You're My Forever: Fall Fun

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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Leaves, Leaves, Leaves

Saturday, November 16, 2013, the kids and I got up and headed down to visit Papa at his house. Gigi was out of town again so we wanted to go check on him and pick up after him a bit. He was trying to get his yard under control. (They have 17 HUGE trees in their yard that leave a lot of craziness on the ground in the fall.) It was in the high 50's so we went down to play outside with him.

We haven't played outside much since it's been a bit chilly.

The kids were so excited to be outside!

She was looking for the frogs.

She was so excited when she saw Papa's pile of leaves.

I put Sawyer right in the middle :)

They were both crazy about throwing them in the air!

I love this one of her.

He was a bit confused.

Sawyer loves anything with a long handle. Rakes and brooms are his favorite!

Running and jumping into the leaves.

These three.... The kids are CRAZY about Sammy (who weighs almost the same as them.) They LOVE Sam...and Belle. Love them. Sam does not feel the same way about them. He gets nervous the second they come in the house. However, since Mom has been gone a lot, he wants the attention but then he kind of doesn't. He followed us over to neighbor Jim's house and then he led the kids back to Gigi's house. How cute are they???

He is so funny....

Work boots. Check.

Flannel to keep warm. Check.

A hilarious little miniature man look. Check.

So excited...his teeth look like white chicklets.

They really are best friends.

She thinks the world of her "Bro- wer"

Sawyer and his love for tractors. He was so happy to right with Papa on the lawnmower. Charlotte cried and cried when Dad drove off with him. She said "I just want my bro-wer."

It was a productive Saturday morning.

The kids played in the garage with all of their toys for awhile then I put them down for naps. I caught up on the blog and then made Dad and the kids lunch. It finally started raining and all outside activities were shot for the day.

It was a prefect Saturday spent in the leaves though :)

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Grandview Drive Pictures....

On Sunday November 3, 2013 when I got home from Nashville, the trees were beautiful. I wanted to get pictures of the babes before all of the leaves fell. It was chilly. The sun was under the clouds. The kids ended up getting fussy so we only had a short little trip to Grandview.

(Grandview is an amazing street in Peoria that overlooks the Illinois River.)

Here were a few of the pictures I took. A quick little look...

Friday, October 11, 2013

A Trip To A Pumpkin Patch

On Friday, October 11, 2013, we had a busy day planned with lots of outside fun.

We started out with a playdate with Charlotte's friends Kaedence and Lucas. They played around outside and ran their little hearts out. Then we loaded up, grabbed a gondola, and met Aunt Bare so we could all drive to Rader Farms for the afternoon. Sawyer slept the entire way there (30 minutes) and Charlotte never took a nap. I had a BAD feeling about her not napping and knew that we might have a short trip bc of her moodiness....

It was a BUSY day at the farm. When we pulled into the parking lot there were school buses galore....which gives me major anxiety. School aged kids annoy me on a good day without my children around. Add my kids in an environment where these kids can be mean, very few parents watching them, and small areas that they can knock my kids over.... I was a crabby mess. Ugh. God bless teachers. I know not how they do it. Seriously.

Back to the project at hand...

Our first fun game was the water game. She loved pumped the water that pushed the ducks down the tube. Problem was she didn't want to share the ducks and she didn't want to leave the water. Enter HUGE fit #1.

We headed over to the petty zoo and tractors. Man does Sawyer love the tractors.

We saw goats and chickens and sheep and pigs and ducklings and baby chicks that they could hold. And rabbits and more and more animals. The kids LOVED them.

Now time for the silo with corn in it... (the "corn" box instead of the sand box)

I made Aunt Bare get in with them.

I love this view....

She was loving this... and all of the mean kids stayed in the other silo so she actually got to be the mean kid in this one :) Kidding.

Busy little bees.

So, after like 30 minutes of playing in the corn, it was time to try something else. Enter HUGE fit #2. Screaming. Legs kicking. Arms flailing.

I was about over it all but I decided to let them play in the little houses... it was on the way back to the car.

They were both so good as they played.

Sawyer hung out in the hot pink house and cooked in the kitchen.

Part of the farm...

He watered the flowers and played and played. Most of the kids that would go in the house would leave him alone and be gentle with him.... all 14 months of him.

Charlotte was the mail lady. She just kept running from one house to the next. It was so cute. She LOVED it.

We finally had to leave. There was a 6ish year old bully hanging out. He wasn't letting kids into one of the houses. He wouldn't share. He was just a mean kid. He told one of the kids that his dad was going to beat them up. Mary couldn't take it anymore. She went over to the house that he was in and told him she was watching him. Multiple moms yelled at him for being mean to their kids and he even pushed some of them. Finally, his lazy mom got up off of the chair to see what was going on. He had multiple moms yelling at him. His mom told him to be nice. He said OK and ran off. I didn't like him. I wanted to give him a wedgie.

We headed home. Charlotte threw a tiny fit as we left but fits 1 and 2 were way bigger. Her and Sawyer slept on the way home.

It was a pretty good day minus the no nap fits. :) Oh the life of having a 2 year old. And to think, Sawyer will be starting all of this soon....