Swimming lessons

This week the kids started swimming lessons at our rec center. Isaac is in the "preschool" class and Tessa is with me in the "mommy & me" class. Both kids love it! We showed up a little too early for the first lesson on Monday and it was all I could do to keep Tessa out of the water. They have a zero-entry portion at one end of the pool and Tessa kept wriggling in my arms until I put her down and then crawled as fast as she could to the water. Isaac is in a class full of energetic little boys, but so far has been pretty good at listening to the teachers. They both sleep great after our evening lessons, so that has been a nice benefit!

Out for a ride

Isaac recently mastered riding his bike! (although he gets off to walk it across the street because he doesn't like going down the "ramps"...but that is a whole other story). Lately the weather has been great for taking a walk/bike ride around the neighborhood. Tessa has grown into her little car and loves following her big brother around. We'll have to get outside and enjoy this weather today because they're predicting some snow for tomorrow...brrrr!

It's that time of year again...pumpkins!!

This weekend we enjoyed the perfect fall weather by going to the nearby Berry Patch Farms to pick out our pumpkins. Here are the kids goofing around on the pumpkins!

Tessa and Mommy picking out a good one!

Isaac had lots of fun in the hay bale maze!

Tessa loved the hay ride!

Isaac petting the farm's pig.

Isaac's first pinata!

Tessa REALLY loved the pumpkins!

Daddy & the kids right before we headed home.

Busy little girl!

For the past month our so Tessa has really been on the move. She is walking herself around the furniture and crawling up the stairs. She's also been really busy getting herself into things that she's not supposed to (such as splashing in the dog's water bowl and pulling dishes out of the dishwasher!). The other day I left her in the living room for a couple minutes and she figured out how to climb into her brother's chair. Needless to say that chair has been relocated to the storage closet for a while (until she figures out how to get OUT of the chair too!) We're having so much fun watching her explore - she's really keeping us on our toes!