Our Daily October

Lincoln has really gotten into cars, trucks, planes lately. Def. his toy of choice as of late.  The play mat I made is def. coming in handy.  

Love these two cheesers!  It is rare that I get a picture of them together.

We had a bunch of free coupons from the Dixie Direct that were going to expire on Oct. 31st so we took advantage and had a fun week using them all up.
Bumper boats at Fiesta Fun.

Swimming at the Washington Rec Center. Lincoln did not like the bigger play place because it has a HUGE bucket that fills with water and then tips over. He made sure to stay far far away from it.

This is where Norah hung out the entire time.  Just tangling her little feet in the water. 

and even though these were for babies, Lincoln had to take part and see if he could hang in them.

After swimming we stopped at Yogurtland for so Frozen Yogurt--- a favorite!

We spent the rest of our October doing the following:
1. Watching the Red Sox in the playoffs--- Which paid off because they won the World Series!

2. Potty Training: Little toys didn't work as well as an incentive as candy and candy bars did. All that candy that I gave him for going poo on the potty was totally worth it because he is pretty darn good at going now.  It def. took him awhile to get the whole poop thing down and there were moments that I def. wanted to give up but so glad we didn't and we are past the whole potty training ordeal.  

 3. Reading

 4. Making huge messes when Mom isn't around.

5. Hanging with Pops with in Pine Valley. It was funny cause the horses were right outside the window and Lincoln loved watching them until they started getting really close-- then he would get super nervous even though they were behind glass. 

6. Marci, Karma, Izzy, and Erin took a "Canning and Preservation" Class through USU Extension. We went once a week for eight weeks and became "MASTER" canners.  It was great and I learned a ton. We bottled, dried, pickled pretty much anything you can think of. These pictures are from the first couple of weeks (we pears, peaches, fruit cocktail, grapefruit, jams, jellies, pie fillings)-- I didnt take pictures from the later weeks when we did stuff like meats ( tomatoes, salsas, tomato sauces, ground beef, meatballs, chicken, chili, Stew, pickles)---

 What I liked most about the class was that we were able to bottle such a variety of food items that I was able to know what I liked, what was worth bottling, and what was a waste of time.  I had a great time doing it with my Mom, Erin, and Izzy!
7. Helping Mom and Dad: Lincoln always has to be part of what we are doing!
-Being Mom's sous chef is one of his favorite things. Making rolls.

Helping Dad mow the lawn.