After Kirsten's parent teacher conference we went back out to the van. However, the horses drew the kids away from the car and to the fence next to the school grounds.
This is cookie the horse with one blue and one brown eye. She seemed pretty even tempered as she let the kids stick their fingers through the fence and give her a love. The view of the mountains is beautiful! I forget we live in such a spectacular place!
Zach loves to create with just about anything, from connects,to legos and even magnets. Here he is with his pyramid.
He had to build it again with dad watching and of course Caleb's attempt at helping.
This is his big lego robot, which we had to take a picture of in order to use the legos for more building. It was sitting on the shelf in the spare bedroom for quite a while.
This is his little lego tower. He does really well with making the color and shape symmetrical.
On Friday, October 17,2008 Kirsten tried once again and succeeded to ride her bike unassisted by me or training wheels. Hurray Kirsten! We knew you could do it and now so do you.
Zach, wanting to be like his sister, tried to ride solo too, but still needs some more practice. Maybe next time.
Caleb had fun observing. At one point he too had to have a helmet on, but watched from his stroller. 
Both kids insisted that it was easier to ride in the street, which it is. However, this goes against all of my mommy rules to play in the street. Oh, well, I guess you have to let them grow up eventually.
The kids have been bugging us to go get pumpkins, so we finally relented last week and went to the pumpkin patch by our home. The kids had fun making a trek across the field in search of the perfect pumpkin.
And here are the lucky pumpkins that were chosen for the job! The hay stacks behind were made into a maze that the kids could try to forge through or climb on as was the case.
Kirsten and her 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Anderson are posing in front of her gorilla exhibit. The kids all chose an animal to research using the internet and library books. Then they drew a background for their animal to be displayed. We all went to see her hard work. Caleb liked the set up exhibits, until he remembered that there were real turtle and fish exhibits in the back of the room. 
The kids had a great time on the trail to bridal veil falls. They climbed on the trees and tried to get as close to the river as they could.
Ethan enjoyed the stroll. He mostly slept in the quiet and peacefulness of the trail.
Kirsten and Zach Had fun running ahead on the trail. All power to ya. Get all your energy out now and hopefully crash later.
