Disney on Ice!

Nonna & Pop gave us tickets to Disney on Ice.  The girls LOVED it.  We had such a fun girls night out!

New Toys!! (also known as Merry Christmas)

Christmas in New York!

We went up to NYC to see the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center, hit the American Girl store, have dinner and oh yes, see the RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR!!  I have to say, spectacular describes it perfectly!  My aunt Connie gave us tickets to the show, so we skipped school and made a day of it!

On our way!

Radio City!!

These giant snowflakes were so cool!  They floated out over the audience and hovered there for a while.  So neat!

 

 

 

Checking out the window displays at Saks.

American Girl Store!

The dolls getting their makeovers.

Of course we had to introduce to the girls to Katz' Deli!  Emmi even tried some knish.  Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of her that were in focus.  :-(

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. 

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!

Shady Brook Farm Light Show

We took a trip to Shady Brook Farm for the light show.  I think this is becoming a tradition.  The kids love the huge light displays and they think it's neat to drive through all those lights.