Fall Fun

This past weekend was filled with lots of family fun! Ian's 3rd grade teacher was part of a Civil War Event over at Wolcott Mill on Saturday. Mrs. Domke is a HUGE history buff and she was dressed up as a teacher from the the Civil War. She was giving extra credit to any student who came to visit. While Brolan & I are not big fans of history (don't tell Ian's teacher) we decided it would be a good thing to take the kids to. The kids ended up really enjoying themselves and they learned a little bit about what life was like in the 1860s. Ian's favorite part was talking to a General from the Confederate Army and getting to see his sword and pistol. Here is a picture of Ian with his teacher.

They also got to see what kids in the 1860s used to play games. I thought it was so funny to see how much fun the kids had with a hoop and a stick. Who needs video games?

After we had our fill of Civil War history we decided to head on over the Blake's Cider Mill for some cider and donuts. The best part about fall is being able to enjoy the day at a cider mill! Blake's has a great play area and petting farm there for the kids.

Kaelyn loved petting and feeding all of the farm animals.

And of course they had to climb the hay pyramid....

And go through the corn maze...

It was a wonderful Saturday spent with the family!

On Sunday Ian had his first swim meet of the season. It was an inner-squad meet which meant it was only Marlins competing. It was a great meet to remind all of the swimmers how the meets work and what it feels like to compete in a race. Ian swam in 4 events - 100 IM, 25 free, 25 fly and 25 breast. Ian improved on all of his best times from last year. One of the things that I challenged him with this swim season was to swim his 25 free in under 20 seconds. His best time last year was 21.79 seconds so I knew that sometime this year he would be under 20. However, I did not think that his very first meet he would meet the goal! Take a look at the video of his 25 free race...Ian is in the middle lane and is the swimmer that finishes in 2nd place.

As soon as he got out of the pool he asked the timer person what his time was....19.75 seconds! He was so proud of himself for meeting this goal! I guess I'm going to have to give him a tougher goal next time! Ian ended up with 1 first place ribbon and 3 2nd place ribbons. We were very proud of him!