Nursery (and more!)

Madeline went to Nursery for the first time today (a week early). For those of you who don't know what that is...at our church the kids who are 18 months to 3 years old go to Nursery during the time that we go to Sunday School and other classes. I took her into the room and she ran off to play. She didn't even turn around when I left. I peeked through the window a few times and once she was sitting nicely on the chair while the teacher was talking and the other time she was playing. Oliver saw her being taken off the chair and then being taken off the table when he looked through the window (she's a climber). When I picked her up she didn't want to leave because she was playing with the bubbles.

This may be lame but I was almost having separation anxiety. WHEN DID MY BABY GET SO BIG?!?!?! She wasn't at all sad to see me go. She didn't even need me at all! Trust me though...I'm glad she went nicely and didn't throw a fit.

Here she is in her new cute dress from Grandma Payne.

Grandma Payne came up last week. We really loved having her here. It was good because she got to see Madeline in her own environment. She really hammed it up for Grandma.

Margaret was able to be here for Halloween. Madeline was a Mad Scientist. Ian was a Chilean miner and I was also a scientist.

We went to the Grist Mill in Woodland last Saturday. They were pressing apples for apple cider. It was pretty fun. We didn't end up getting any cider though because the line was about an hour long.
Margaret was also here when the Giants won the World Series. The Paynes are HUGE Giants fans. Ian even made a cake to celebrate their presence in the World Series. We were very excited when they won!


The last piece of news that I have is that Ian and I did a little indoor triathlon that my work sponsored yesterday. We had to swim for 10 minutes in the pool, then do 30 minutes on a stationary bike, then run 20 minutes on the treadmill. We were unprepared (to say the least) but it turned out okay. I thought it was hard, but fun. I'm actually proud of us and I feel accomplished for doing better than I thought I would. This is how we did...

Swimming: Amy- 14 laps Ian- 20 laps
Biking: Amy- 15.4 miles Ian- 17 miles
Running: Amy- 1.64 miles Ian- 1.86 miles ***We know this is bad for 20 minutes but hey, we were tired.