FALLing in

Let the marathon posts begin! This one would be more appropriately titled:

"Things We've Done this Fall that I Actually Remembered the Camera For"

1. Wheeler Farm complete with aggressive geese, especially smelly pigs, and cows doing what cows do after they've eaten lunch, making it impossible to get everyone to look at the camera.

2. Circus Parade! This outing gets FIVE STARS and I'll tell you why. Step 1, drive downtown to Gateway Mall, park and walk 5 minutes to find a place to sit on the sidewalk:

Step 2, enjoy a picnic lunch while waiting:

Step 3, watch a quick kid-pleasing parade directly in front of you:

We LOVE LOVE LOVED the long elephant train! All of them holding each other's tails...

Kind of makes you want to ride one eh? But maybe not in a swimsuit.

Step 4, feel pleasantly satisfied and a little surprised at how quick the whole thing was, notice happy faces of kids, and head back to the car to get back home in time for naps! Hooray for everyone!

3. Maddie at JA Biz Town, a fantastic real world simulation for 5th graders at our elementary school. She worked all day as the store manager of Smiths Marketplace and had a ball while I volunteered at Rocky Mountain Power & Questar Gas. Seriously the best school fieldtrip ever.

4. Corn Mazes. You'll have to trust me on the corn part. We love this McGee Family Fun Night tradition but I didn't take a single picture of actual corn or gathered family!? Instead just one shot of light saber wars revisited:

Brayden got some friends together last week to hit another corn maze at Thanksgiving Point. There was MUCH more than the maze to do and they had a great night wearing themselves out (while I read for a couple of hours at a nearby cafe, nicely planned if I do say so myself). Again, no pictures of actual corn or boys...but here's a blurry look from my car at an impressive tower of jack-o-lanterns and a giant jumping pillow! Good call to have doughnuts on hand to lure them out eventually.

To be continued...