Today Abby's class went to the pumpkin patch & petting zoo at Wild Things Farms. She had been counting down the days for the field trip and she had a blast! So glad she has such a great teacher that will send us pictures of her fun adventures!
We spent the weekend at home working around the house. Daddy installed our new light fixtures for the kitchen, while mommy continued organizing and cleaning. The girls entertained themselves for the most part. Especially Allison, who we found had commandeered mommy's makeup and decided to use some of it on herself. She put on some good waterworks after we told her no, but soon she was fine and fell asleep in daddy's chair. Sunday mornings at our house are the best part of the week, we cook breakfast as a family, mommy & daddy have coffee and the girls watch cartoons. This weekend was no exception. We've been watching Lucy while BB & Papa were on a cruise and so when Abigail got in the floor to play with Frodo, Lucy and Allie soon joined in!
Abigail had her first parent teacher conference of the year on Thursday night. While we did have conferences in kindergarten, there were no grades assigned. This was her first real report card and she smoked it! Straight As in all subjects and good marks in her extracurricular (art, music, PE). The conference was a little different because it is a 'student led' conference, which means the student guides the conference rather than the parent or teacher. Abigail shared her reading space, her laptop and how she logs in to her laptop daily...school is so different than when we were kids! 
Allison's school had a visit from the fire department today. Her teacher sent us the pictures and by the looks of it, she really enjoyed...
We have spent the last two weeks furiously unpacking. It is shocking how many boxes of 'things' came out of our old house. We have finished unpacking the essentials and now we are tasked with the finishing touches, which is a lot....especially since we simply don't have enough furniture for the new house. This weekend we went furniture/rug shopping, which is always an exciting experience when you go with a 6 and 2 year old, who have better things to do.... We ended up looking at stuff in the store then going home and ordering everything online, which we expect to arrive in 2 weeks...whew!
