked with lint (and a wooden spoon).  The plastic toy wrench was part of a toy tool set that Ayson had when he was a toddler.  The wrench was in the motor case in Amy's treadmill.  The wrench must have been jostled recently and moved to a new location that interfered with the incline motor as horrible noises only started last week.  

Gorgeous colors on October 2!

This little bee was on this flower on Saturday after sunset and then gone the next day.

Smile!

Purple coneflower

Gorgeous Saturday evening with insects floating/flying in the air

Amy found her "Young Authors" books that she wrote, illustrated, and made into actual books (with Grandma Pat's help, of course) in first grade through sixth grade: )

Addie reading "The Animals Escaped"

In "A New Classmate", the kids

read the story of a skunk that followed a little girl to school.

Sunday morning hike at Pratts Falls!  

The "pose" tree :)

Gorgeous day to be out on the trails

We played hide and seek while walking:  Amy and one child would stand and count and Adam and the other child would hide somewhere along the trail. 

Adam left Amy and Ayson a few clues: sunglasses on a tree and a backpack at the base of the tree:)

The boys had a hankering for apple pie but Ayson strongly dislikes peeling apples so Adam picked up a peeler along with apples at Deer Run.

TaDa!

Mixing the apple filling

Yum!