Farm Day

Today was Farm Day at Izzy's preschool. Families were all invited to attend. There was a pony-ride, lots of animals to play with, a tractor to climb on, pumpkins to decorate, face-painting, etc, etc. It was a gorgeous day - clear and sunny - although quite chilly, it's not supposed to get out of the 40's today. Today was actually the first day we had to break out the winter jackets.

Izzy on her first pony ride! She did great and loved it.

Zach loved the bunnies.

Emily chasing goats.

They each got their faces painted - Izzy chose a dinosaur, Emily a heart and Zach got a pumpkin.

Before we went inside, we did a quick hoe-down!

The grand finale was a pinata. Each child got 3 swings with the bat. This was one tough pinata - 3 dads took serious swings and couldn't crack it. We finally just had one father tear it open with his bare hands.

Izzy's teacher Miss Kelley helped Emily.

Little Blessings 3-year-old Class

Here's Izzy's preschool class pictures. These are beyond priceless! The first is probably the best group picture.

This picture is a classic simply because of the little boy in the middle! =)

Kids

Here's a couple random recent pics of the kids.

While at Mohegan Sun last night, we couldn't pass by a Krispy Kreme shop without picking up some doughnuts.

Watching the fire! They're fascinated by it.

On a hayride yesterday.

Mommy, daddy and Zach on the hayride.

Capron Zoo

Today was Grandpa's last day with us, so we spent the day at the little Capron Zoo here in town. It was a gorgeous day, absolutely perfect weather - clear, sunny, high 60's. Here's Zach checking out the lions.

This is our famous White Lion, Ramses. He's actually in this week's People Magazine, if you can believe it.

We spent 4 HOURS walking around checking out animals.


Of course, we had to make 2 trips to the feeding pen to feed the goats and llamas.



Taking a ride while we stopped for some lunch.



This bird flew OUT of the exhibit and right over the top of the kids heads. It freaked them out, but they loved it.

Notice the small bird at the bottom of the glass - it's outside the exhibit and Izzy is trying to catch it.

Pumpkin Patch

After flying all day yesterday out to visit us from Oregon, we took Grandpa to Ward's Berry Farm to go pumpkin picking.

Here's Z&E riding in the wagon out to the patch.

"I think I can lift it!"

Picking out pumpkins with Grandpa.


"Look how many we got!"

Helping daddy push them back to the car.

Since it's a working farm, of course we had to go feed the animals.



Trying to catch a chicken.

The farm has a huge hay pile for climbing and jumping. Since they know kids WILL jump, the ground is padded with loose hay for them to land in. Here goes our leaping lizard!

...flying through the air.

Jumping with some help.

"Catch!"

"We made it to the top!"

Riding the horse swings.

As a reminder - here's the link to the post from LAST year at this pumpkin patch - check out how much they've changed in what they do on the hay bales - from sitting and throwing hay, to throwing themselves off the hay. What a difference a year makes!

http://introne.blogspot.com/2007/10/hayride-at-pumpkin-patch.html