Halloween

This year Ada dressed as Athena, inspired by her favorite Greek mythology book series Heroes in Training. To compliment her outfit, Todd worked long hours to create an amazing shield and spear fashioned from cut and shaped foam mats. Medusa’s eyes light up with the flip of a switch and the gemstone in the spear lights with the click of a button at the pole’s base.

Ruby was a beautiful mermaid, inspired by her love of Disney princesses 🙂

We started with trick-or-treating through downtown Fairhaven, made our way back to our church for dinner and games, and then finally visited houses in our neighborhood. The girls got lots of candy again!

Pumpkin Patch

Another great year at Willetta Farm! We always enjoy the animals, rubber ducky races, pumpkin shooter, and horse drawn wagon ride. My parents also got to join in on the tradition 🙂

Homeschool & Guinea Pigs

After our big Canadian road trip we started school….and adopted a couple of guinea pigs from church friends.

The piggies are named Snowball and Poppy, lovingly called “the girls,” not to be confused with our girls 🙂 Snowball is solid white and tends to be the friendly one. Poppy has an orange spot on her head and likes to run and hide until caught! They seem pretty spoiled with their large enclosure to roam and kick up their paws. The most entertaining thing they do is called “popcorning” where they hop/ leap into the air (all four paws off the floor) to express they are happy or excited. They also poop a….lot! 😀

Road Trip: Day 8

We spent the entire day at the West Edmonton Mall which is the largest mall in North America. Nine hours of that day we played at World Waterpark located inside the mall. We had lots of fun and I was brave enough to go down some of the “faster” slides. I only got water up my nose a couple of times 😉

Road Trip: Day 7

On our way to Edmonton we drove through the prairies with a stop at Elk Island National Park hoping to see a few wild animals. We spotted bison, a beaver, frogs, birds, and a white-tailed deer. The girls also had fun making bison magnets and dressing up as wild animals at the park’s learning center/theater.

NW Fair

Another fun day at the fair with the special addition of my parents. It is so nice having them close! The girls mostly love the rides, so we try to see the animals and booths in the morning and during snack breaks. The chickens and bunnies are always a favorite and the 4-H/agriculture exhibits were well done this year.

Two-wheel Adventures

This summer we all got bikes. I have not had one since middle school, Ada was growing out of hers, and Todd needed one too. We are also borrowing a trailer-bike for Ruby to go long distances with us (5-11 miles is too much for her). We have enjoyed being able to explore our town and country roads as well as taking them to Bellingham. One of our documented adventures was the trail along Lake Whatcom. The girls swam and explored the creek after our warm ride 🙂

Swimming Lessons

Another summer of swim lessons completed. Ada LOVES the water and could swim all day. She did well in her class and enjoyed doing flips from the diving board. Ruby had a bit more difficult time (a few tears and screams) but started to enjoy her class towards the end of the 2 week session. She was not a fan of putting her face in the water, but did great! She was also very nervous jumping off the diving board and so needed a little extra help 🙂