Weekends Crammed with Fun Stuff!

We went to the fall festival last weekend and Maren and Connor got to rock climb. Brendan was too little, but really enjoyed the ladybug bowling, ring toss and bean bag throw.




This weekend Connor had a new cello experience with a SEMSA group practice. SEMSA stands for The Southeastern Minnesota Suzuki Association. He got to do a musicianship class and then play with some older kids. It was two hours, but it went by fast (especially because Bret came to pick up Maren and Brendan after the first hour). Connor then had another cello practice in the morning, which turned out to be over an hour long due to a miscommunication about the practice time.

After getting some lunch, Connor had a soccer game. I think that it was his best game yet. He had four goals, made some good passes and hustled on defense. It was great to see him interacting with his teammates. He has another Connor on his team and they were doing belly slams after each goal.

After the game, we went to the apple orchard and pumpkin patch yesterday, but of course, I forgot the camera. We all did the kid corn maze and Connor, Maren and I braved the adult corn maze. We made it out with no problems. This is the same maze that Bret, Connor and I went to when we first moved here. I remember Bret and I getting totally turned around and I started to freak out. We ended up making our own way out. It was a much better feeling this time around! We all picked apples and ate some along the way. Maren's favorite part was the three kittens that she got to hold. Connor and I also enjoyed caramel apples.

After the orchard, we headed to get tickets to the circus, which was that evening. We went home to get some dinner and some down time. Then headed off to the circus. It was a little smaller than the one that we went to in the spring, but it was still fun. Maren and Brendan rode some ponies, and Connor and Maren went down a large blowup slide. Maren got a butterfly air-brushed on her cheek, while the boys got light up light sabers. We then headed home for bed. Maren woke up not feeling well, but was a real trooper the whole day. The boys played light saber, while I got Maren to bed. It was a long, but fun day!

We've been cramming stuff into the weekends because Bret is on call this month and he only gets one day off per week. His last day on call is Tuesday. I'm thankful that this month went so quickly. We're starting to get excited about our big trip to Walt Disney next month! I definitely remember the camera then. Love to all.