Madison's Field Trip

Ashleigh invited me to Madison's school field trip so she wouldn't be alone. I was more than happy to tag along :) I dressed Emma in her Halloween outfit before dropping Katie off at school and we headed over to pick up Ashleigh. The kids learned about some animals when we got there.

Some of the statues were pretty cool. Olaf was cute. We had to follow another Mom into the maze, she was in charge of Madison's group, and she wouldn't wait for us to snap a picture or anything, it was annoying =/

We were finally able to go off on our own after the kids had lunch. If your parent was there, you were allowed to go with them. We rode in the cars for a bit.

Posed Emma for a bit.

And then bought tickets for the train ride that took us all around the corn maze.

It was a nice afternoon together, I'm glad she invited me. Emma had fun, Madison had fun, and I had fun.

Girl Scout Pumpkin Patch

We had a Girl Scout outing at the pumpkin patch this week. The girls were given tickets to the petting zoo, and the parents had to pay if they wanted to do anything else. Of course they did. I forked over $20 just like the other Moms, and we let the girls play.

They each took turns carrying the poor bunny around ;p

They each played a game and won a prize.

Then we ended the night with a few rides and bouncy slides and headed home.

It's nice to be able to do something fun with the troop. A nice break from all the meetings.

Riley's Farm

Katie had the day off school, so my Mom planned a trip to Riley's Farm. The only problem was, since it wasn't a weekend, they didn't have many activities going on.We had lunch, which was super yummy and nice cold drinks in their cool mugs. Topped off with a cookie dessert, yum.

The kids walked around exploring, climbed trees, and posed for pictures :p

Apple picking was pretty cool when we found these handy dandy apple picking tools.

The girls just loved this secret clubhouse. They wanted to play in it all day.

When we ran out of things to do at Riley's, we headed over to a pumpkin patch we passed on the way. It looked so cool, a lot of neat rides and things to do there. The kids each got some tickets and were able to go  on some bounce houses and go-karts and things. We let them pick, mostly. We did have to stop them from spending $40 on just bounce houses and slides, lol.

Before we left the girls each picked a pumpkin to take home and carve =)

A nice way to spend a day off off school!

Stu Miller's Pumpkin Patch

I know this pumpkin patch is small and has the same few rides every year, but I really like taking Katie every year, and now Emma too. Of course Emma couldn't do anything yet, but Katie was able to go on the rides with her cousins and they had a lot of fun together.

Hopefully next year Emma will be able to join the kids on some of the rides or bounce slides. It's hard watching other kids have all the fun.

Lombardi 2013

We had a good time at Lombardi this year. It was Katie's 2nd year, and my first. Emma's first too :p When we got there we bought tickets for everything after getting cash out of the ATM.

 We all rode the train first. They had cool dressed up scarecrows to look at as we rode.

 It's so weird having two kids now. I'm getting used to it. They're both so beautiful and wonderful. I love that Katie is such a good big sister. She loves Emma so much!

 The maze was pretty tricky! We got lost a lot! We cheated and picked up this sign we saw laying around haha. We still had a ways to go to get out. The hard part is Emma won't go in the stroller, so I had to hold her the whole time. She just cries when I put her down =/

 At least someone around here is good =) Katie had a great time!

 My little pumpkin.

 My Mom with her grandkids.

It was a pretty cool day. I enjoyed it. Wish David would have come with us, but it's okay. I'm glad my Mom goes with me, it would be hard going by myself with the 2 kids now. I can't wait for next year when Emma's walking around. These are the boring months to me!! I'm waiting for her to crawl and babble and walk and say "mama."

Hey Stu, I Missed You

Yay! It's officially Fall when the Stu Miller Pumpkin Patch opens :p Woohoo! Katie has been waiting for this, and so have I =) David even came with us! I got Katie tickets so she could go on the rides. It's going to be terrible paying for everything once Emma gets bigger. Twice the price, yuck! lol. This was Katie's 7th time here! I brought her when she was just a wee little 4 month old and every year since! And it was Emma's first time here of course. She did a lot of sleeping and laying around while Katie was on adventure mode.

I truly hope they're best friends later in life. Love them so much.

She loves this thing. She was so super bummed when she couldn't go on last year due to her cast =/

Katie the photographer. She's growing up to be just like her Mommy ;)

Super fun day, glad David went even though he had to rush to school afterwards. I love family time =)