Nature Hike and More

It was a glorious day today in Iowa!! :) I know we have limited days like this left this year, so we tried to enjoy as much outdoor time as we could.  I took the kids on a nature walk. They LOVE going exploring in the wooded area near our home, it's one of their favorite things to do.

Stella in a tree.

Walking along the stream.

Climbing on dead trees.

The kids were signed up for a 5 week session of basketball through a local Parks and Rec program.  It was their 1st time ever taking a basketball clinic and they really had a lot of fun and improved a lot.

Porter is in a yellow shirt passing the ball to his friend Evan. Such a small world, my good friend from college, Anica, had her boy Evan signed up for this same clinic. We had no idea until the 1st night we were there! The boys loved seeing each other each week.

Even during basketball, Stella found time to do gymnastic moves! LOL! Here she is doing a backbend.

Dribbling up the court. She also had a good friend from school in her class. She loved that of course! It was so nice that they each had a friend to pair up with in the class.

We celebrated Rex's 2nd birthday last weekend. :)  He was thrilled, can't you tell??

Last weekend we had another warm Saturday. The kids and I went on a walk around the neighborhood and collected things from nature to make art out of. We stopped by a local neighborhood park for the kids to play at.

Stella LOVES playing with her dolls, especialy playing school. She lines them up and then she's the teacher. It is so cute. :)

Today we bought Cosmo his Christmas outfit. Rex has his Santa "Paws" outfit. Now Cosmo has his Reindeer outfit. I think he likes it just as much as Rex likes his outfit!! ha ha

 The highlight of the day was a stop at Orange Leaf. The kids were being pretty obnoxious earlier in the day and had this treat taken away. Luckily for Mike and I they were able to earn it back!! Yum!!