On Friday, we went to Greenville for dental appointments and decided to check out the new Children's Museum while we were there. We only got to see the top 2 floors (because Booseum was going on down on the bottom floor) but there was still plenty to see and lots of fun activities for the children to try...
wind tunnels, paper airplanes, race car driving...
grocery store with cash registers that scan,
climbing the rock wall that looks out at downtown Greenville
the pulley chairs
and working the crane in the construction zone.-----
On Saturday, (even though it started off a little bit soggy) - we head to Aiken for the Fall Steeplechase. We had a railside parking spot and are always up for a tailgate. The kids participated in the stick horse races and played a bunch a games in the kid's area. We made a few friendly bets during the 6 races but none of us were very lucky when it came to picking the winners! Good thing there was no actually money involved. And as you can tell by the pictures, the sun came out and it turned out to be a beautiful day at the races.
Speaking of races...we raced home to watch the Clemson game! And what a great game it was! But this is how the kids watched the end of the game and the OT. We tried to wake them up but they were just too tired!
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On Sunday, we went to the pumpkin patch, made a homemade apple pie, and carved jack-o-lanterns...
Happy Fall!!!!
our beautiful apple pie (that neither of the kids would eat!)The kids thought the best part of making the pie was using the apple peeler/corer/slicer.
We let the kids been in charge of a lot more this year during the pumpkin carving. The adults helped with some of the cutting but the kids were responsible for all of the "gutting" and "design work".
We let the kids been in charge of a lot more this year during the pumpkin carving. The adults helped with some of the cutting but the kids were responsible for all of the "gutting" and "design work".
