Day at the farm

At the end of the summer

 

We spent a day at the farm

Checking out all the cows

Loving the sweet baby lambs

 

Hanging out with friends

 

Have you seen anything sweeter then these little loves?

Ben even did some "Milking" while Maggie posed with a cow

Connor LOVED the baby goats and we called him the "goat whisperer" because everytime a baby goat sat on his lap it fell asleep.

Although not this goat, since this one was too busy climbing on everyone

And eating the kids clothes

The wagon ride was very relaxing

And, as usual, the face painting area was a huge hit

They painted on each other and themselves

Nice Connor! Haha

Oh, the concentration

Even Ben worked hard on his face painting

Then they all took a bubble bath

They LOVE this part too!  It is really cool, although I don't think it washed the paint off too great.

The "slip and slide" was a big hit

Sliiiiide Connor!

And Maggie

Kate too!

Oh, one more picture of the goat whisperer!

We LOVE spending a day at the farm!

Diego shirt

Nana bought Ben a new shirt...

 

 

A yellow Deigo shirt...

 

And Ben LOVES it!

 

And he wears it all the time!

Thankfully we do laundry almost every night!

watcha got littleman?

 

These were taken a few weeks back.

When shorts and t-shirts were the daily attire.

 

Watcha got littleman???

And why are your little legs are bare piggies so cute?

 

Oh, it's a surprise???

A tiny little toad!?!?!

 

Oh, he is so cute and adorable!

 

 

As are your sweet little hands!

 

Love it!

My guinea pig

"Sorry, my guinea pig ate my homework."

No, really, he did!  Well, he tried at least and had his two top teeth not been broken he would have succeeded. 

Yep, our poor JJ somehow broke his top front teeth which made eating very difficult.  We were pretty worried for a while.  He lost a lot of weight!  We had to peel carrots and cukes and anything else we could think of so he could eat.  He is doing better but I'm afraid he was quite spoiled by all the yummy treats and took a while to realize he had to eat his pellets again!

After many days (weeks?) of rain the sun came out and an unusually warm day blessed us!

The big kids were in school (boo) so it was just Ben and I.

We hit our local park and ended up going to the river and bridge that lays beside it.

 

It was so nice I took Ben's shoes off and rolled up his pants!

 

 

He tried fishing, with a stick and then his hand.  He didn't have any luck though.

But that didn't get this guy down!  Actually I think if he actually caught one in his hand he would have screamed and tossed it down quick, haha!

 

Just as we were about to leave our friend Bailey and her mom showed up so we decided to stay instead of heading home for a nap!

 

 

After all, who wants to nap when the weather is just perfect?  Although we kinda paid for that choice when he was a grump later!

Thank you Mother Nature for the beautiful day!!!

Maggie, fall fashion

This girl of mine, my sweet Maggie, has a great sense of fashion!

I think so at least!

Look at this fall outfit!

 

 

LOVE IT!

From head to toe!

Stopping at the farm stand

One of the best part of summer and fall is stopping at local farm stands!

 

The kids favorite is definitely the one that has baby calves and chickens to visit!

So after soccer when Connor and I had to stop we couldn't help spending some time visiting the animals!

Seriously, look at that sweet face!

 

 

And Connor, the finder of all things nature, found a jaw bone of some type of animal!  Yuck!  Well, at least I thought so!

Oh, we love these babies!

Although Connor had to be reminded not to chase the chickens a few times!  What is it with kids and chasing chickens???