Ghouls at the Zoo

We've been having great Fall weather this week, which led to lots of playing in the leaves:

We also took the kids to Ghouls at the Zoo this weekend. They posed for pictures:

Walked through the zoo to the candy stands:

Went through a maze:

Danced at the Monster Mash:

And had tons of fun!

Pumpkin Patch

This past weekend we took the kids to a pumpkin patch!

We went on a hayride: Checked out all the animals on the farm:

Went through a corn maze:

And then came home and decorated the pumpkins. This year I found face pieces that are like a Mr. Potato head but you stick them in the pumpkin. The kids said they wanted those instead of painting like last year, so these were the final products:

Family, Fun and Fire

Everyone finally felt better before last weekend, so we made the most of it!

My SIL (http://www.ohiofamof4.blogspot.com/) has blogged about going to Cops and Kids for two years now, so I got on the Internet and found out we had one too! so on Saturday I took the kids to check it out. They had a blast. It was a bit cold, but once they realized they could touch/ get in everything it was on!

Saturday afternoon the church we go to had a Family Fun and Bonfire day. So the kids had their faces painted and made a few crafts: Dominic even participated in some relay races:

On Sunday we decided to go camping for two nights. We lucked out and the rain held off until we got home, but it was a little chilly in the mornings until the fire got started.

We got lots of fishing:

Relaxing:

and of course rock throwing in :)

Hand-me-downs, a new floor, a hike and sinus infections, Oh My!

Last week I dug out my some of my old toys my parents had kept. The kids had decided that they were tired of their toys and wanted to fight over everything. So I convinced Jeremy it would be a good day to pull down my old Precious Places houses from the attic.They had so much fun playing with them. They were a little yellowed, aged and dusty but I wiped them down and they were good to go! We also have a new kitchen floor now thanks to our leaky fridge that completely ruined the old floor and sub floor beneath the fridge. So Dom got out his trusty old plastic tools and helped Dad.

( I'll put up pics of our awesome new kitchen floor soon!) We also went on a hike. Are you tired of a million pictures of the kids walking through the woods yet?

Then this week we ALL got sick. The kids and I had sinus infections and Jeremy got a stomach bug. Poor Dominic had it the worst: he had an ear infection, then a sinus infection and now viral rash all over him! Poor guy. So there was a lot of laying around, Popsicles, soup, juice and movies this week.

My Mom and Dad laugh at me because I am so OCD when it comes to the kids making a mess. So I had to post this picture of Autumn with her Popsicle: This was NOT my doing. I suggested the bib would be a good idea because Autumn is notoriously messy with any type of food. Jeremy was responsible for the paper towels. He said to protect the chair. See Ma, its not just me ;)