Grayson's First Fall Break

Grayson had his Fall Break recently.  We almost forgot about it because it has never altered our schedule before.  Honestly, it doesn't change our schedule too much since he only has preschool three days a week half a day.  Regardless, we decided to do a 'staycation' and have some adventures for the week.  I asked Grayson what he wanted to do and he said, "a hike, go to the cabin and play at the park."  He even had everything scheduled, it was hilarious.

Monday we went for a hike and then he said, "tomorrow we will go to the cabin and the day after that we will go to the park."  So, that is what we did.  We spent Monday morning at Green Mountain nature trail.

We had to go to the lake first to see if there were any fish or ducks.  Our going was slow, however, because Walker had to collect what seemed like every leaf from the trail to the lake.  He really, really loves leaves and is always collecting them whenever we go outside.  We did finally make it to the dock and we were soon joined by a flock of geese who Grayson happily shared his bread with.  Walker was very excited but at first just wanted to eat the bread himself.  He got the idea eventually and started throwing some bread in too, then he would lay on his stomach and try and touch the geese.

















                   


We hiked for a bit on the trail and my mom joined us.  When we got to the gravel part of the trail, we had the same slow going while Walker had to play in the gravel and carry a few handfuls, throw them and then repeat.

                                                   

Grayson loved to play in the outdoor school area and the log cabin.  The weather was absolutely perfect for our outing.

 

Tuesday we spent the day in Tennessee with my mom at my parents' cabin.  The drive out is always beautiful and it was especially this week because all the cotton fields were covered in white, southern snow.  How I love to see it.  

 The boys had so much fun playing outside, especially in the hammock.  They collected lots of black walnuts and had some fun playing on the dock.  I had to keep a close eye on Walker, however, that boy loves water and will try to climb in as quickly as possible.

       

He kept throwing the buckets and shovels in so that made my job more interesting.  It was a relaxing day and I always feel rejuvenated when we go out to the lake.

Wednesday was a more low key day because I had a doctor's appointment mid morning.  We got out our Halloween decorations and the boys had a great time playing with everything we found and reading Halloween books.

Just playing with some plastic eyeballs

We also cut out some bats and pumpkins from construction paper and decorated them with stickers and crayons.  It was a fun day and it was nice to just relax a bit.

Thursday we headed down to Anniston Alabama, about two hours away, to a Natural History Museum that we love.  The kids had a great time looking around.  Grayson's favorite part was the Egyptology room and we have been checking out books on mummies and Ancient Egypt ever since.  He even has named his new stuffed moose Anubis.  It is a fabulous museum and I used to visit it myself when I was growing up here.  We got to see the new exhibit at the museum featuring sea shells from around the world and some other fun sea creatures.

                

After we finished at the museum we went to visit my aunt and uncle who don't live too far away.  We had lunch with them and a lovely visit.  They boys loved watching their dogs and running around playing.  Walker managed to shove a toy between the planks of the screened in porch to the ground below so we got to go on a walk to retrieve that.  It was a beautiful day and we had such a good time.

  

                  

Walker ran ahead of me at one point (not sure why I bothered to bring a stroller) and when I caught up with him, he was trying to climb up and touch the lions

           
Friday we had to hit the last thing on Grayson't wish list, which was to go to the park.  We met some of our good friends for a play date and picnic at the park.  The kiddos had a grand time and the mammas had fun chatting.  It was a fun way to end our Fall Break.