Trip To The Museum

Today I took the kids to the Berkshire Museum. My kids love to go there, plus it's free for us, I bought the family pass back a few months ago. Lauren wasn't with us because she went to Maine with my mom. She left on Tuesday & will be back tomorrow. They were actually really well behaved today which was a plus for me! It was also nice today because now with Rylan being a little older & almost walking, he seemed to enjoy the visit a little more! Here they are posing with the dino, Laci's idea of course. She is too funny, loves getting her picture takin!
Getting ready to dig for dino bones!










Love watching my kids when they are learning & having fun! I am so grateful that I am able to stay home & spend time like this with them! Especially because time flies & before I know it they will be grown! So even when they are driving me crazy, I wouldn't trade them for anything!

Juicin It Up!

It was so muggy out we just kinda hung out inside today. I made pumpkin bread & corn muffins for breakfast. I don't know what got into me just felt like baking this morning. Later on after lunch we decided to get the juicer out & make some juice. Lulu & Braedon love helping me with it. First we made grape-kiwi juice it was so yummy!
Then after we were done drinking that I brought out the lemons to make lemonade. Lulu was happy cause it's one of her favorite drinks,( just like her mommy). There's nothing like homemade lemonade on a hot summer day!

I caught Rylan standing on his own a few days ago so of course I had to take a few pictures! We always clap when he does & he gets so excited! He seems really proud of himself. No steps yet, just working on his balance i guess.

Here he is clapping because we were. How cute!
Then I caught a couple days after playing with the toy vacuum and before my eyes he stands up with it & is trying to "vacuum". Got my camera in time to get another couple pics.



I brought the kids over my mom's today so they could play outside in her yard & for dinner. Braedon must have really been tuckered out from all his running around, because after I got Rylan to sleep tonite I came down the stairs & found Braedon konked out on the couch. I know one day he will hate me for this picture but I just had to! Sweet dreams buddy!

Summer Fun

Today we went to my friend Sam's house to visit her & the kids. She has 3, Lauryn, Ryan, Ava & one on the way. My kids were happy we were going, especially because we hadn't done much in the last couple days. They have an above ground pool so they spent the afternoon in it. Lauren tried taking Rylan in but he just screamed, the water was a little to chilly for him. And Braedon just flat out refused to go in. He would rather go in a lake or an inground pool that way he can ease himself into the water at his pace. He just played on the swingset all day. The rest of the kids had a good time as well.

Lauryn
AvaSam w/Rylan
Braedon refusing to go in the pool. He doesn't seem to like above ground pool's very much.
LuLu chillin
Lauren relaxing

Lake Compounce

Sunday I took the kids to Lake Compounce Amusement Park in CT. It was a whole family day, my mom, sister, brother & their families went also. Oh & my brother's best friend & his family tagged along too. We had a huge group of us, all together that was 10 kids! The kids had a blast! We went to the waterpark part first. It was definitely more geered towards children. There was a huge pirate ship part with waterslides & the huge bucket that drops all the water on everyone. The wave pool was nice, a little smaller than most waterparks I've been to but nice. They had another kiddie part that had swings for babies, 3 smaller slides for like 2,3 & 4 year olds and a big house that had 3 slides that came out of it, which was more for like the 5-8 yr. old kids. Laci & Braedon were at this part of the park for most of the time. There was this one purple slide, Braedon loved, he must have went on it 20 times!Laci was loving the house with the 3 slides. At one point as my mom & I were standing watching the kids we looked over to our right & realized there was also lake access in this waterpark. I knew the park was on the lake but didn't realize you would be able to go into the lake also. So, we grabbed the kids & headed down to the little beach. The water was bath water it was beautiful. And they had these two waterslides that landed right into the lake which I thought was cool, something different. Lauren, my brother, niece & nephew went up a huge tower where the slide twisted around it. They also had probably about 2 or 3 other slides for the older kids & adults. There was a lazy river but it was a small one. I didn't do anything that day cause the water was way to cold for me! The kids didn't care though.here are a couple pics from the waterpark.






After about two hours in the waterpark we got packed up & dressed & headed out to the amusement park. This part was also nice a good variety of kiddie rides & older rides. We actually didn't even have time to hit all the rides that day. Here are some pics from the park.

A fun but tiring day. We didn't end up getting home that night till 11:30. The boys pretty much fell asleep as soon as we put them in their carseats & Laci followed shortly thereafter. It was a great park though & I would definitely go back! Although next time I think I would like to stay overnight, it's hard having to drive a total of 41/2 to 5 hours in one day!

Corn Fest

I took the kids to Whitney's Farm today for their first annual Corn Fest. We got there about 10:30 this morning & didn't leave till almost 3. My mom, sister & her family, My friend Kimmy & her daughter & my friend Sam & her family also went with us. There was a huge bouncy slide, pony rides, corn shucking contest, corn eating contest for both kids & adults, sack races & corn husk doll making. The kids had a blast! They were also serving 3 different kinds of corn & corn chowder for free all day! I love free stuff! I was in the corn shucking contest & tied for third place with my brother-in-law. Boy that certainly gave my arms a workout! We both won a ten dollar gift certificate to Whitney's store. Lauren, Braedon, Alora & Colby all entered the corn eating contest. Lauren won first prize! She ate 9 ears of corn! I couldn't believe it. Her prize was a ten dollar gift card to Walmart. I was pretty impressed with my little buddy, Braedon, he ate 3 ears of corn. I thought that was pretty darn good for a 3 year old! They all did the sack races & Lauren won again. But she was a very generous girl today & gave it to Colby, cause he was upset he didn't get first. I was really proud of her for that! Poor Braedon though he was crying because he was to little for the sack & couldn't keep up with the rest of them. He was so sad it broke my heart, but hugs from mommy made him better. Here are some pics from the day.

These are the corn husk dolls my girls made.
Braedon with his boy corn husk doll.

Waiting for the race to begin.

Rylan on the swing, which he loves.

I caught this precious moment, Braedon pushing Isabella on the swing.
Laci & Jake, the two monkeys.Gracelyn
Getting ready to eat some corn!
LuLu Bell on the pony.
Brae on the pony, he was so serious as he rode him.

We had a good day with family & friends. We ended our night with dinner at my mom's. Now I need to get ready for another long day tomorrow, we are taking the kids to Lake Compounce Amusement Park in CT. I'm sure I'll have some pics to post tomorrow night.