Labor Day Weekend
My parents and sister came up to visit over Labor Day Weekend. We were so excited for the to come visit over a long weekend. We sent time on our new deck, and the girls went out for lunch and a bit of shopping. We also headed to Springfield to the huge sporting goods store, Scheels. It is like a Bass Pro but with more sports things, games for the kids to play and has a Ferris wheel in the middle. It was a great weekend and we were so glad that they came up to visit!
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| Ahhh a BEAR! |
Fun with Friends at Tanner's
We headed north to Tanner's Orchard on the second Saturday of September to meet up with our friends that just moved to St. Louis. The Coppernoll's recently left Rochester and moved to St. Louis. However Phil's parent's live in Peoria so we met up with them at Tanner's for some fall fun. The kids had a blast playing together on the playground and the adults had a good time catching up. The kids rode the barrel train and ponies and loved playing on all of the play structures. We also enjoyed apple cider donuts from the bakery and took home lots of goodies from their general store. After leaving Tanner's we stopped by the Morton Pumpkin Festival on the way home. We enjoyed some pumpkin ice cream browsed the craft fair and then headed for home. On the way home, we decided to take a few back roads and ran into a small pumpkin farm, so we let the kids pick out their small pumpkins for the porch that they would paint. By the time we got home it was well into the evening and both the kids and adults were tired from a fun Saturday.
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| mmmm..Apple cider doughnuts! |
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| Addy & Charli |
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| Blake & Carter |
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| Pedaling away |
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| Carter called his horse "Bullseye" |
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| Addy was so excited to get the zebra horse |
A Visit Home
Later in the month the kids and I headed home for a long weekend visit with our families. Our visit happened to fall on my mom's birthday, so it was great being able to celebrate with her in person on her actual day. We had the opportunity to visit my grandmother for a morning and headed to Owensboro with my parents to check out the new playground on the riverfront. The kids loved Smothers Park and we were all impressed by its design and size. The kids had a blast playing on all of the equipment. They ask to go back with Grandpa and Grandma to the "big" park about once a day. It certainly made an impression on them!
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| The birthday girl blowing out her candles |
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| Posing on the Owensboro riverfront |
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| Best buddies |
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| Boy in a Bubble |
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| Addy was all over the playground! |
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| Static Hair! |
Sunday morning the kids and I headed to Grandma Freihaut's house and we spent Sunday and Monday with her. We took the kids to an inflatable place and to a playground. We headed home later Monday afternoon. We had a great trip home seeing family and friends.
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| Bounce house fun |
Pre-K Open House
The last Friday in September Addy's school had an open house so that families could come in an see the students' rooms and shop at the book fair. Addy was excited to show us her room and all of her work that was displayed in the halls and in the classroom. She was very proud of the peacock she had painted and of the pictures of her class that were being displayed on the classroom's Smartboard. Addy and Carter both enjoyed shopping at the book fair. We loved visiting Addy's school and seeing her classroom. I especially enjoyed watching her beam with pride while she was giving us "the tour."
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| Addy was so proud of her peacock that she painted |
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| Addy's self portrait |
