a trip to the fire station

kye's preschool class took a walk to the fire station today.

i don't think he knew the fireman would be standing right in front of him when he chose his seat

he loves firemen, but not when they are in full gear and within arm's reach of him

he handled it well.

but when it was time to touch the fireman, he didn't budge from his seat 

sofie and i were the only ones that noticed.

 

sofie's turn

until today lia has been the only one learning to ride a horse.

as a thank-you for watching her 3 boys during lia's lessons

greta, lia's teacher, gave sofie a free riding lesson.

she rode highly, who is so fun to tickle

because he does this

this is how kye keeps busy during lessons

my stylish horse rider

you don't always have to wear a cowboy hat you know 

up next was lia.

and she was super excited to be riding utah

because utah has almost as much energy as she does

and runs faster than the other 2 horses she usually rides 

she got her first lesson in barrel racing and picked it up 

super quick 

i don't think i have seen her concentrate so hard on something 

in a really long time. maybe ever.

fun day at the horse barn!!

a fun fall foto day

spa night with sofie

a couple months ago i talked about how i was reading this book, 8 great dates for mom's and daughters and how sofie and i were doing these dates.

well, this was date #2.

we used my in-laws house for her very first facial.

we started out with a little pedicure

and cucumber water

my friend nikki, who is a mary kay consultant came over to teach sofie about skin care and do the facial

in the book it had a recipe for an oatmeal peach face mask.

so, we tried it.  pretty sure i didn't make it right.

but it was still fun

the focus of the night was on her unique physical features and how God created her perfectly and wonderfully unlike any other person.

nikki was so awesome at teaching her the proper way to wash

 and just care for her face

at the end she got her first set of face wash and moisturizer.

and a fun lemon/lime lip gloss 

date nights are so special.