Fall Swing into Pre-Holidays

Things have been a bit crazy juggling back to school, fall sports, and work.  I think we finally have settled into a scheduled routine that works for the whole family!  Like we all know the world doesn't pause for us to catch our breaths or get back on top of everything it simply keeps rolling and it's our jobs to catch back up.  This past week we had parent teacher conferences for my little and she is growing and taking this school year in stride, you can see all that she is learning simply by watching her carry herself through a variety of things.  One thing that I love to see is how she comes home from school and shows her little brother what she learned at school, and he loves it! There are many great resources that virtual through websites and even apps the games and the achievement-based lessons keep the littles engaged in the learning tools.  The other thing that we really love for learning in our family is little field trips/ outings that have a learning factor to them! This past weekend we went hiking at Radnor Lake which is beautiful family friendly hike! The littles practiced counting and number identification because all of the benches are numbered.  They got to see wildlife in their natural environment and even learned about protected ecosystems that the lake had.  I'm glad that we have things around us that we can break away and foster the littles love for adventure and learning.

Now we are onto the next phase of year coming up which is birthdays and the holidays.  My littles frame the holiday season with birthdays, and this is their favorite time of the year!