Awe Shucks

Fall is here and the kids are getting so excited about Halloween. We headed into Monroe to Awe Shucks Farm. They had tons for the kids to do...a corn maze, a hay ride, a tree house with a cool slide, a pony ride (we missed out on the pony because she was too tired from the rides all day), farm animals, lasso practice (Tommy tried to lasso the kids and me...he got Ashlyn a couple of times), horseshoes, fishing lake, pumpkin patch, duck racing (not real ducks...rubber ones that move through a chute when you pump water into it), and hay jumping. Ashlyn didn't want to leave and would love to go back again.

Chuck E Cheese

"Thanks PaPa for coming to my party!"

Brady's favorite game, Skee Ball...he is really good at it. But watch out, he throws overhand.

Another favorite, basketball.

Brady and Chuck E.

We went to one of Brady's favorite places for his 3rd birthday...Chuck E Cheeses. He was so excited that he told everyone that he saw that he was having his birthday party at Chuck E Cheeses. Even when we were at Disney World on Ashlyn's birthday...people would wish her a happy birthday when seeing her birthday pin, and Brady would chime in, "my having my birthday party at Chuck E Cheeses".

We invited all of his friends, mostly girls...such a stud already. I think there were only two boys besides Brady...his friend Dylan couldn't make it. Brady played all the games and won lots of tickets which he used to get two hand held rocket launchers...one for him and one for Sissy.

When it was time to leave to get Ashlyn from the bus stop...oh I forgot to mention, Ashlyn was in school that day, she was not happy about missing it. I told her that I would take her on her day off in October. Anyway, Brady didn't want to leave; as you can see from the pictures, he was having way too much fun.

Happy 6th Birthday Ashlyn

When we got home from Disney that Sunday, Tommy snuck out and went up to her school to paint the rock. The next morning she was so surprised to see it.

This year we told Ashlyn that she could have a sleepover party for her birthday and invite 4 girls. She was so excited, she started to think about what friends she wanted to invite. I told her to limit it to just girls, not for any other reason than the list would be too long. She decided on Evelyn, Kayley, Kylie, and Emma. As soon as we set the date and sent out the invitations, she started counting down the days. We almost had to reschedule it when she came home from school on the Wednesday before the party with 102 fever. Thankfully she quickly recovered, as she always does, and was fever free the next day. We did kept her home from school to rest the next day.

When the day finally came to have the party, the Gators were playing Tennessee...meaning Tommy was out of commission until the game was over. So I had first shift...5 to 7. We did a craft (fairy sun catchers...there was a Tinkerbell theme), played musical chairs, ate pizza, ran around upstairs and downstairs, then had cake. Talk about short attention spans. Each activity only lasted at most 10 minutes. After cake, Ashlyn opened presents then finally it was movie time...Barbie and the Three Musketeers. The girls got in their pj's, I popped some popcorn and they settled in the bonus room. All was quiet...time for me to relax. After the movie was over they played and played and played. Time to watch another movie to get ready to sleep...yeah right. Ashlyn was actually tired and was the first to lay down...probably still not 100% after being sick. The others kept playing. When all was said and done, Ashlyn and Kayley were the first asleep by 10:30, where the others were up passed the movie until 11:15. I was exhausted.

6:45...rise and shine. Dunkin' Donuts for breakfast, play some Wii, then the party was over. Definitely a time to remember for us all.