Hallopalooza at Kings Island

These are just a couple random pictures first.  I walked past Haleigh’s room and she and James were just sitting there reading books.  So sweet.  The picture of me and him is when I took him on a date to eat pancakes.  :)

It was a beautiful day to go hang out at Kings Island.  They had all of their Halloween stuff up.  So fun.  We let the kids get their faces painted!!  They loved this!

And they really loved riding the ponies!!

…and the tractors!

This was just craziness.  The kids went into this wide box and they had two big chutes where they were just pushing out mass quantities of bubbles. Haleigh went straight for the chute.  Let’s just say she didn’t come out dry!! Nor did James.  They had fun.  As did all of the other kids that were running around in there.  They were making everyone get out as we were leaving…someone apparently lost a shoe.  lol

Great day with the fam!

Blooms And Berries

Our favorite time of year and one of our favorite places to go for some fall fun…Blooms and Berries!! 

Spaghetti Sauce

This trip to WV.  Haleigh doubled over and had a nap. 

She HAD to paint someone’s nails.  Maw was the first client.

The spag sauce begins…cooking down the tomatoes and cutting up the yummy veggies to add to it.

 

The panoramic view of the bakery.

Working the sieve here…mom was cranking old school style with Granny’s (my great grandma) sieve.  the other one is much easier to use!

The kids got to help add the spices and oil. 

Thanks goodness for the big ol mixer. Makes mixing 44 pints of sauce much easier.

 

The kids carved a pumpkin.  Haleigh drew it on and we carved it exactly how she drew it. 

Clearly the kids were pooped after the trip.  they were both asleep within 30 minutes of the ride back to Ohio.  Chris got Haleigh’s casts all fancied up for her. 

These were from the cooking class the kids today!  They LOVED it!!  They made cheesy potato soup and apple blossoms.  The actually ate the soup. 

Sleeping beauties

Love these pictures of Jamesy laughing.  He was really cracking up.

 

Chris put lots of labor into planting these tulips.  Our ground is pretty hard, ok—really hard---so it took a long time for him to do this.  I think the results will be stunning this spring when they are all in full bloom.

These little sneakers—in our room every night.  This is what Chris walked in to the other night.  How sweet is that?!  All cuddled up!!