evie having a blast

Fall fun.

We found a new state park right next to our house where we like to hike and play. Evie versus the dragon! She is fearless!

My beautiful girls!

Evie loves her new umbrella.

Everytime it rains she gets it out,

and even some time when it is not raining.

Hiking trip to Seneca Creek

Lots of fun hiking today... we have yet (knock on wood) to get cold weather, so outdoors times have been wonderful!

Evie in Leaves

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Just testing out my iPad blogger app with some fall photos

This weekend, while Jack was in Missouri, Evie and I went to Gaver Farm with our friends Tommi, Frank, and their daughter, Eleanor. There's a whole acre or so of activities set up for the kids to just play on and with. It was a blast.



First thing we found was a hutch with a hen and chicks in it.....

Evie and Eleanor on the haybales

Evie's favorite thing for the day....the rubber ducky races:

Here she is - she pumped the water herself and made the ducks float on down the luge..she loved it.

Evie likes to "turn the wheel!"

I took this pic for Jack....gobble, gobble.

The calves were pretty awesome. I love calves, I think they're about the cutest baby animal ever.

Tricycle races...

Hot dogs for lunch and home again, with a huge nap in the car on the way.

First Field Trip with the Class

Another milestone today - Evie's first class field trip! They went to Homestead Farms...a place Jack and I have taken her to a few times. So she was very excited to go. Mommy got to go along, so I was very excited to take pictures.

Another first; Evie got to ride the bus with her class..... She was pretty excited about that. But upset mommy couldn't go on with her. She got over it pretty quickly (her teachers reported).

Here she is getting on the bus...

Off the bus...all the kids got a tag hung around there neck. Basically the idea is..."if found, please return me to Bright Eyes Daycare"....address and phone number included.

OK, time for everyone to grab their buddy's hand and line up for the farm tour....

This lining up thing takes a while with 11 2-year-olds

OK, groups of 4 will work, let's get on with the tour!

First, the goats:

then the bull calf...sweet boy, Elmo

Evie's buddy for the day (most of the time) was Dawson.

OK, all ready for the hay ride? Hop on!!

We all got our pumpkins and back onto the hayride....

Evie and her pumpkin!

Evie and her friend, Sarah, talk about the fact that their really on a "straw" ride, not a "hay" ride. A fact pointed out to us by the tour guide.

Here we are trying to organize a group pictures. Yeah, it pretty much didn't happen. Evie was the only one who turned around and smiled for the camera at any point in the said picture taking.

Evie's not scared of the scarecrow!!

OK, all heads accounted for! 11 kids, 2 teachers, and 7 parents.....back to school for lunch....

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out and about

Louie loves taking Evie for a walk.

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Last weekend we headed out to Front Royal, VA for an impromptu mini vacation to hike at the Shenandoah National Park.
It's a 106 mile National Park in the Appalachian Mountains. Here's a pic to give you a better idea of where it is.....in the northwest corner of Virginia.


On the way we saw a Dinosaur park by the side of the road. We had to stop. Evie actually really likes dinosaurs. She got a biting plastic TRex and a lollypop, so was pretty much in heaven the rest of the drive.





First thing when we arrived was a pizza stop for lunch.

Then it was off to the mountains for hiking....




During our picnic, we had to get a nice pic of our kids. Louie, of course, had a blast hiking and eating junk food all weekend.

foggy view from the overlook...

some flowers we saw on our paths

they were trying to get these dogs to hold still for a picture with the mountains behind them...it was pretty funny.

Icky Millipede

Ah, Virginia


Virginia is also for tired Lou dogs after a fun weekend of hiking.

OK, no more pics, Evie. You were a great girl this weekend. Now take a well-deserved nap :)