Fall is now upon us! What a wonderful time of year. We are trying to take it all in. These are the things we have been doing over the last several weeks.
We started horseback riding lessons. Braden and Lindsay ride each week. Maddie loves all the dirt at the farm, and seeing all the animals.
Soccer has started. Braden plays for the Black and Blue. Lindsay plays for the Pink Cheetahs. Brent is her coach again this year.
We baked Dragon Bread for Michaelmas. Another opportunity to acknowledge and slay our dragons. Maddie loved rolling the dough. This was her first time participating in the kitchen. She was so proud to eat her finished product.
We got pumpkins today! This is our group. Everyone chose a pumpkin that they could carry. Braden was highly disappointed. The rule had to be clarified as, "carried a few steps..." We also ended up leaving the farm with a few chickens. How do these things happen?
Maddie loved being on the tractors they had sitting around. She struggled with agreeing to get off so that we could choose pumpkins.
Pumpkin Pie Song
In the West there lived a maid,
She was a cook who knew her trade.
She baked sweet puddings and at harvest time,
She made delicious Pumpkin Pie.
Now this young cook was in love with a man,
He was a gardener who worked the land,
He grew potatoes, beans and, O my,
Orange Pumpkins three feet high.
Now the gardener and the cook, they're happy as can be,
Living together with children three,
They'll be happy until they die,
With regular helpings of Pumpkin Pie.
- Pumpkin Pie Folksingers
