We're Off to See the Wizard

Happy Halloween! After numerous Halloween parties/playdates and professional photos, their costumes have taken a beating and required some serious Super Glue and last minute mending's. Devin has enjoyed tearing pieces off his costume. At least the costume looked really good for the professional photos and trick-or-treating was in the dark, so you couldn't see all the glue. The kids had so much fun on Halloween and got so much candy. They were so cute. Complete strangers asked to take their pictures. Our neighbor (who considers them her adopted grandkids) spoiled them by giving them their own huge (1 pound?) candy bar, animal cookies, and $10 for each. Plus, she had them come inside her house to visit. This was their first house for the night. As we continued on, they thought that you say, "Trick or Treat" and then you just push the door open and help yourself to the kitchen and find whatever treat that you like. We had a great Halloween and hope you did, too. Devin's costume is the second costume that I've made. Next year, I'll make Reagan's and then I'll think we'll buy them for a while....making them is a lot of work!!!!

Reagan is 5 months old!!

Growing like a weed and now 5 months old!! Time flies by! Where is my baby?

A Day at the Pony Farm

I scheduled a tour for our playgroup to go to a J.R. Pony Farms today. They gave us a private tour of the farm. The kids got to pet the animals, feed some of the animals, and the highlight of the day for Keira and Devin was riding the ponies. There were about thirty kids in the group and the Keira was one of the last kids to ride a pony. The farm owner commented that Keira was the most excited and enthusiastic and had the most fun of the kids riding the pony. I knew she'd enjoy riding the pony, but I had no idea that she was such a cowgirl at heart. Now, we are thinking about getting them to bring a pony or two to our house for pony rides for her birthday party.

Picking Pumpkins at the Pumpkin Patch

Believe it or not, Las Vegas has a big orchard that grows produce including pumpkins! Last year, we went on the fourth day that the pumpkin patch was open for picking and it was wiped out and was slim pickings, making Mike a sad boy. This year, like Charlie Brown determined to get the biggest and best pumpkin in the patch, Mike woke us all up at the crack of dawn on the pumpkin patch's opening day to leave the house at 6am for the long drive across town to be waiting at the gates for the 7am opening. Keira & Devin were, literally, the first kids to pick pumpkins from the patch and we were actually alone in the patch for at he beginning (it was a school day and was 7am!!!!). We actually had to wait for them to remove the fencing from the patch!!! Mike was like a kid at a candy store who got a free shopping spree. We couldn't believe that we had it to ourselves for a little bit. Last year, we were in line for over an hour just to pay for our pumpkins. As we were leaving, the buses started to arrive with the school buses for the the school trips. The orchard lady said that they were expecting 700 school kids by 10am that morning and another 1,000 the next day!!! So, if we would have waited to come Saturday again this year, we would have been picking weeds again. We got some cute pics and some great pumpkins. Now that Mike got his prize pumpkins and got us out of bed at 5 am for his favorite holiday activity, he can't say a word when I go a bit overboard buying stuff for my favorite holiday (Christmas)!