Friday, January 23, 2009

Amys Farm


The other day some of my mommy friends took a little outing with the kids to Amy's Farm. We all had a wonderful time. It started to rain off an on but we didn't let that stop us from having a great time. She started off the tour with letting the kids pick vegetables out of the veggie garden. Then we got to go into the goat/ sheep petting area. They had a couple of newly born goats (only a couple of days old). Then they fed the goats the veggies they picked. Amy then brought out the little chicks for the kids to hold. They also had little piggy's, roosters, turkeys, ducks, geese, and kitties wondering around. The coolest part was probably when the kids got to feed the baby cows big bottles of milk. After that they got to see a huge cow and a couple of horses. Lastly they got to get on the big tractor and pretend they were driving it. Overall it was a really fun day for the kids and us mommies too. We're going to try to set up more of these play days for us stay at home moms because we need to get out and be with other great mom friends.

Here are some pictures:
Jack picking lettuce

The kids feeding the goats

Jack seemed to love the goats, he kept giving them kisses

Most of the kids (this picture is missing a few that were running around)

Maggie holding the chicky

Emily feeding the baby cow his milk bottle

Emily, Van, Lauren, and Carson driving the tractor

Thursday, January 22, 2009

My birthday


My birthday was a couple of days after Christmas and we had our usual family get together with my parents, grandparents, my sisters family and my family. This year my 2 uncles from my dad's side joined us too. We had dinner at TGI Fridays and then back to my parents house for my favorite homemade cake- Rainbow cake with rainbow icing (I ask for the same thing every year because I LOVE IT!) and presents. This was the best birthday I've had in a long time. The whole day was just wonderful. Matt and the kids were exceptionally great to me all day and it was a nice, relaxing, low stress day. After Jacks morning nap we made it out to Downtown Disney to walk around and go to build a bear again. We had a gift card and Emily was anxious to go back and get another teddy bear. It was a beautiful day and I appreciated all the calls and birthday wishes!
Washing, combing, and fluffing her bear

Dressing her bear

Dinner at TGIF

My lovely grandparents

Emily and Lauren being silly

Blowing out the candles