Pumpkin Fun!!

Last weekend Ellie had experienced her first year of fall FUN! Friday night we went to Boo at the Zoo! Miss Ellie dressed up as a little fairy princess! It was a blast! We went with a bunch of Ellie's friends - Addy, Maddy, Mckenna, Trevor and of course O! We saw the polar bears, giraffes and the monkeys! But NO elephants! LOL! That was mine and Tom's favorite book growing up - But No Elephants. Grandma Mare said she would find the book to read to Ellie so we can continue the tradition. Another favorite book was The Monster at the End of this Book which features Grover from Sesame Street. One of my favorite memories growing up was Mom reading it to us very animated. So of course I found it at Wal Mart and read it to Ellie all the time! Ok - back to the weekend (it is so nice to reminisce) -- so Boo at the Zoo was a success! We really did try to keep 12 adults and 6 children together, but the social director (me) had to just let it go and realize that it is next to impossible! We did have fun and got some great pictures of the kids (both old and young!). It was a bummer that 1/2 the zoo is under construction, but we made it fun by checking out the High School Musical Section!!


Saturday was cousin Alyssa's first birthday! We got to hang out with all our cousins -- Miranda, Mark, Zak and of course - Alyssa the birthday girl! She had a blast mushing up her first birthday cake! It was also fun watching Tom try to put together a new toy. He said NO instructions! But about 15 minutes later he grabbed them and gave in! It's fun seeing Tom as a Dad. I can't believe how time flies and how much we have grown up. Saturday night we went back up to the bowling alley and got to hang out with Aunt Betty, Uncle Chuck, Aunt Faith and Uncle Steve! And Ashley was in town visiting too! She got to feed Ellie her dinner and then Ellie played with the Aunts!! We love going to the bowling alley and visiting on Saturdays.


Daddy had off of work on Sunday to go pick pumpkins! Once again we went with a large group of people. I don't think we are capable of going anywhere without "the crew." Well, we filled a whole hayride with the 20+ people in our group picking pumpkins! Most of Ellie's buddies were there along with all of O's cousins! It is really fun spending time with everyone. I think it is so important to get Ellie out and experience so much even though she is still young and might not realize things. Daddy picked out 2 big pumpkins and Mommy picked out a few small gourds to decorate at home! I can't wait to carve the pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns! We also bought some caramel apples and apple butter! We will definitely make Geig's Farm in Seville a yearly event!


I will email the link to everyone tomorrow of the pictures all our fun weekend events!! Walgreens makes it SO easy to send. I hope everyone enjoys the pictures and I love hearing everyone's comments on the blog!!


Next week......Halloween adventures with the Trebiskys......