Fall

I feel like I should title this entry, "Ruby".  Somehow she just ends up in more pictures...or at least pictures where she is looking and perhaps even smiling.  Owen moves a lot, does not like to be told what to do (like smile, or get in the picture) and so, he is with us on all of these outings, but feels underrepresented in this entry.  Anyway, below Ruby got a hold of the Powderwhore stickers we brought home from a date night out to see their latest movie.  She is a goof.

We still go to the zoo often.  However, this fall was the first time we attended the bird show.  It was a highlight.

Tomatoes from Aunt Erika's garden.  I tried to give her a slice, and she reached over and grabbed the rest of the tomato and ate it like an apple.  They are delish.  We will miss getting more of these.

I feel the entire summer passed us by, and we did not make it to a park once!  Well, this fall we have made up for that, visiting our local parks at least a few times a week.  Ruby just likes to roll in style.  I am taking notes.

We have a membership to the Natural History Museum and have been using that a lot lately.  They had a special exhibit centered around "The Horse", including special weekend events including this one.  We all got cowboy mustaches painted. 

Fun kids area at the museum where they can dress up, play in the creek, check out tons of huge bugs, lizards, and frogs up close, and looks at some slides in a kid friendly microscope.  This has been well worth the investment.

Ruby practicing her rodeo skills.

And, a chance to try out saddles.  :)

Ruby started drawing people soon after school started.  Ruby and Owen switched to PEEK program for "school"  this fall.  It is bigger, more like school, and was a good switch for Ru and OT.  They taught Ruby how to draw people after studying herself in the mirror, I swear Owen sounded a word out to me at the pool the other day, and they tell me things about migrating birds and personal space.  I love it.

Owen LOVES to help me cut things in the kitchen.  I trust him with a knife, and so far, that has worked out for us.  He cuts onions, potatoes, apples, and whatever else I can come up with.  He is amazing with his fine motor skills- scissors, zippers, legos, etc.

One 50 mile race was not enough for this guy.  And, if you know you can do it once, why not again! Team DuRoss started the warm season routing dad on in one of these big races and ended the warmth doing the same. He improved his time and made it look easy!  Seriously.

Owen and our seldom seen dog, Kess, hangin in the Fall rays.

I have quite a few funny pictures from this evening, capturing all the adventures, laughter, and community shared.  However, this one just captures it for me for some reason.  The Second Annual Progressive Village Party was a success and reminds me again how grateful I am for this little slice of  heaven we landed in. 

We did some face painting as the kid activity at our house for the party.  Ruby and Owen really were into it and painted their own faces for days afterward.

Owen and his science experiments continue.  This is a frozen witches brew.  We made some observations about how it "grew" in the freezer. :)

Meet Pedro.  The newest toy in Team DuRoss' collection.  We picked it up only about 15 miles from where Chris and Erika are living so we all trekked out, got a quick visit in, and spent our first two nights in Pedro.  Think this is going to be fun.

Dinner at the Chalet!

Inside Pedro.

Hug bomb goodbye.