We all had a great time at the farm! The girls both had their faces painted and Sophie did a little sand art necklace.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Walden Farm-part 2
We all had a great time at the farm! The girls both had their faces painted and Sophie did a little sand art necklace.
Walden Farm
The first weekend in October was a wonderful weekend for us! Friday afternoon, we decided to be brave and take both girls to see the movie Dolphin Tale. Abbie had to go to the bathroom no less than 3 times during the movie and she had a hard time being still but the movie itself was good. It was probably a little slow for Abbie but Sophie loved it! Matt and I were able to see Winter, the dolphin, in person almost 4 years ago when we visited Florida. Uncle Phil met us at the movie and then we had pizza with Nana and Paw-paw afterwards.
On Saturday morning, we decided to head to Walden Farm. The girls enjoyed the mazes, had fun riding the pumpkin train, seeing the animals, playing on the playground equipment, etc. It was a little chilly but at least the sun was out. Nana met us at the pumpkin farm. Afterwards, we headed to Martin's BBQ for lunch. That afternoon,we stopped by LifeWay for kids day (Aunt Patti works there), ran a quick errand or two, attempted to rest, and then played outside.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Virginia vacation slide show
My Big Girl
In the last couple of weeks, Matt and I realized that Abbie needed a bigger bike. Recently, she would find a bike at Toys 'R' Us or Wal-Mart and start riding around the store on it. She had also started riding Sophie's bike (with no fear and looking pretty confident) recently. At first, I thought that we could wait until Christmas but she has really been into riding a bike lately. So, instead of buying a new bike the same size as Sophie's (since she's not quite ready for the next level), I suggested that we look at consignment sales or garage sales. Matt, being the good husband that he is, went out early last Saturday morning to a consignment sale and found this bike for Abbie. She is so proud of it! After all, it's purple (her favorite color) with princesses and a basket, it has a bell on the handle and a hand brake. At first, she had no fear but she has become more cautious after a couple of falls where she wanted to be independent but didn't know how to stop. We'd have to run to catch up with her and once I didn't quite catch her in time!
Bella Rustica
Last weekend, we were trying to get a couple of things done in the morning and then Sophie had some birthday parties to attend in the afternoon. However, we had a little time in the middle of the day so we headed just down the road to Bella Rustica, a fundraiser for Agape at a local farm. They were having a big barn sale and one of my friends was selling some of her children's clothes so we stopped by. Abbie was especially looking forward to riding a horse for the first time! Sophie was a little unsure (she's ridden horses before but it's been a while) but she decided to ride one. It was a beautiful day for the sale and the girls enjoyed riding on the tire swings. There was live music and people were selling all kinds of things at the sale. I didn't buy anything but I had a good time browsing around and running into some people I knew.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
San Francisco-part 2
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| us with the cable car |
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| Matt and Paula-Muir Woods |
We had so many good pictures from our trip that it's hard to narrow it down. I just thought I'd share a few more with you. Matt took his new camera on the trip and we got some awesome shots!
San Francisco
Last week, Matt and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary. We decided to take a big trip to celebrate. We arranged babysitting for the kids with both sets of grandparents and spent almost a week away from our kids. Matt and I headed to the San Francisco area and we also visited Sonoma Valley just north of there. We had been to San Francisco several years ago but we decided to head back and visit some different things as well. Matt's parents, Mimi and Paw-paw Tom stayed with the girls for the first 3 1 /2 days and Paula's parents, Nana and Paw-paw, kept the girls for the last 2 1/2 days. I will say that after about 4 days I really missed the girls and was ready to come home but we had fun.
Matt and I arrived in San Francisco on a Wednesday afternoon, rented a car and saw a couple of sights around San Francisco before heading about an hour north to Sonoma (in the wine country). We were a little disoriented by the time change but we got used to it (they are 2 hours behind us). On Thursday and Friday, we toured the Benziger winery which was very interesting and took some beautiful drives all along the coast including a visit to Point Reyes one day and some sights around there (the lighthouse pictures you see above). It was somewhat cool in San Francisco but in the outskirts of San Francisco, it was a little bit warmer. We toured the area where Jack London lived (author of Call of the Wild) and saw the little town where Charles Schulz was from (Santa Rosa). They have several statues of the Charlie Brown cartoon characters around their town so we enjoyed finding them. =) We had a somewhat relaxing vacation but we also did a good bit of walking some days. On Friday night, we went back to San Francisco and stayed there for a few nights. It was very foggy each day in San Francisco and they had really cool temperatures! We stayed in the Fisherman's Wharf area. We had fun riding the cable cars and streetcars around the town (we returned our car Saturday so that we didn't have to pay their astronomical prices to park in SF). We were able to go back and do some of our favorite things including the Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods, Lombard Street, Alamo Square and the Japanese tea garden. However, we did not visit Alcatraz this time (we had taken the tour last time and they were all booked up). I enjoyed seeing more of Chinatown this time too.
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