Last weekend started on Saturday morning when the kids and I went to the St James Festival where I was playing with a small group from the CNY Flute Choir.
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| A small group from the CNY Flute Choir |
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| After playing we got paid in food so we sat with Sul-Young, Sara, and John as we ate our Korean food (and they shared with my hungry kids) |
After leaving the festival we headed across the street to check out Betts Library then we went to Webster Pond where you can, for a donation, get cups of corn to feed the ducks and geese.
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| Caleb making friends |
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| They ate corn right out of our hands |
Sunday after church we walked over to the Westcott Cultural Festival which takes place just about a block from our house. It was fun wandering and looking at the booths, making crafts in the library parking lot, visiting with neighborhood friends and generally avoiding the used book sale going on at the library ;)
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| This clown made us balloon animals |
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| The girls made stuff out of clay - H made a tea set, A made a couch for her Pollies |
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| L is not excited about how her cup is turning out |
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| McGruff, a robot dog, was there telling kids to scream if they saw their parents texting or talking on the phone while driving |
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| There were races for kids (love this pic with our upstairs neighbor coaching her little brother on the far left) |
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| Hannah came in first followed closely by Lydia in this heat |
On Tuesday we went to Owen Orchards for a field trip with friends from the Waterloo area. (It felt almost like a family reunion. I love all the other mommies that were there and miss sharing life with them! Many of them I either grew up with or went to Tuesday morning Bible study with, or both.) The field trip started in the barn with an education on how honey bees help orchards
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| Worker bees on the left, queen bee on the right and my drone in the middle |
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| checking out the bee hive |
Then we took a wagon ride out to pick apples.
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| our wagon ride out to the orchard |
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| Learning how to properly pick apples and how their neat apple picking baskets work |
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| Abigail's first apple |
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| L&A munching apples on the way back with Jonah |
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| The sky looks ominous but thankfully it didn't rain while we were there! |
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| The sun actually even came out for a bit |
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| After our picnic lunch Caleb decided to try out the stocks |
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| ain't it the truth |
After apple picking we went on another field trip with people from around Syracuse to Side Hill School, a one room school house near Skaneateles.
This week we have also had the chance to walk our neighbor's puppy Iggy at lunch time. It was a fun but reminded me why I don't want a puppy - they are crazy!
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| Iggy on our porch steps with 3 of his fans |
To wrap up the week we made globe cakes this afternoon for Friday Funday. H&A worked on the Western Hemisphere and C&L worked on the Eastern.
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| The Western Hemisphere girls decided to start with water |
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| The Easterners decided to start with land |
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| Showing off the finished product |
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| Western Hemisphere Ws and Eastern Hemisphere Es |
That was our week in pics. I love fall.
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