My 3 Munchkins

An Evening with Friends

The boys decided to have a wings night, so the girls decided to get the kids together and have a night too. Above, Bee is pretty excited to not be the smallest person in the room. Richard was less impressed with the situation.

We let the girls do some bubble painting by blowing bubbles in a mixture of water, liquid soap, and neon food coloring. Then they laid a piece of paper on the bubble, which left a pop print on the paper.

Shirley did great with it. Gracie tried it twice and was ready for a bath.

As we were packing our stuff up to go home Gracie put Richard's boots on (big Richard, not Baby Richard, obviously).

Afton Apple Orchard

We checked out the Afton Apple Orchard with Carrie and Jolynn. We were disappointed that their crop was destroyed by a hail storm, so we couldn't pick any apples~but we still had lots of fun. It was the first trip to an apple orchard for both of the girls. The top picture is of the girls stopping in the entrance for samples of apples (they shipped some in to sell from other orchards), apple butter, and cider.

They had wheelbarrows for their guests. I'm thinking they were expecting me to use them for a different kind of pumpkin, but my little pumpkin had a lot of fun riding around in one!

They had a petting zoo, pumpkin patches, huge rocking chair, corn maze (we skipped that), and more.

Pumpkin patch.

Bee loves corn. If she's getting whiny all we have to do is chop off a piece of a cob and give it to her. She'll chomp on it until it's completely demolished.

Bee and Gracie crawled through a big tunnel.

Daddy and Gracie climbed all the way to the top of the big tire pile.

Gracie wasn't too sure about the bumpy PVC pipe slide.

We went on a hayride around the orchard grounds.

Someone stole Momma's sunglasses. (Like her pants? She fell in a mud puddle. THAT was fun.)

They have a COWch in their retail store. (And a better shot of her lovely pants.)

Hudson Art Fair

Driving to the Art Fair

Participating in a drawing contest

Gracie loved playing with their pumpkin decorations

So did Bee!

"Mo-om! No more pictures!"

Hayride with Grandma!

Bee was especially excited about the hayride, and stood like this the whole time, bouncing.

Hide N Seek

Big Girl Bed!

After hearing Gracie ask for me to change her bed into a "princess bed" for a week or so, I finally gave in about two weeks ago. I converted her crib into a toddler bed, added a princess bedrail and moved her tent above her bed like a canopy. She LOVES it. I can slide the rail just enough to let her climb in by herself, then move it back so she can't climb out! In the picture above, she's yelling "I'm a BIG girl!"