September!

Happy Birthday to me :) The girls were super excited to celebrate. They decorated the basement and Hannah helped decorate my cake, and they both were overjoyed to put 37 candles on the cake :)

Apple Cider making with the Drymalski's! We met at Papa A's house for two different days of cider making. Fun times (with the exception of yellow jacket stings!!) and lots of yummy cider!

This is the girls at Doniphan Elementary's playground. We've been doing a little tour around to the Liberty Elementary School's playgrounds on the weekends. Since the girls are getting older and can stay up later, we have time do do this in the evenings and it's been a lot of fun seeing all of the different playgrounds.

Hannah playing soccer on the sidelines of one of the Blue Jay soccer games that Greg supervised.

Lauren on picture day! Her self-selected outfit...she loves that blazer! Corduroy arm patches, even :)

The Fall Festival Parade! Lauren was on the Second Friends float (an awesome movie-themed float) and Hannah and Gramma Jan watched the parade and collected candy.

Riding her bike! She loves to ride her bike and does it pretty much every day. She likes the elbow and knee pads :)

Baking up a storm.

Taking a break at the bench on a scooter ride to the park.

Skate night at Northland Rolladium, a monthly PTA benefit for Schumacher. Pajama Night!

Hannah and her good friend, KayCee, at skate night :)

Hannah's sweet Daisy girl scout troop, getting ready to decorate cupcakes :)

At the zoo one sunny fall morning.

On a field trip to Alldridge Apple Orchard near Platte City. Lauren loved it! They fed the chickens, had a hayride, picked some apples, and learned about bees. She was really interested in all of it!

Getting ready to pet the kittens at the apple orchard.

Hannah and Lauren at the Fall Festival :)

Hannah and Greg riding one of their favorite rides. Hannah is fearless! She loves all of the scary rides. I don't think she's ever met a ride/rollercoaster that she didn't like.

There they are on the Octopus ride :)

Hannah all ready to cheer at the Football game. She did the cheerleading clinic and then got to cheer at the game. Unfortunately, the first time they tried to do it, it got rained out by a huge storm. So she cheered at a game while we were out of town. But she had a great time and Gramma Jan and Lauren were there to cheer her on :)

It's Pumpkin Patch Season! Lauren and our friend, Kaylee.

Not a good picture, but I include it for the memory because it was the sweetest thing! Kaylee and Lauren and another little girl that they had just met performed an impromptu "play" on the stage at the pumpkin patch. So creative!

Hannah and Lauren riding trikes at the pumpkin patch.

Playing on the playground together.

The giant corn fit is so much fun! Jumping in, covering people with corn, and shoveling it into the buckets. This was their favorite part of the pumpkin patch.

Hannah and Lauren "babysitting" our little friend, Norah.

Getting ready to make jam with  my helpers!