Sunday we went to Eckerts for the day and went peach, apple, and blackberry picking. I have tons of pictures from there so I will be making that into a separate post. Then we visited some boats that were remakes of the Christopher Columbus boats. Very interesting to see. You could pay to go onto the boats but the line was ridiculously long and it was $9 a person so we decided to just look at them from the outside. Here is a couple of pictures of the boats.
The rest of the weekend we spent around the campground having lots of fun together. We roller skated, went out on bikes, played all kinds of sport games (soccer, kickball, batmitten......etc.). It was so nice to have such a family fun filled weekend. I don't get to spend much time with my niece and nephew since school started back up so we enjoyed it along with the kiddos. Here is a few pictures of the fun weekend.The kids making up their own version of batmitten or some kind of game.
Joey taking a break on the soccer ball.
The crazy trio! Adriana was behind Kaitlyn then hit her tire which left a nasty looking mark. Of course Adriana just laughed about it and went on. She did get smart and traded places with Jacob.
We made a campfire every night and pigged out on s'mores!
Adriana and Jake roller blading.
And finally Andrew roller skating in Adriana's old skates which he insisted we paint to look like spider man skates. We will get there soon buddy!
I always hate when the weekends come to an end and we have to come back home ;( Can't wait for our next little vacation!
When I picked her up after school I asked her how her pictures went and she said "well they brushed my hair, but they wouldn't curl it for me". I hate to break it to my little diva but school pictures don't have a hairstylist with them! I wish I could have been there to hear that conversation :)
Here is Joey trying on Andrew's hat.
Can you tell these two are brothers!
These two have become best buds since Adriana started school and it is so cute watching them play together. I know they will grow up to be best friends!
And of course I can't forget about my favorite fans! So here is a picture of the boys lounging out watching their sister play.
Next Adriana and Andrew rode on the pony ride. Andrew thought this was great!
Walking around some more we came upon some construction equipment that they let the kids climb in and play with. Boy was Andrew in HEAVEN!
Look at that concentration on his face as he is trying to make it work.
Then we found an area where they taught bike safety. They had a little obstacle course the kids got to go through with a stop light, railroad crossing, and various other signs.
This was another of Andrew's favorites and kept asking to ride the bikes again.
Joey even got to join in on his little bike!
There was another little kids area where they had all sorts of things for kids to play. Here they decided to try milking a cow.
Joey's favorite was playing in the box with corn.
The older two decided to pretend to be Abraham Lincoln.
And Adriana:
The kids played on this little playset for probably a good 30 minutes. They loved making a train on the slide and going down.
There was a little spot where they had baby chicks and even let the kids hold them, including Andrew (which made me so nervous but he did awesome!)
At the end of the night we finally made it over to the ride and game area. So the kids enjoyed playing some games and winning more stuffed animals that we don't need.
And riding lots and lots of rides.
It really was a lot of fun and the weather was perfect. Not too hot and a nice breeze coming through. I also have to mention where my kids choose to eat lunch. As with most fairs, it was full of greasy, fattening fair food. I asked the kids when we got to the eating area which place they would want to eat at. After reading off all the food they could eat, they choose to eat at Subway and have a ham sandwich! What kind of kids pass up all that fattening food to eat a nutritious lunch? So they did get a snack later....Andrew choose dippin dots and Adriana got a funnel cake. I had to put some fat into their diet somehow....hehehe!
Here she is holding a sign the school made for her on the day before she started school and put it in our front yard.
Here she is in her classroom.
Here she is as I was telling her goodbye!
She was so excited to start school and went right in to the classroom without any problems. I actually did better than I thought I would and didn't cry, but I did tear up a little. She only had a half day and it was the longest half day of my life! I finally got to go pick her up and she couldn't wait to tell me all about how much fun she had. On Thursday she had her first full day and was so excited to be able to eat her lunch at school. I walked her in one more day to make sure she was alright. She once again was very excited when I picked her up from school and told me all about her fun day. Friday was my sad day. This was the first day I dropped her off to go in by herself. The little kids helped her out of the car and she walked over to the sidewalk where she waited for them to walk her in, only now the kids don't get walked in like they did in preschool. So I pulled over to the side to make sure she made it in. She stood there for several minutes before she finally figured out to follow the other kids inside. It broke my heart to not be able to run up there and help her. So I sat in my car helpless as I watched her and knew how scared she was not knowing what to do. When I picked her up she told me all about how she didn't know what to do and she almost cried. But then she said she put on her brave face and followed the other kids inside. Let me tell you, it is so hard to let your babies grow up!!!
