Lots of New

We have been trying lots of new activities these days.  Yesterday we went to the Maplewood Boo Bash.  The girls met up with Ani's friend Sasha and her sister for the activities.  We attend the puppet show in the Halloween themed barn, saw an owl and falcon up close and played the witches brew game where you stick your hand in mystery boxes filled with different types of gloop.  Emma was brave enough to touch the "witches fingers" which she discovered were ice cubes.  Besides the Boo Bash, we spent an hour picking up trash at our local park with the Girl Scouts.  We even earned a badge for our hard work.

Unfortunately this year the rain has stopped us from going outside very often during September/October but we did manage to visit some new parks with some really neat playground equipment.  We absolutely love the spin swing behind the White Bear YMCA.  Maplewood has redesigned a few of their parks as well.  Our favorite park is still Lake Elmo with the crazy amount of equipment to play on.

Both Emma and Analise have been taking some online art courses with Mommy.  We have worked on drawing water droplets together as well as a butterfly.  Mommy is looking into more kid classes for Emma and Analise so they can work at their own pace learning concepts.  We have also been trying to find indoor activities to participate in because of the rain.  We have visited the Works, the Children's Museum and attended Suessical the Musical in Stillwater.  The girls are both interested in being in the Mahtomedi school plays in the near future.  

Emma is learning how to program in the mornings when Daddy drives Ani to school.  Emma is working with the Scratch programming system and enjoying the experience very much.  Analise is currently into puzzles and completes a puzzle almost every day.  Both girls are practicing read skills daily and becoming experts at sounding out words.