Black Island Farms

Last Friday we went to the Black Island Farms pumpkin patch.  It is in Syracuse so it was a little bit of a drive, but worth it!  Along with the pumpkin patch they have lots of slides, a kernel pit, tunnels, animals, train rides, bounce house, and other fun things to do.  Avery was looking forward to going to the pumpkin patch for over a month!  We rode on a trailer pulled by a tractor over to the pumpkin patch and they let everyone off to go pick their pumpkins!

After we picked out pumpkins we put them in the back of the van and headed in again.  We ate lunch then went to see some animals.  Our favorite was the goose.  Avery and that goose had a good conversation!  Avery would honk at it and it would honk back at her!  It went on for a good minute.  Avery loved it!  We wanted to stay longer, but there was a line forming waiting for us to move on.  

After the goose we headed over to some fun swings and a hay tunnel.  Then Avery ran off to the slides so we followed her over!

Avery ran off on her own to this big black tube slide.  Louis went after her and she insisted she wanted to go down it.  So Louis took her up, but at the top when she saw how high it was she freaked out!  There was only one way down though!  She was not happy.  

The rest of the day went well.  We played some music, rode on a train, Jon and Louis shot some corn, (Louis won) we went through some more tunnels and down some more slides.  It was such a fun day for all of us at the pumpkin patch!  

Hogle Zoo

Yesterday we took a little field trip to the Hogle Zoo.  We have had this planned for a long time and Avery was looking forward to it so much!  We took this trip with Alisha and Isaac.  We left at 10:30 which is Isaac and Mary's nap time.  Mary fell asleep and slept almost until we got to the zoo, but Isaac was just too interested in Avery to fall asleep I think.
When we got to the zoo we ate our lunch outside then headed in!  Avery was so excited and all she wanted to see was turtles!  Out of everything at a zoo, she wanted to see turtles!  We didn't end up seeing any turtles, we think they might have been in with the snakes and we didn't end up going to see the snakes.  Poor Avery.
We saw lots of fun animals and had such a fun time playing around!

Sometimes

Sometimes you have bad weeks.  Last week was a bad one for me.  Things just were off and not good.  We were all grumpy.  To add to the grumpiness Avery drew on something that was not paper for the first time.  

She colored on the dishwasher, the fridge, and the kitchen floor.  I'm grateful that all the surfaces were easily cleaned.  I made her do the dishwasher and the fridge and I did the floor.  

While we were cleaning Mary got into the wipes.  That was fun and something else to clean up.  

Later in the week I was bringing the hampers downstairs to do laundry, one stacked on top of the other, when they tipped over and spilled all over the place!

Last week Mary also started climbing even more than before.  She has started climbing on some toys.  

On the drawers of the dresser.

On the windowsill

Through out the whole week among the not so good stuff there were a lot of sweet moments.  First.  When the laundry fell all over Avery immediately said "Oh no Mom!  Let's clean up."  Then started picking up clothes and putting them back in the hamper.

We got to be outside and play.  

 Avery got to wear this cute ladybug dress from my sister Sarah and loved it!  She was so cute!

Avery tried egg nog for the first time and called it Egg-a-dog

I got to push Mary in the swing

Avery wanted to read the scriptures all by herself

Mary officially became a walker

With the late nights the weekend before both the girls slept in every single day!

 Avery in the ladybug dress of course.  

There is always some good among the bad  I'm grateful that through out this week I was able to stay positive and see the good.  I am very grateful for that and my sweet kids and husband that cheer me up.