Grampa's Night

Emma had Dad's Night at school last week, but Daddy was out of town... so Grampa filled in! At their field trip all the kids got to pick a pumpkin and on this night, they carved them with the special man in their lives. She requested that Grampa make a "nervous" face... this was what they came up with. :)

Cinderella & Sleeping Beauty

Emma has been taking a dance class and for their last class they got to dress up like a princess and show off their new skills to us! Here is Emma with her teacher, Miss Kelly.

Happy Birthday, REESE!

Our sweet little boy LOVES his trains. We had a Thomas the Train birthday party with cake and ice cream at our house and then headed to a REAL train in Noblesville that took us to a pizza buffet with our family. It was a great time- Reese wasn't quite sure what to do with himself on a real live train that made a choo choo sound! Thanks to everyone for sharing it with him!

The cookie cake

Emma the conductor

" I'm ready, mommy!"

Aunt Kara loves me

The three amigos

Field Trip!

Today was Emma's first Field Trip! We went to a really awesome farm owned by a family whose kids go to her school. They got to have a hay ride, pick a pumpkin AND ride a horse. Daddy and Reese tagged along and we all had a great time. Boy, were we jealous of their backyard. :)

Keeping Busy

We are trying very hard to find fun activities to do... other than TV. Here was one of the ones we came up with today- a totally adorable scarecrow craft! Emma loved it- if you'd like to make it, here's the link: http://crafts.kaboose.com/paper-bag-scarecrow.html

...and then... we watched a cartoon- with the girls, of course.

Old Time's Sake

I had so many pictures from our trip to our old stomping grounds that I've been putting off sorting through them! Here they are... and what a full trip it was! :)



We pulled a camper trailer behind an F150 full of all the "necessities" for our trip of really roughin' it... ;) We went to our campground at Illinois Beach State Park and got settled in- right by Lake Michigan!





Drove by our old house for Emma to see (we lived there for 2 years until she was almost 3).




Visited Gurnee Mills mall which we used to frequent on a weekly basis for entertainment... where Emma's good pal Charlie, Noodle and Oreo the snakes have lived. Got the kids' picture taken with Oreo (picture to come).


Went to a Milwaukee Brewers game where I saw about 30 minutes of it and the rest of the time sugaring up the kids and letting them play on the indoor playground... but only after I carried Reese around the stadium for 20 minutes up and down 3 flights in search of 2 pairs of socks so they would let them in.



Biked and walked the gorgeous beach.





Visited Emma's other favorite place- the Lamb's Farm! We have great memories of brushing the goats, riding the train and carousel and mini golf!




It was so much fun to bring Reese to experience all these fun things his sister loved... and boy, was he pooped. :)