Sunday, September 22, 2013

Dinner Party



We had a fun time yesterday at a dinner party with friends from high school.  With everyone's busy schedules it's hard to find time to get together but we are always so glad when we do!  The girls really enjoy play time with other children so this was a really fun night out for them - we stayed until bed time and put them in there PJ's just before we loaded up the car!

Up next week: We are planning a trip to North Pole, NY to visit Santa Clause Land with grammie and pa.  Hopefully we'll have some beautiful fall weather for this outing.  We will post pics soon after!

Monday, September 16, 2013

Fobare's Fruits

We are gradually getting back into our routine and so far have managed for three out of the four of us to stay healthy.  Daddy had a 24-hour flu of sorts that made it difficult for him to get out of bed but thankfully it lasted a short time and the rest of us dodged it!

This weekend Mommy and the girls visited Fobare's Fruits with Grammie, Joan, Dave, and Maddy.  This place is absolutely awesome!  Not only can you pick apples and buy fresh vegetables and baked goods, there's hours of entertainment for the kiddos.  The girls had so much fun.  The kangaroo jumping pillow was probably their favorite but they had so much fun on all of the playground areas too.  Claire really loved the "train ride" through the orchard, grape vines, and pumpkin patch and excitedly told her Dad about it when we made it home. And of course, picking apples and eating cider donuts was fun too!  We will most definitely be visiting Fobare's again soon!





 Claire really held her own on the pillow jump.  She needed a little boost from time to time but she simply loved it!  She mixed right in with the big kids without a care in the world that she's still so little!  Lucky for her she's child number 2, Mommy would have been a nervous wreck with Stella at this age!


Little Claire-Bear, all the way on the top with all the big kids!


Stella and Maddy having so much fun!


We started gymnastics classes again this weekend. Stella was super excited and had fun like always.  She's such a big girl now it's great to see her patiently waiting her turn and listening to her coach.  Claire participated in her very first parent-tot class with Daddy and really had a good time.  She's a little tempted to run all over the gym, but hopefully with each passing week she'll begin to understand where she's supposed to be! The pics are blurry but we think you'll be able to tell she's enjoying herself!



Sunday, September 8, 2013

Back to school!

We've had a busy couple of weeks after coming back from vacation and getting ready for all of the changes to our routine that come with the end of summer.  Last weekend we went to the SUNY Potsdam Welcome Weekend Carnival and the girls had so much fun!  They each made their own stuffed animal - Stella  chose a unicorn and Claire a duck. They also had the chance to play lots of games, eat sweet treats, and have their photo taken in a big huge chair!  This weekend we stayed close to home but celebrated mommy's birthday when grammie and pa visited for a sleep over.  We also picked apples with Aunt MJ and enjoyed playing outside in the not so hot (but really not cold yet either) weather.  Next week will be especially busy and tiresome but Gymnastics starts on Saturday and Stella is soooo excited!