Saturday, October 29, 2011

Willard Farms Pumpkin Pickin'


It's October....so it's pumpkin pickin' time at Willard Farms.  We went again this year with my MOPS group.  It was a beautiful Fall day and M&M always love it!  They insisted on wearing their cowboy boots.  I guess they thought it was appropriate since we were going to a farm!




I was pleasantly surprised how much Mary Ellen did this year that she wouldn't last year.  She loved the big trampoline and last year she would only get on it with me holding on.  Michael loved going really high with Daddy.


The best way to get off the big trampoline...SLIDE!



This was the most fun of the day.  This big tunnel slide goes through a big mountain of dirt.  They wouldn't do it at all last year.  This year they could have done it for hours.  Mary Ellen was surprisingly fearless climbing up the big hill to get to the top of the slide.



Michael saw the dump truck right when we walked in and kept asking to go back to it. 

 My little Mary Ellen loves to swing!



The cow train is always fun and they love to do it all by themselves.  Mary Ellen always picks the last cow in the train.  Must be the best ride!


The big tractor pulled us over to the pumpkin patch where we spent lots of time discussing which would be the best pumpkin...the big yellow ones or a little orange one.  We finally decided on one of each.  The pumpkin variety was much better this year and some were pretty big.  We also went through the corn maze, but I think they need to be a bit older to really understand and enjoy that.  It was a fun family day and we added to our growing pumpkin collection on the front porch.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Kingdom Kids Birthday


We had the party, opened the presents, and smashed the pinata but it still wasn't M&M's birthday yet.  Very hard to explain to a toddler that yes, we had a party but it wasn't your actual birthday.  Well the 30th of September, which is their actual birthday, was a school day.  So we put up the sign again, got out the Mickey and Minnie shirts, and baked some more cupcakes for their Kingdom Kids class and off we went!



Ms. Kristina and Ms. Dawn are great at making birthday's special in their class.  They each got a crown and had "Happy Birthday" sung to them again.




Mickey and Minnie cupcakes for each friend in their class, and their wonderful teachers!



Not only did they get a special day at school, but Ms. Kristina and Ms. Dawn gave them each a beautiful book.  They loved them!  What special 4-year-olds that get 2 weeks of Birthday fun!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Meeska, Mooska, Mickey Mouse!

MEESKA, MOOSKA, MICKEY MOUSE! 
Lots of fun to be had at Michael and Mary Ellen's clubhouse!

It was a Mickey and Minnie party this year.  And since Papa and Daddy had worked so hard on the treehouse it was a special surprise kind of day for my loves 4th birthday party!










The pinata was a special request from Michael and Mary Ellen for their party this year.  The kids really seemed to enjoy it.  And since we had so many little ones at the party it was the pull-string kind instead of the bashing-it-with-a-stick kind...seemed to work out well!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...times 2!


Great friends, lots of fun, and two very happy 4 year olds!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY M&M!!