Autumn Shenanigans!

We are starting to wrap up our autumn activities and look ahead to the holiday season, basketball season, and the Christmas lighting season!  All of these will keep us very busy in the coming weeks, but, I wanted to share some pics of activities we enjoyed over the last few weeks.

We enjoyed another trip to Curtis Orchard with our friends, the Barnharts.  We couldn't pass up another round of apple donuts and cider...YUM!!!  We then went to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins.  

 

 

 Here we are at "Trunks of Treats" dressed as the S'mores!  We took 2nd place in the trunk decorating contest and used our gift card to purchase a new family movie!

 A sign that fall is coming to an end shortly...the squirrels have started to gorge themselves on our pumpkins!  They have been taking bites out each day and today they were finally caught in the act!  Stinkin' squirrels!

Election Day

For the last month we have been learning about the election process with our friends, the Barnharts. Miss Emily took the time to research and teach the kiddos about our right and privilege to vote.  We put together these amazing lapbooks to show all that we have learned over the last month.  We took Devin and Hannah with us to vote this morning so they could see how a polling site is set up.  They took their lapbooks to show the election judges and even received their very own "I Voted" sticker to place in their lapbooks!  It was a great experience for all of us as we exercised our right to vote in this great country!

Watching a video about the different types of government.

Taking an oath after filling out their pretend "voter's registration."

Looking through books about the election process.

Miss Emily is teaching about the qualifications required to hold an elected position.

                              Please be sure to Vote!