Center Grove Orchard and Other Stuff

Center Grove Orchard: September 23, 2017

This year we had a family day and went to Center Grove Orchard. It was something we don't do a lot so the kids were so excited and are still talking about it! It was bigger than I imagined so we could only do a fraction of what they have available. The giant yellow slide was the favorite of the day.  It was really fun to ride down with the kids! I get to play too, right? It was 90 degrees on the weekend that we could do it so the kids were exhausted after a couple of hours, but it was a great day.

The Big Yellow Slide

 Nora enjoyed watching all the activity

 The Large Jumping Pillows and the Hay Bale Maze

It was so cute to see Riley holding Augusts hand and helping him. August kept falling down on the jumping pillows and getting mad but Riley had a lot of fun there.

 The Goat Run

They have a large pen and can walk around on a bridge. Pretty fun!

 The Three Little Pigs








Some Drawing Fun At Home
I had some little wooden things in my fall bin and the kids had fun coloring them. Then I glued magnets to the back and put them on the fridge. Riley spends most of her waking hours making things so she really enjoyed this. 

Eye Appointment: October 19

 Riley had another eye appointment to see if she is making progress and to make sure that the prescription that she received 2 months ago is still accurate. She is making great progress and I am happy to see how excited she was to find out that all of her hard work and patch time is helping. She has been patching the right eye for 2 hours every day and now her Dr. said her left eye is actually seeing a little better and we can stop patching and let it balance out until the next appoint in 4 months. She actually cheered to hear that news! The Dr. told her she may have to patch again in the future but for now she is doing great. 

Swim Lessons

Keenan and I decided that for safety reasons we wanted the kids to have some swim lessons. Riley just started this week and has been loving it. She struggled the first time her instructor asked her to put her head under, but now she trusts him and is taking it all in. She looks so proud at each little advancement.  The lessons are for about a month then we will have to decide when to do the next level up.