Monday was the school rocket launch. While the boys waited in line, Maylie and I played on the playground. She slid down the slides and we made a little restaurant counter where we ordered hamburgers and ice cream. A few other little girls decided to join our fun.
The boys' rocket is the 3rd from the right. Tate's was destroyed as we were making it so they had to share Easton's. It went several hundred feet in the air and parachuted down slowly. We followed it across the field and into a neighborhood but lost track of it as it disappeared behind a rooftop. We spent the next half hour wandering the neighborhood with other children who had lost theirs and never found it. Easton was sad so we continue to check the office every day for any rockets that have been found.
Tuesday we went down to Perry to pick up our last CSA share. We received a half bushel of apples and potatoes and onions and peppers. It was a nice drive. We all picked out our pumpkins that evening as well.
Easton has especially enjoyed our Halloween countdown and likes to update it for me daily. Maylie asks nearly every day if it is Halloween yet so she can wear her Cinderella costume. We're getting so excited!
On Friday I was privileged to go to Easton's field trip to Hill Air Force Base. I had these four cute boys in my group. I honestly have never had more fun on a field trip in my life! They were all so sweet and fun to be around. I was especially grateful I was with boys for this particular field trip. I didn't have to fuel their excitement in the slightest. They loved every minute of every helicopter, B-17, cannon, and machine gun.
They each made their own rocket and launched them.
They also decided they needed at least a hundred pictures by the planes doing cool poses.
While we were gone, my sweet mother came to watch Tate and Maylie. She brought over her new "Magformers." These magnetic blocks entertained for hours. We were both astounded at the creativity the boys demonstrated in building unique structures. The extent of my building skills was constructing a tiny pyramid. I should have taken more pictures of their unique and amazing creations!
