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Last week John had a week off from work so he was able to get a few things done around the house.

Aaron decided he needed to be at his side all week.

Aaron loves being the only one home during the day and when dad is home he gets even more attention so he loves it.

I didn't do a good job of taking pictures this week but every where John was Aaron was at his side.

We had a god week together. John and I work opposite times so many nights he pulls into the driveway and I get into his car and go to work, so it was nice to be together during the day all week.

Aaron is a great helper and loved being with his dad. Now its back to boring old mom again.

Scarecrow Festival

This weekend we were able to go to a local apple farm and we had a blast!

We found some old clothes and made our own scarecrow.

We all worked together to build our scarecrow and we had a great time coloring his face. It turned out great and looks good in the front of our house.

Once our scarecrow was finished we went on a wagon ride around the farm. Grandma and Grandpa Shattuck were able to meet us there and we had a great time with them.

After our ride we went and let the kids pick out a pumpkin.

Then went out and picked apples off the trees. We each found a big one to eat while we were walking around.

We had a great day together as a family. Fall is a wonderful time of year here in New England with all the colors on the trees.

Getting Ready For Halloween

The last few holidays we have been slacking in putting up decorations so I wanted to be on the ball this year so we started early with our Halloween decorating.

We don't have much but we have a great time working together to get everything up.

My mom gave me a few of the wall pictures from when I was a kid a while back and my kids seem to have as much fun deciding where to put them up as I did when I was a kid.

Zach and Katie did a good job with our blow up decorations.

Aaron has a good time just being able to help in any way he can.

The kids came up with this picture idea wanting to hang the spider and act scared. We had a fun time working together to get our house ready for Halloween! Can't wait to get our pumpkins now!

Homework Time

We now have homework time in our home and sometimes that is a challenge.

Both Zach and Katie have homework, but have very different things to do each day.

Zach and Katie work hard to keep up with their work and are doing a great job so far. We have many challenges with both kids at the table at the same time, but we make it through. Great Job Zach and Katie!!!

Last Day at the Pool

I have been meaning to post this for a while now, but have had other things going on I wanted to share so now that things have calmed down and the kids are in school nothing big is going on to post.

We have a wonderful Aunt who has an awesome pool in her back yard who lets us come over as much as we wanted this summer.
Johns Mem & Pep also live there as well.

We have a great time spending many hours at the pool but we also get to spend time with Mem, Pep, and Aunt Joyce.

We have been away for a few years so it is nice to make up for lost time with our family and let the kids get to know their Great Grandparents.

We had a wonderful summer just spending time together.

So thank you Aunt Joyce for a great summer we had a blast!

Day at Six Flags

Since Aaron broke his collar bone we had to put off our trip to six flags, and the kids have been asking like crazy since Aaron got the o.k. from the Dr. to go.

Monday both John and I had the day off from work and now school for the kids, so we decided to take advantage of the day.

We had a great day together. We had never been before so it was all new to us.

They have tons of kid rides and they had a blast. We found out that Aaron is the daring one wanting to go on bigger rides, while Zach and Katie were just fine going on the kid one's.

I did get Zach one one of the bigger coasters (which Aaron wanted to go on but was not big enough) but he said he didn't want to do it again.

Katie's favorite ride ended up being the scrambler. We all loved going on the water rides and it was a warm day so we were glad to have the sun to dry us off after.

Just before leaving they opened a ride that all the kids loved, and they ended up going 3 times before we dragged them out of the park. We had a fun day together and we can't wait to go back again next year.

Fast Recovery

Aaron went to the Dr. last week and he got the go ahead to take off his shoulder brace.

It has only been 3 weeks but his bone is now healed.

This past week we knew he was feeling better and pushing what he could do with his arm.

He has done really well having a broken bone. He is now back to normal use with his arm like nothing happened at all.