Waterpark!

I've been wanting to take Drake to an indoor waterpark for a while because I knew he would love it. Last weekend, we met my college friend, Janell in Utica at Grizzly Jack's Resort.

We got there on Friday afternoon, checked into our "villa" and then headed to the amusement park for dinner and to let Drake go on a few rides.

On Saturday morning, we grabbed some breakfast and headed for the waterpark! We stayed there for a couple hours and then went back to the room for lunch and naps.

 

 

 

After nap, we went back to the waterpark until we left for dinner and more rides at the amusement park.

 

(Yes...I was horrible getting pictures - maybe next time!)

We stayed in their villa which was 2 stories with a master bedroom (king bed and pull out couch with whirlpool tub) and a 2nd bedroom with 2 queens. Both rooms were good size, so you could have even brought an air mattress for additional people. There was a full kitchen and living area, too.  I think we will definitely do this again, but not for a while.

Halloween!

We had a nice Halloween - we ate an early dinner and then Drake went Trick or Treating for the first time. We just went to a few houses in our neighborhood, but he got plenty of candy.

 Our little lion!

 Our big spider!

 Ready to go!

Colin fell asleep in the Ergo which made for a rough night. Between a stuffy nose and this "accidental" nap, we were up A LOT last night!

 I was a little surprised at how quickly he caught on to actually saying "Trick or Treat". He had a great time!

 Checking out his candy. :-)

Pumpkin Carving

We had no plans on the calendar for this weekend earlier in the week...then it turned into a busy one!

I had girls night on Friday night - dinner at Olive Garden - yum!!

Drake had a playdate on Saturday morning with Caitlin from Alicia's. It was so good to see them. Then, Saturday afternoon, I picked up Aireol. We all had dinner and then carved pumpkins!

 

 

Drake did not want to stick his hands inside the pumpkin so Aireol was playing with it to show him that it was okay. :-)

 

 

 

 

Poor Drake was scared to be outside with the pumpkins lit up, but we convinced him that it was okay.

We went to church yesterday and then hung out at home the rest of the day.

Rader Family Farms

Since Drake has been born, we've made an annual trip to our local pumpkin patch aka Rader Family Farms. It has changed and grown over the years and turned into a wonderful place to take kids. I know it's packed on the weekends so I convinced Jason to take today off (half price Wednesdays :-)). It was perfect weather (upper 60s when we were there) and not too crowded.

I was really glad I had Drake take these pictures on our way in instead of trying to do it on the way out since that probably wouldn't have happened. Just wish I could have gotten one of Colin, but he was sleeping on the way in and almost asleep on the way out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We picked up a couple pumpkins on our way out then headed to lunch. It was a great morning!

Henry Vilas Zoo

We were heading up to my brother's house in Wisconsin for the weekend so we decided to meet my friend, Jackie, and her kiddos at the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison on Friday afternoon. The zoo is free and had lots of animals different from our zoo...

Giraffes

Carter and Drake

watching the river otters!

happy baby!

Jackie and Lucy

Our family.

Columbus Day Activities!

Yesterday was Columbus Day so the kids were out of school.

We made doughnuts for breakfast! (Thank you, Pinterest!)

After breakfast, we went to story time at Barnes and Noble.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you haven't checked it out, you definitely should! He read them 4 short books, they had a coloring activity and even got a little snack. The kids had a great time. We will definitely be back!

After Drake's nap, we did a Candy Corn activity I found on Pinterest.

 Drake's first attempt with scissors!

 Glue stick

 Working hard!

 

Candy Corn!!