Historic Yates Mill

We did a hike at Yates Mill and then spent some time playing in the visitor center. We brought home some corn meal from the mill and made cornbread for dinner.

raising butterflies

We gave Elsa a live butterfly garden for her birthday. A friend had given her one a few years ago for her birthday and she loved doing it. I was worried the butterflies weren't going to emerge before we left on our trip but luckily they did. We were watching them at just the right moment and got to see one emerge from its chrysalis. We released them at Yates Mill one evening where there were lots of flowers blooming.

yates mill

The boys and I had a fun walk around Yates Mill one morning. We had the whole place to ourselves and saw lots of beautiful spring blooms. It ended up being a really warm day so we broke out the pool when we got home.

 Simon loves to hold Oliver's hand for pictures.

And a random shot of the office nook in the kitchen. I painted this wall a few different colors before settling on this black which I love (more of a dark dark gray). I still need to do a post with before and after kitchen photos.

space exploration at yates mill

Oliver saw an astronaut costume at Target and immediately decided that's what he wanted to be for Halloween. He kept talking about it so I finally got him the costume. He wanted to wear it everywhere, including to bed. After the preschool Halloween parade at school, we went for a walk at Yates Mill. Oliver insisted on bringing his costume and had fun wandering the woods, pretending he was on the moon. It was such a beautiful fall day.