Today is Dad McGuire’s Birthday. Happy birthday!
We love you!
Happy Birthday
Author: Joyce
Swinging
Megan thinks it is perfect weather for playing on the tire swings!
At the Park
 
Even though it is cooling down quickly, it is still beautiful outside. Mark had a biology class so he was not able to be at the park while Audrey and Adrian had a primitive living class. Before heading home, we took a little time to pose for pictures.
Experimenting
Mark and I have been experimenting with catching bees flying around flowers. We tease we need a “trained bee” that is taught to fly to a flower, pretend to collect pollen and then fly off before returning to the same flower.
We have learned a few lessons to make the pictures work. I sat near this flower for about a half hour while the kids played watching a multitude of insects do their jobs. Observing them taught me a lot! Hopefully, we can get out again so Mark has the chance to try another picture this year.
Princess Megan
We put Megan’s hair up in “princess braids”–two braids pinned to the top of her head– for the first time on Saturday. Andrea was excited because it used to be her very favorite hair style.
Megan liked the style and kept talking about being a princess. It looked as sweet on her as it did when Andrea wore it.
Leaves
On most school days we walk. We use the walk to talk, discuss school things or just day dream out loud.
Even though it was colder this morning, we spent our walk looking for beautiful leaves. We collected some to press and took pictures of others. We were very thankful that yesterday’s rain did to seem to wash the leaves’ color away any.
Redbud Leaves
While walking around the yard, these Redbud leaves caught my eye. I had been playing around with the black and white setting on my camera and was surprised how neat they looked.
Cosmos
One of my favorite flowers.
Experimenting
While roaming in the woods, I decided to look at the trees a little differently.
Future Flower Girl
Esther would like for Megan to be her flower girl next year. Megan will love the pretty dress and being a princess for the day.
While exploring the park where Esther plans to have her wedding, she requested a few pictures with Megan showing off her ring. We then roamed around trying to imagine how the wedding was going to look.