Tuttle's Apple Orchard

Drew and I joined the kids on their field trip to Tuttle's Apple Orchard with the daycare.  Unfortunately the day was a little nasty with some rain along with colder weather.  Thankfully it cleared up enough for us to go on the hay ride to the pumpkin patch and to pick a few apples.  They kids were also able to play on the playground for a little while. 

 Left to Right: Harper, Abigail, Emma, Ethan and Freddy

 Before the kids were allowed to go into the apple orchard they had a little talk about how apples are grown.  After that each kids was able to go and pick four apples.  Unfortunate when this time came the kids all split up and I did not get any pictures of them actually picking apples.

Freddy and Harper were having a lot of fun playing in the playground together.  Drew and I joke that Harper is Freddy's girlfriend and they love playing together. 

Family Get Together

Tami and Mark had a family get together at there house on Saturday along with celebrating Bryce's 4th birthday.  The kids has a really good time playing with their cousins, taking a hay ride and taking corn off the cob. 

Mom bought a haunted house for the kids to put together so Emma, Mom and I put it together before the party. 

Tami and Mark had a lot of corn that they has picked up out of the fields around their house and the kids had fun taking it off the cob.  They use the corn for their chickens but thought it would be fun for the kids to play with.

They also did a hay ride along with back roads around their property.  Emma and Freddy really enjoyed the ride and Freddy enjoyed the nap that he was able to take along with way as well.

Parent Teacher Conference

Emma's parent teacher conference was on Tuesday.   Mrs Kail said that Emma is the smartest student in her class.  For now she has Emma sitting at a desk with 4 boys and apparently Emma does a really good job keeping the boys in line.  The only problem Emma is really having is sitting still during floor time.  Thankfully Mrs Kail has recognized that this is just Emma so she sits at the back of the group so she does not distract the rest of the kids.  Emma can answer any question asked so she is paying attention.  I think she is just a little bored.   

We also received Emma's 1st quarter progress report while we were there.  She has mastered almost everything they are working on.  The few things that she has not mastered she is progressing.  Her reading is were they want the 1st graders to be at by Christmas.  I can definitely tell an improvement in her handwriting and she just want to know everything.

On Monday Emma's class will start breaking into reading buddies.  Mrs Kail will be working with Emma one on one because she does not have any other kids reading at Emma's level.  As things progress Emma may be moved into one of the 1st grade classes for reading.

We are so proud of our little girl.  She loves to learn and is growing up so fast.