Fall Activities 2011

Well fall is flying by. We have been raking (and playing in) a lot of leaves. We also took a trip out to Minnetonka Orchards. We did the typical fall activities; picked a pumpkin, had donuts and cider, walked through a corn maze, played on the climbing structures, rode a train, had some faces painted, and played with some farm animals (Cosmo really liked the chickens and llamas!).

See a few more pictures here.

Isaac's Consecration

Isaac started religious school this year and he and his classmates were consecrated. Consecration marks the beginning of a child's formal Jewish education held on Simchat Torah. They each received their own Torahs!! He was extremely excited.

The pictures did not turn out great, but here are a few.

The kids build a Sukkah and Olivia buys a car

So on Sunday, the kids came home from religious school and wanted to build a Sukkah! Of course, we did not have all the materials so we did the best with what we have. Grant came over and helped as well and we had a great time. We used branches to connect the materials and the kids decorated the walls with chalk. After we were done we had lunch in it!
Also, Olivia has been saving her allowance for a few weeks now to buy a remote control pony car. She was really excited about it so she and Miriam went out to get it as soon as she had enough money saved. You can see a few more pictures and a movie of Olivia playing with her new car here.