Feeling Like Fall

The weather has been absolutely beautiful!  Today we decided to pack a picnic and go hiking.

 We hiked at the Narrows of the Harpeth.  We didn't really know if there would be a shallow place for the girls to swim safely, so we didn't have them wear their swimsuits.  Luckily we packed towels because we figured they would do some wading.

 Our hike led us to one of the oldest man made tunnels in the United States.  The water flowing through the tunnel made for a perfect little swimming hole:-)

 So the girls did much more than wading:-)

 On our hike back to the car, Cadence had the camera, so she and Devon were lagging WAY behind Lyric, Story and I!  She had to stop every few seconds to 'take a pict,' as she put it.

Great day enjoying some great weather!

Adventure Science Center

The girls and I spent the morning at the Adventure Science Center.  They had fun with the Toyland Exhibit.

 Lyric played with the dominoes for quite a while.  They like to set up stuff like this with our dominoes, but these were really cool because they were bigger than regular ones.  I think I may try to get them some like this for Christmas.

 They liked playing with this pulley system, too!  They have had a set up like this at home for a few weeks now.  Only their system doesn't involve a pulley.  They have our mop bucket hanging from a rope thrown over the deck railing.

 Lyric spelled her name with the Tinker Toys.

A visit to the science center would not be complete without a spin in the wheel chairs!

Mud Pie Cooking

Cadence was busy in her mudpie kitchen when I got home tonight.  She made me some special soup.

 She then let me watch while she made one of her special pies.

 She explained how it has to cook for a couple of days then she adds the sprinkles.

Trash Talking Englishman

Story interviewed Devon before our Olympics tonight.  Lyric decided to do a little trash talking, but reporter Story wasn't having it!

History Club

Cadence joined her sisters at Belle Meade for History Club today.  She was very excited to be old enough to attend, but she still seems so young.  I guess it is because she is my baby or maybe it is because Story has always been about 35, so I forget how young a four almost five year old really is:-)

 

 She went right over with sisters to get in line for their snack.  So grown up!

She had a great time and can't wait to go back next month!

Night Out Against Crime

Our  neighbor invited us to her church for Night Out Against Crime tonight.  Story and Cadence were SO excited to be going to a party they both had to wear their party dresses!

There were games, food, a cake walk and lots of fun activities.

Story had the biggest cotton candy I have ever seen in my life!

Unfortunately, Lyric and Cadence don't eat cotton candy, so she had it all to herself!

Lyric and Cadence had snow cones instead.

Story ate every last drop of the cotton candy!

The girls and I did the cake walk.  It was their first time.

We played, and played and played...and Lyric finally won a cake!  Cadence didn't win a cake, but she was pretty excited to share with Lyric;-)

We had a great time!

Truth or Dare

This morning Story and Cadence were playing Truth or Dare while they were eating breakfast.  They had me smiling while I was making the pancakes!  First, I heard Story say, "It's okay if you pick dare because there is a rule where they can't dare something that will kill you."  Cadence picked dare and Story dared her to run to Daddy's bathroom and run back by the time she counted to 10.  Cadence looked at her and said, "Can you make that 11 because Daddy's bathroom is pretty far."  Cadence then dared Story to climb under the table and come out the other side, but Story thought that was too easy for a dare.  So, they agreed she should climb up the door way of the dining room and touch her head on top of it.  She did it, but she did let Cadence know if she fell it could kill her!

Olympic Bowling and Table Tennis

We have been doing a family Olympics on the Wii.  We each picked a country that we plan to represent in our family Olympics.  I chose Mexico because I have always wanted to learn Spanish and I love speaking with a Spanish accent, Devon chose Canada because Spain was already taken and I think it was just a random choice for him, Lyric chose Great Britain because she loves speaking with a British accent and she did some research and saw they won lots of gold metals at the last Olympics, Story chose China also because of some research into their last Olympics, Cadence chose Spain because their flag has lots of yellow and that is her favorite color:-)

We plan to have a night where we do a "presentation" on our country and make food from each country.

Tonight we did bowling and table tennis for our Olympic events.  Story made an amazing spare and Lyric happened to catch it on video.  You may want to adjust your volume--we are really loud!

Story got this interview with Lyric after one of her turns:

When it was time for Table Tennis.  Devon said okay, "Mexico (me) is going to be playing Great Britain (Lyric) first."  Cadence said, "I wanted to play Mama!"  I thought, 'How sweet, she wants to play me.'  Well, it finally came out she wanted to play me because she knew I wasn't very good at the Wii and she would be able to beat me:-(  Sadly, she did beat me!

Cadence's New Home

Cadence found a new home today. 

 

 She had Devon make this sign.  Yes, I did have to find a new home for the blankets.

But, I didn't mind!