31 Days of Lessons Learned: Days 6 & 7

So my computer was acting up yesterday so no cute button today!

This weekend I learned a lesson, don't fall in love with a property!

M took us out to this beautiful property on 5 acres and I of course fell in love! We called the agent who listed his office number...news flash every agent should list their cell. We didn't hear back, so of course we went back the next day and fell even more in love! Crossing our fingers that they call back today so we can actually go inside.

Oh and I may or may not have set off the alarm when I noticed the back door cracked open & closed it...oops!!!

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31 Days Of Lessons Learned Day 5

It was such a beautiful day on Friday I decided to take the learning outside! Our town has an amazing Children's Museum called Discovery Center, thy have a great walking trail with tons to see.

Hudson loves looking for turtles, ducks, beavers, and birds when we go! You can always turn any outdoor adventure into a learning experience by just pointing and showing your child different things in nature.

They have these great plaques along the way that talk about all the different species that live there.

31 Days Of Lessons Learnerd: Day 3

Yesterday I lucked out of having to come up with a lesson because we were invited over to Hudson's friend Carter's house for a day of apples! For those of you who don't know October is Apple Month!

Bekah really outdid herself! She had apple books to read to the kids, art, apple tasting, and games all lined up! It was wonderful...so wonderful in fact Hudson was too wired to nap!

listening to the story

 making caterpillar name...no H does not write that well, mommy helped

 apple puppet

in this game the player sorts the apples & then counts to make sure they got it right

this is my favorite spot in Bekah's house, her very own school corner

getting ready to taste every type of apple available :)

after apple tasting we let the kids run wild outside and then prepared an apple fest for lunch, there was applesauce, apple slices, apple turnovers, apple cookie, cider, juice, apple chips, you name it we had it!

Bekah even sent everyone home with a bag full of goodies, can you tell she used to be a teacher!

It was a fantastic day and I am hoping to convince the other moms who were there that maybe we need to do something like this on a regular basis....

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31 Days Of Lessons Learned: Day 2

So it's day 2 of my 31 days and today while racking my brain for something to do I found myself looking at construction paper & glitter...then I thought ok we can make glitter pumpkins. Oh and this would be a good place to tell you that I cannot cut or draw to save my life which makes cutting out shapes difficult, so please don't laugh at my pumpkins!

We have the book 5 Little Pumpkins so I thought it would be fun to cut out 5 pumpkins and then have Hudson use the glitter to make the numbers, I then read the book to him and we counted off the pumpkins.

Hudson really liked this activity and it was very easy to do!

After we made the pumpkins Hudson asked for a pumpkin snack, well I don't care for pumpkin so I ran out to the store so that we could make a pumpkin snack! I remembered Pam had posted an easy pumpkin muffin recipe so I followed that!

Here is the recipe, it's so easy:

1 box Betty Crocker Moist Vanilla Cake Mix
1 Can Libby Pumpkin Filling

Mix dry cake mix and pumpkin together, spoon into muffin pan, and bake on 350 for 20 minutes...seriously it is that easy!

While H's response was mixed M loved them so it was a win!

What To Where To The Pumpkin Patch

I'm linking up with Amy over at Forever 29 for her What To Wear series!

The subject today is Pumpkin Patch attire...we haven't been to the patch yet this year and boy are we excited to go! For 3 years were in FL where pumpkin patch weather means sleeveless tops and onesies!

31 Days Of Lessons Learned

I am linking up with The Nester for her 31 Days event this month. I choose the topic of Lessons Learned because as a SAHM I am constantly looking for ways for Hudson to learn since he isn't in preschool yet.

As a former preschool teacher I actually find it harder to teach my own child because he knows how to press my buttons!

I love using workbooks like this one with Hudson, they have tons of activities and we usually try to do at least 6 pages a day depending on H's attention span.

I hope you'll check back with me all month for more Lessons Learned!

And a HUGE THANK YOU to AP for designing my button!