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Sunday, October 5, 2014

TTTIL

1. Last Monday, we went for our usual visit to the farm store. On our way in, the owner asked if we wanted to go for a hayride. Uh, yes, we did want to. We had our very own personal ride out to the pumkin patch. It was a lot of fun. I was not planning on buying a pumpkin that day, but I felt obligated. It came in handy for project day later in the week.

2. Atticus has become afraid of some things, at the delightful age of 19 months. The primary one being elevators. Another one is hay rides.

3. Ezekiel was very excited to practice writing letters of the alphabet on the chalkboard. He was very pleased that he could write a "Q" without me writing it first.

4. Ezekiel and I baked cookies today, but not after making 3 (yes, 3!) trips to the grocery store for things I had forgotten. First, eggs. Second, baking soda. Third, oops, I bought baking powder, so now I need baking soda. Sometimes I wonder how I live and take care of children. I don't think they should let me.

5. The boys and I had a very fun walk to the school one afternoon last week. The band was out practicing, the weather was cool and the sun was out, the soccer ball had air in it, Ezekiel found a big stick to play with, everything was perfect.

6. Pumpkin rolls from Trader Joe's, YUM. Two years ago this very month, I made a special trip to Trader Joe's and purchased exclusively items that contained pumpkin. It was not very effective for menu planning, but it was fun. I don't remember if I wrote about that or not, so I am reminiscing about it now.

7. We did pumpkin projects. My favorite was melting crayons on top with my hair dryer. It was really satisfying watching wax melt down the top of the pumpkin, sort of like peeling wax off of your fingers. I hope you know what I'm talking about.

8. Ezekiel's favorite was the pumpkin volcano. Lots of vinegar, baking soda, and water. You may have figured out by now why I ran out of baking soda for the cookies.