First day of Preschool (year 2)

Isaac had his first day of preschool today! He started at a new school this year since we moved. He is now taking the BUS to school and then I pick him up after which should help with me getting the girls to nap however they are NOT doing it now.

He was pretty excited all morning, he had forgotten (even though we had a meet the teacher day yesterday). This was at the school yesterday

 

 

Then this morning when I asked him to get dress he asked "Where are we going today" I replied, you have school, remember? From that point on he was bouncing off the walls excited to go to school. Problem was he doesn't go til afternoon, so we had a little bit of wait time. We were eating lunch when I was wondering what time the bus would actually come. Then the bus driver actually called 4 seconds after that thought to tell me he was about 10-15 minutes away. Perfect. Isaac ate a little more of his lunch, then got his shoes on and we all went outside to wait for the bus.

I even pulled out my nice camera which was still boxed up and probably hadn't been used since June :-P Got some good pics of the three kids. School excitement sure did help with cooperation.









After taking Isaac's picture alone, Emma went and stood in the same spot and said "my turn! my turn!"


Miss Mary goof!


Love her crazy hair curls these days






Here's the bus!


And there he goes


Emma started to get a sad face with teary eyes saying "Back! Bus, Back!" and Mary was asking "Where Isaac go?" It was so sweet. We came in to finish lunch then hopes for naps.... but here we are an hour and a half later and no sleep yet. Need to leave in just a bit to pick him up so looking like no nap today. Hopefully tomorrow is a different story.

We picked up Isaac and he had had a great day! His favorite part was playing in the sand that was in the sensory table. 

The Great Minnesota Get Together

We made it to the state fair on Wednesday. Kyle took the day off and I had a free ticket from work for the 31st so we decided that's our day.

We had to stop on our walk from street parking to take advantage of the photo op (street sign). Isaac was being a little crabby on the walk there, and actually most of the day. Turns out he wasn't feeling well and we discovered he had a fever when we got home later that day, poor guy.

First stop was little farm hands. They were so cute doing this and FINALLY one of my children agreed to wear the adorable apron.

They changed it a little bit this year adding a turn to the path that taught us about bees and soil.

Tractor rides

Feeding the 'chickens' corn in return for an 'egg'.

Planting the wooden coin.

Mary was so excited to get her photo with Charlie Brown, it was like a celebrity sighting for her, it was so cute! We have a snoopy and Lucy by our house that we often pass and they are always on the look out for them.

Isaac 'smiling' for a picture. He was in a good mood during this.

Eating their treats they bought in the 'market' after selling all their farm goods.

Beautiful sunflowers as we left little farm hands.

Next stop across the way to Sweet Martha's Cookies! Couldn't pass up cookies for Emma our cookie lover. We made a rule that only one person could walk at a time and since Isaac wasn't feeling well he wanted to ride in the stroller. Emma is so pokey so her walking time was limited. Mary was the lucky one to get to approach the cookie counter with me.

Isaac rode the big slide, didn't enjoy it as much as he should have. :-(

Now onto the baby ANIMALS. They were all pretty excited to check out the animals in the birthing barn.

The chicken building is always fun to walk through.

This was when Isaac was starting to complain about being sick saying his tummy hurt, which we thought was from drinking juice at farm hands followed by cookies.

Picked up a Ruben pickle. It was delicious just wish it was BIGGER! This was SEVEN DOLLARS!

Isaac eating lunch: a cheese burger and banana.

And luckily Mary fell asleep! Surprised she did, but so good.

Isaac wanted cheese curds, but then once we had them he didn't want them. I think he was expected the cheese curds we get from our CSA (which aren't fried). Emma hiding from the camera, stinker.

Isaac got out of the stroller with me to check out the TPT booth. We signed up to support them and got a plush cookie monster, which of course the girls constantly fight over since that day... joys of twins.

The giant sand box cheered Isaac up a bit. And Mary woke up just in time to get in some playtime before we moved on.

We then spent some time in the energy building (not sure the exact name of it) where all the learning booths are about recycling and conserving energy. Isaac had some fun with a vegetable race car ramp and playing a game of exhibit bingo card.

Miss E being a goof.

Then we picked up some popcorn on the way out. I didn't realize she was making this face until I saw the photo later in the day. Too funny.

No room for the popcorn, glad I had my carrier! LOL

Home again, home again, jiggity jig. We had a family movie night of Maya the Bee since Isaac was feeling crummy. Ordered in, kicked our feet up, and snuggled.

Roasted Beet Hummus

I love beets, unfortunately my husband does not.... but he LOVED the beet hummus. Last time I made this I made it with a can of chickpeas because I thought it needed that to be 'hummus' official. I had forgotten the garbanzo beans last minute last time and tasted it, then I remembered and added the beans in. To my surprise I preferred it without the chickpeas, so this time I left them out completely! I actually just ate a whole blue container of this with a spoon, PLAIN! It was that good ;-P

Roasted Beet Hummus

Ingredients:

4 beets

4 garlic cloves

3 Tbsp tahini

3 Tbsp lemon juice

1/2 tsp cummin

1 tsp salt

4 Tbsp olive oil

Instructions:

Roast beets and garlic. Spray with some coconut oil and wrap in aluminum foil. Roast at 375°F for one hour. Remove from oven and let cool completely. The skins come off so easily after they are roasted. 

Toss everything into a food processor and blend. Viola! Done!! Divi-up in blue container servings so it's a quick grab and go snack. Eat with fresh veggies, whole wheat crackers, or by the spoonful. 

Fix Count: 1 blue container (since it is made with beets - green and not chickpeas - yellow; you could probably have a little more than a blue container and still count it a blue because of the olive oil and tahini being high in healthy fats)