Apple Orchard Fun

Last Sunday, we took Maddie and Hudson for a big kid date to Huber's.

Silly faces on the tractor out to the orchard. 

Best buds!

After a fun morning at Huber's we had lunch at Pizza King.

It was great spending this morning with our big girl. She started preschool full time this week so I will have less "stay at home mama" days with her. I'm happy to have some alone time with Sydney, and I'm looking forward to just focusing on my littlest, but we will miss our Maddie!

Zoo Halloween Party - Kicking off the Season!

On Saturday, we took the girls to the Zoo to kick off the Halloween season.

Sydney was already a little skeptical walking in.

Maybe she didn't love dressing as a watermelon?

Maddie, on the other hand, was super psyched.

We met the princesses first.

And then met our current favorite princesses!


And Olaf.


Sydney wasn't having it. I tried to hold her with the Toy Story cast.

Nope.

I didn't want to torture her and have her crying in every picture so we just let her do her own thing while Maddie met the characters.

Frankly, guys, I'm just a little suspicious of all this.

Once she found out people would put candy in her bucket she was all smiles.

Maddie and Ariel.

Grandma's favorite movie of all time.

Maddie having fun in the hay maze.

Superheroes!

It was a little chilly but we had a great time. The place was pretty much empty!

A Full Friday

On Friday, we went to Chuck E Cheese with Lizzie and Brooke. The last time I took the littles, there was no one there. It was J. Co. Fall Break today so....it was INSANE. The kids had a great time.

I brought Syd home for a nap and Maddie had Lizzie over to play. We made cookies, did stamps, played with play doh and did sand art...and that was just the first hour!

Then, the girls went to the Lizzie's house for awhile. Maddie fell asleep in about 15 seconds after a busy busy day!

Speaking of Maddie, she starts going to preschool full time this upcoming week. We want her to get a year in to prepare for kindergarten. She goes two days right now and then she comes home and plays school.She loves telling us what she learns every day.

I am excited for Madeline but Sydney and I are sure going to miss big sis on our days off.

 It will feel different just having my littlest gal with me, but we know I will stay busy with my Sydney.

Happy Friday!

A fake snake...

This weekend we woke up and found ourselves with nothing to do on Sunday. Maddie wanted to go back to the zoo.

This time we decided to start in the opposite direction and it was great! We spent more time in exhibits we usually pass up at the end: the penguins, the alligator and the snakes. 

The girls really enjoyed watching the orangutans swing around.

  

They LOVED the snakes. Which totally grossed me out, but they did enjoy looking in each cage and spotting them.

 At one point, Maddie jumped and said, "Mommy, what's that" in a very scared voice. I looked down, saw a snake and jumped about 5 feet in the air, while screaming and grabbing Madeline. 

Except it wasn't a snake. It was a piece of rubber that someone had dropped (left on purpose?!) outside of a snake aquarium.

 

 See it by Sydney's feet? This was after, obviously, our small panic attack.

The zoo was pretty much already decorated for their Halloween party (but without all the people!!) so the girls loved having no lines to take their picture in some of the cut-outs.

 Go ninja, go ninja!

 

 

We love looking around Glacier Run. This brown bear was sitting in the back of the truck staring at us through the glass. 

Watching Qannik the Polar bear walk across his bridge.

 

And, of course, a carousel ride.

After the zoo, we came home and the girls went for a Sunday afternoon car ride. 

 

We busted out our Halloween jammies and cozied up before bed!