Wednesday, October 18, 2017

pumpkin patch fun


We are lucky enough to have a pumpkin patch in our neighborhood backyard and this sweet girl had a birthday party there one fall weekend.
Rylee is Kerigan's friend from tumbling and Hayden is another friend we've been lucky enough to get to know this year.
Party kids!
We took a fun hayride!  Rylee's mama and my friend Heather invited Andrew to join so her son Ben would have a buddy to play with!  They look like they are plotting something, don't they?  Ha!
This little pumpkin patch is just the perfect size with lots of fun for the kids!
They added a zipline this year and it was the hit of the day
Along with duck races- I swear my kids would spend all day doing this!
They also added a jumping pillow!
Our neighbors met us after the party and these two had more fun!

See those houses back there?  That's our 'hood and we love it!

Then the next weekend we went to our all time favorite pumpkin patch that is closer to my hometown.  I have a picture of the kids by this sign every year since Andrew was a baby.
This year we went on grandparents weekend so Ga Ga met us!
These two always want to head straight to the corn pool first
They have so much fun in here!  And I try not to think about what happens in here when it gets dark... #mice.  My husband, who grew up on a farm, always reminds me (insert eye rolling emoji here).
Planning their next jump
My sweet ten year old
Look at the corn she collected!
The jumping pillow is usually the next stop
They have a huge one for the bigger kids and a smaller one too.
Andrew usually goes on the big one for a while but then joins Kerigan on the smaller one!


They always enjoy roping a steer!

Having fun tossing apples!
They added this obstacle course also, and I had to laugh when...
I glance over and Daddy is doing it too!  Ha!  I guess they were racing!
Thumbs down when you aren't tall enough to drive yourself on the tractors!  But she's still smiling!
Because she got to ride with Daddy!
Then we figured out it was just so their legs could reach, and hers almost did so she attempted a ride by herself!
hoppy horses!
Yes she did make it! #barely
Got through the maze!
They always love the giant slide!
It actually goes pretty fast!
They like to have a race! 
Next we headed down to where they have all the animals.  Kerigan got really into Little House on the Prairie books this year and so she was excited to see this sign!
And they love torturing Ga Ga with the chickens!  Ha! #bestpicoftheday
They have all kinds of storybook characters- Andrew likes being the troll!
Alice!
Humpty is new this year!
We love all the nursery rhyme themes!
What can I say?  There's fun for adults too!  Ha!
Then she loved this because it reminded her of the Little House books- she wanted a picture to send to her teacher to show her class!
The one room school house!
Being the teacher
She just loved this school and sitting at all the desks.
We found the pumpkin princess on the way out!
And we never leave without carmel apples and cider donuts!  Give us all the fall food!  Kerigan loved the emoji apples!
It was a beautiful fall day!
Until next year!

Monday, October 9, 2017

happy birthday to me


These sweet kids made a list of the day on my birthday weekend
They had an early out Friday and they were so excited for the weekend
We went out to eat at Olive Garden
Then this was so funny- our sweet neighbors who are like second parents/grandparents came over to hang a shelf for me since Craig was busy working late!
Dick and Judy are so special and I loved spending part of my night with them! 
We all had cupcakes from Scratch- yum!
Then every year my mom takes the kids and I to stay in a hotel in Minneapolis for my birthday.
This year we went the first weekend in October because we all had a day off on Monday!  It was apparently too sunny for them!  Ha!
We went to the sculpture garden and of course they found a chicken!
Then we headed to IKEA!  My favorite!
We always say the play area is so nice there and the kids love to go- but the time limit is too short!  They can only stay an hour, which only gets us like 1/4 of the way through the store without kids- ha ha!
So we get them ice cream to bribe them for being good! #momoftheyear
Then we always love heading back to the hotel to swim!
After baths and in their Halloween jammies!
I could not love this more
The next morning the fascination with watching pancakes being made happens

We just love hotel breakfasts!
We always ask for a late check out so we can swim in the mornings!  Mom and I usually divide and conquer and someone watches the kids while the other packs up the room.
The next day we headed to a favorite destination!
First stop...
American Girl!
This is her happy place!  And if I'm being honest, it's mine too!
This guy loves this character statue from Ninja Turtles
He was finally tall enough to try the big ninja turtle ride!
It flies way up to the ceiling!  Scary!
He gave it 2 thumbs up!
They loved this huge Nickelodeon pumpkin
Ga Ga took this sweet girl for a few rides since she was too short for some rides Andrew wanted to go on.
And I took this guy on the Fly Over ride, which was so fun and we both loved it!  It's just like the Soarin' ride at Disney!
Afterwards we had a little time so we hopped on another favorite- the pepsi coaster!
He wanted to go on this haunted mansion ride where you shoot ghosts and zombies
Then he went on this super fast upside down coaster!
Several times!

He loved it!
This was the newest ride- it was a long drop!  He loved it- I would've freaked out!
Meanwhile this girl was getting spoiled
She loves the Wonder Pets ride!
We took a break for lunch at our favorite- Rainforest Cafe!

They always want to walk around and take pictures by all the animals

Of course we have to ride the carousel on the way out
We love the MOA!
I always love my birthday weekend with my favorite peeps!
We like stopping at this fun Minnesota travel plaza on the way home for a bathroom break and snacks!

Thanks for a fun weekend, Ga Ga!

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