Dutch Wonderland Fun!

We went to Dutch Wonderland for their Winter Wonderland event.  Everyone had a great time.  It wasn't crowded, which isn't surprising since it was pretty cold.  We bundled up though and the kids got to hop on the rides multiple times with no wait.

 

 

Mason's 1st Birthday!

We celebrated Mason's 1st birthday today!  It was so fun to see most of the cousins and catch up.  It was great seeing all the little ones play together.  There was an awesome face-painter and balloon maker there.  The girls LOVED it!  Kate did a great job with the theme and the decorations!  Everything was so cute!  Too bad I didn't take pictures of all the cute monster stuff.

Happy Birthday little man!

Sara & Livi, painted princesses.

Juli, the snow tiger.

And of course, every good snow tiger needs a parrot.

Mom-Mom and her great grandchildren.  Unfortunately we were missing Tyler.  Hopefully we can get one of them all soon!

Mom-Mom and the girls.

Apple Picking 2013

We had so much fun apple picking last year, we decided to do it again this year.  Hopefully we will make it an annual tradition!

Our little pumpkin.

 

Riding out on the wagon to the picking area. 

 

The girls immediately found a ladder to pick.  They were ladder obsessed.

Look at me! I'm on  ladder!

Livi's turn!

Daddy too!  He could actually reach and pick them from the ladder though.

Juli found a cool tree with a low branch they could stand on.

Of course, Livi had to try it too!

Emmi tried her hardest to eat this apple.  Without teeth, it wasn't haappening. 

Family Fun Day

We headed over to NJ to visit with some family today.  The kids had a blast.  Livi even asked if we could move there and live with them. LOL  It was nice to see family we don't see all that often and hang out.

They had a hayride around their property.  The kids really enjoyed that.

 

Emmi loved it too!

The hayride stopped at their pumpkin patch and each of the kids got to pick their own pumpkin.

 See the cows in the background - Juli loved them.  She went over to pet and feed them a few times.  She kept talking about how an "actual cow" licked her.  LOL

 

We couldn't pry them off of the trampoline!

My little daredevils!  I wasn't sure if they would be too scared to ride the quads, but they fooled me!  They jumped right on and took off!  I think Livi was even a little disappointed that she couldn't drive herself and had to settle for riding with her cousin!

Celebrating Juli!

Julianna turns 9 on Monday so we had a little party to celebrate! Of course, no party can start without a mani/pedi!  We went to a new kids place that opened near us.  It was super cute and the girls loved it!

 Zebra print nails!

 Party people! 

Juli's awesome zebra print cake, made by Nonna of course.

 

Happy 9th birthday to our sweet, beautiful girl!!

Cherry Crest Adventure Farm

Last week we took a ride out to Lancaster to visit Cherry Crest Adventure Farm.  The weather was great and I knew they would have their fall stuff starting up.

 

Our little Corny Cobs checking their height to see which attractions they could go on.

We had a great time!  I didn't remember them having animals in a petting zoo type of environment, but they do.  They had adorable little goats.  The baby ones were SO cute.  I wanted to hide one in the basket of our stroller and bring it home!  The babies or "kids" jump the fence to come out and play with the human kids.  They really were so stinkin' cute!!  The girls also got to hold baby chicks.  They were super soft.  Juli said their claws felt funny on her hand. 

Feeding the kids.

Holding baby chicks

 

The Strasburg Railroad runs right through the farm.  We didn't get as chance to go for a ride, we ran out of time. Hopefully we will get a chance to go back and do that.  It was really neat to see though.

The girls did get to go for a ride on a little tractor train though... not quite the same, but still fun.

 Emmi loves being outside.  If she's outside she's happy.

They had these neat pedal cart things. The girls went on them a few times.  They were cute.  They also had mini ones in the middle section there for little toddler size kids.

Of course we had to do the Amazing Maize Maze while we where there.  We did the easy path, which was basically sticking to the perimeter.  I was afraid to try another route when I saw that some families had spent 3+ hours in there.  The record was like 6.5 hours.  NO thank you!

Before we left, we had to head back to say goodbye to these animals.  This llama was kind of crazy so no one really went near him.  James must have felt bad for him and decided to feed him.  Oh how I wish I had video.  It was hysterical.  The llama was trying to get the food out of the little machine with it's tongue before James could even get it out.  

This was a perfect family fun day!  We couldn't have asked for better weather and we had the best time!

Nonna's Halloween Spooktacular 2010