Play House

I have been searching for a play house for the girls. I finally found a clean one in good condition on Craigslist. My friend Tiffanie was nice enough to haul it to my house. My girls were thrilled. It is only temporarily inside, it will eventually go to the yard but it is fun to have it inside for a while at least.

Amelia was so excited about it, she slept on the floor inside the first night.

Happy Apple Farm

Amelia had her first field trip last Friday. Both Kindergarten classes got to go to Happy Apple Farm. I drove with another mom and followed the bus since I had Nina but Philip surprised Amelia and took the day off to go on the bus with her. We didn't tell her that he would be there and she was very proud when he showed up. When we got there we all got a tractor ride to the hay barn to eat lunch. Then the kids all had to go in the field and find the 8 stages of a growing pumpkin, seeds, shoots, vines, blossoms, small green pumpkin, big green pumpkin, big yellow pumpkin and finally a big orange pumpkin. After they found all 8 stages they got to pick out a pumpkin to take home. It was a great time, the kids loved finding the stages of the pumpkin. We even bought Nina a little pumpkin on the way out, one that she could actually lift.


Looking for a pumpkin stage

Nina kept trying to pick up all the pumpkins

This was her idea of posing with the pumpkin, which is what I was going for here

Amelia and her friend Aly

Eating lunch

Nina and farm equipment - a dangerous combination

Amelia in the field

Amelia and Philip

Ms. Rain and her students.

Amelia's Thank You Note

Recently a Tale Teller came to Amelia's class room and told a story to the kids. Amelia was very impressed that "she didn't even have to use a book." The class wrote thank you notes and Patty got them in her office so she sent me Amelia's. Isn't she a good writer?

Nina's Accessories

I guess Amelia love of accessories has been passed on to Nina.

Here is her red necklace.

She loves hats, especially baseball hats.

We call her Nina One Shoe because she always insists on wearing only one shoe. She gets mad if you make her take it off to sleep.

Why Mopping Is a Waste of Time

Yes that is a package of chocolate cupcakes that Nina managed to grab off the table. Luckily there were only 2 left or it would have been much much worse.

Bison

On Sunday we went to Cripple Creek and the vote was to go to Bison for the afternoon. It was a perfect day, the weather was nice and we all had a great time. Amelia said her favorite part was rock climbing and seeing the bear tracks. Nina loved eating rocks in the horseshoe pit. To each their own, I guess.


Everybody at the top of the rocks.



Look closely and you can see James' black shirt, that will show you how far up they were.



Where we spotted the bear tracks.

Nina by the lake, much like Rammie I spent a lot of time making sure she didn't go in the water. Luckily I was more successful with Nina then Mom was with Rammie.

All the girls

Nina tried her hardest to climb the ramp and would just end up mad and stuck but Nina ends up mad and stuck a lot these days.

On the 4wheeler with Uncle James

In the horseshoe pit

Messing with Uncle Chase, it looks like he managed to run most of the girls off though.

I love this picture, it looks like she is running just so fast.

State Fair

Last week we went to the State Fair. We ended up really having a great time, although my good time drastically improved after I chased Nina around the splash pad since it was about 400 degrees out that day. Amelia was excited to ride the big carnival rides since she was tall enough this year. Nina loved the animals, even after getting nibbled by the donkey. Now she tells you all animals say Moo and there is no convincing her otherwise.



Amelia "walking on water". She spent most of her time like this or trying to get up from being like this, there really wasn't much walking involved.



Nina's first carnival ride. She was very proud to sit there with her sister, she didn't even try to escape and dive head first in the water like I was expecting.



Nina in the baby play area

Amelia and Daddy going into the haunted house.

After the splash pad. I think I ended up the wettest because Nina was not even a little scared and was pushing the bigger kids out of her way.

Cowgirl Amelia

Cowgirl Nina

Right before the donkey nibble, still the funniest part of the day in my opinion.