Pumpkin Patch Party

It's experiences and memories like today that I'm so grateful for being involved with Jack and Jill. Today (Columbus Day) was the annual Pumpkin Patch Literacy Party from 10:00-12:00 and it was such a ball!!! I went at 10:00 and helped volunteer for the first hour at the ABC's station and then Adam and the boys arrived and we were all able to do some of the activities together. The range of activities was so impressive and quite clever how educational learning seeped through all of it. Ty had music time, story time with Mrs. Scarecrow, made a scarecrow mask, guess the critters in the boxes, ABC's, keyboard spelling, pumpkin letters, and the list goes on and on. After he collected all his stickers he was able to go to the pumpkin patch to pick his very own pumpkin. We were one of the very last families in line and fortunately there were literally just enough pumpkins for all the kids in line. T and M rode in the wagon together and when Ty spotted the pumpkin he wanted the helper stopped the wagon and he got out to pick both pumpkins. He was smiling the whole time and it was just so fun to see both boys there together

We finished all the activities around 12:20 and decided to celebrate the fun day at Wendy's. Tyler was jumping up and down and got so excited to actually be able to eat there. The four of us had such a fun lunch and both boys were so well-behaved that it makes me want to take them out to eat more often. It's such a rare occurrence and made the day all the more special. By the time we got home it was late and time for naps!

It's so fun entering this new phase in our lives. School is opening up so many more opportunities for our family to make some great memories and get involved in activities with some new families. I was so thrilled to be able to volunteer my time at his school and to be able to show his teachers how much I appreciate everything they're doing for Ty on a daily basis. We're so lucky to have a program like this in Lebanon and I'm thrilled see Tyler enjoying it as much as I hoped he would.