Warning: this may be the longest post ever! I have all of September and half of October to post about ;)
FAMILY CAMPOUT FUN
The city we live in has a great Parks & Recs department - they hold an annual camp-out at a local park. We went this year and had a blast. Ashley helped us set up the tent and was so excited about her big
campout.
Ashley and Aidan (not quite sure what they are doing here - but I think this was taken shortly after they attempted to play football and soccer with each other....note the keyword here is 'attempted' it was pretty comical.
Once it got dark we headed out on the
night-time walk to a pavilion on the other side of the park where we got to make some oh so yummy
smores! What camping trip is complete without
smores?? Gotta have 'em!
Ashley and Aidan (over the not so cool outdoor fire - what
happened to real camping??) roasting their marshmallows.
YUM! Chocolate before bed - maybe not a great idea - but it sure was YUMMY!
And here's a picture Ashley took of mommy & daddy in the tent before retiring for the night - she is becoming quite the little photographer!
My cute girl - loved her first camping trip! She is still talking about sleeping in a tent a month later!
PLANO BALLOON FESTIVAL
We headed to the Plano Balloon Festival one weekend and Ashley did so great! She walked (skipped, hopped) almost the entire way in to the grounds from the car --- and it was far! She had so much fun looking at all the balloons, drinking lemonade, and eating a funnel cake!
and here we are - still walking - I swear it was a three mile walk....
HEARD MUSEUM DINO HUNT
Another weekend this fall we headed to the Heard Museum - they had a really neat dinosaur exhibit outside where you could walk a 2 mile trail and see lots of
animitronic dinos. Ash thought it was great! She kept running - trying to find the next one - and once she'd find one - she would run back to us and scream --- "look, look, I found one" - it was really cute!
They also had a butterfly exhibit and some 'native' animals in a mini zoo area. It was a fun family outing and we'd recommend it to you all :) Make sure the
dinos are still there though - it wouldn't be as cool w/out them.
CLIFFORD SIGHTING
Thanks to PBS - Ashley got to meet Clifford a few weeks ago! She absolutely loves Clifford! I love PBS and any time Ashley gets to watch
tv...this is the channel we watch. So a few weeks ago they started broadcasting that Clifford was coming to the library - the first time Ashley heard the announcement she said, "oh boy Clifford - go see him at the library - so excited" ---- and she talked about it for weeks ---- so even though it was in an area of town that I wasn't so sure about - how could we say no to her??? She was so excited....so we packed up the car and told her we were going to try to find the library - but we weren't sure if we could find it --- I said this b/c I was not familiar with the area that it was in and wanted to have the option of turning around should we not feel safe there. But all my fears were silly - it was fine! Everyone was so nice and Ashley had a wonderful time and got to do all kinds of things - go on a lion hunt, make a necklace, listen to a lion sing/dance, and ultimately meet Clifford...boy was she excited!
She gave Clifford a high five, a kiss and a hug - which she reminds us of daily. too cute!
GETTING COOLER OUT
Random fall picture - the weather is changing ----
brrr.
COWBOY DAY -- YEEE HAW!
Ashley had cowboy day at school on Tuesday. She loved every minute of it and had so much fun doing cowgirl things at school.
CRAFTY GAL
We love doing arts and crafts over at our house. Ashley is one crafty little toddler. Between cooking and crafting she is going to be a true little Martha ;)
HAPPY 25th KRISTEN
A few weeks ago, we threw a surprise birthday party for Aunt Kristen! We planned a backyard movie party b/c Kris ABSOLUTELY loves movies! It was a lot of fun! Check out that awesome cake --- yes the popcorn bucket is actually her cake! How cool is that?? Thanks to Elizabeth's Cakes!
We had a blast - waiting for it to get dark so we could start the movie.
LITTLE MISS BALLERINA
Ashley has started a ballet class this fall - it is so cute to watch her dance. The first few classes she sat in my lap and I wondered why in the world I was paying to have her sit in my lap for 30 minutes once a week and watch other little ballerinas dance around....but now she is a little pro! It is adorable to watch her do her twirls on her
tippy toes! She is a natural :)
On a side note - her favorite
tv show aside from Clifford is Dancing with the Stars - she
literally stands there for the entire hour and copies all the dancers....I'm going to have to get it on video - she is actually really good at copying them! Pretty impressive.
CRAFTS AGAIN
One day Ashley and Mommy decided to make some Halloween cards for our family members. Ashley had a blast making little witches, pirates, and super heroes. She really does love crafts - when I pick her up from school she is always so excited to show me what she made that day. It's cute!
and the final product... well, not entirely final - b/c a few weeks later we made them into Halloween cards...but here's phase one :)
Yes, we carved up that tiny one too - but you can't really tell because we didn't have a candle small enough to go inside :(
