Post Family Farms...with Friends!

We went to Post with playgroup today and I remember from last year that they were really funny about "the public" just showing up.  So I called and scheduled a mini-tour.  We got to take a hay ride to the pumpkin patch, get a tour of the farm and ride on the pumpkin train.

Joy took this picture of the Momma's watching their babies ;)

   William on the tire swing horses :)                                                                          Lil' B






















 

  
The big girls swinging

 

 

 Jojo.  Such a pretty picture.

The looooong awaited hay ride.  We were losing some people to melt downs so it couldn't have come at a better time ;)

Adelyn picked out a good pumpkin...little does she know we are going to eat it.

Pretty little lady

 Cheesy Brecken.  He strategically placed himself next to Mrs. Tiffany so he could steal some crackers.

This is what I look like.  All the time.  (Eric says I need to edit this to "Joy taking a picture of me...

 But somebody had to get a picture of Sawyer looking cute! (...taking a picture of Sawyer!)

 Oh my goodness.  Could he get any cuter?!  Particularly with the line of drool.

Melts my heart.  I wish I could have known what they were saying...

 Animal tour.  Talking about chickens and what they eat with Miss Jane.

"Touching" eggs.  Luckily none broke.

Feeding the goats :)

I should have checked for missing goat eyes.  But I didn't.  Luckily the goat has/had two.

 Miss Jane catching pigs.  So we could hear them squeal.  No joke.

 The pumpkin train!

He was SOOOO excited to ride the train.  Every time he saw it he tried to run over to it.  Waiting his turn to ride was pure torture.  Surprisingly there were no scenes when I took him off..

So much fun.  Will have to remember to schedule the tour next year.  It was the perfect amount of time for our kiddos...and we got to escape the weekend crazies.

Finger Painting Fun

Ever since yesterday Adelyn has been asking to finger paint non-stop.  I knew Brecken would love it..he attempted to yesterday but I quickly put the ka-bosh on that.  He had his clothes on, his coat on and already had it all over his hands in the 2.5 seconds I let him play with it.

Naked.  With aprons.   Don't forget your socks.

I texted my friend Joy, this picture, and said THIS is how finger painting is done at our house.  Strapped in chairs.  Naked.  With aprons.

I didn't have any paint brushes.  Which was                                Joelle.  The girl has issues getting messy.
very traumatic, let me tell you.  But I can                                    Don't be messing up her hair bows.  "Bow" 
improvise with a mean leaf on a stick.                                        is actually one of the few words she says.

 



















 

Mr. B.

 She got over having messy hands rather quickly.

Brecken had no problem with that from the beginning.

This was her plate halfway through.  I finally
             gave it to Brecken.                                                            aanndd this is as messy as she got.

B on the other hand...believes in getting messy.

 Funny story (kinda)::I told Adelyn to slap her hand on the paper and say "Bam!" She proceeded to do so but replaced the B with a D.  Then said it as many times as you see hand prints on the table.  I told her once that it was a B..ba ba BAM.  Nope.  Didn't work.  So I didn't say anything else.

We stopped once my dear son decided to stop listening.  Big surprise.  He started ripping all the paper up and painting all over the table.  So I threw them all in the tub and cleaned up.

Fall Fun with Friends

A couple friends from church organized a big fall playgroup.  I was already running behind and thought it was at Kollen Park.  Imagine my surprise when I show up and no one is there.  I call my friend Joy...ummm where are you?!  We are at Dunton Park.  Oh.  Whoops.  Let me drive all the way around Lake Macatawa and come 40 minutes late.  Better late than never.  Argh.  It was a lot of fun other than Joelle being super clingy..  Adelyn had a blast and was so excited to see her church friends

Adelyn painting me a pretty picture :)

                                                                                                  But I can still get a pretty cheesy smile out

     William painting.  It's serious stuff..                                                                    of him =)

Helping Brecken and Joelle make their acorns...err donut holes with frosting and sprinkles.  Yum!

 If only I had advanced my photo editing skills enough to combine these next two..

Brecken's pretty cheesy..but at least he's looking.  And he's kinda cute ;)

 Adelyn and William eating their acorns.  I'm pretty ok with them getting married someday.  Just saying..

BUSTED! I turned my back for a second and I caught him eating the "acorn" Joy had made as a sample for the kids to follow.

What a pretty lady :)

Such a handsome dude.