Fall Fun: Apple Picking!

Today we went Apple picking with some of our "Mommies Gone Wild" friends.

It was a beautiful day! It was warm and almost still felt like summer. It's hard to believe that winter is right around the corner!

We had a great time apple picking and got a bunch of apples to take home. 

We picked 4 pounds of my absolute favorite apple in the whole wide world....HONEYCRISP!

Evan loved picking the apples off the trees and of course off the ground. He would pick an apple, take a bite then throw it and repeat. He also loved walking through all the mud too :(

It was hard to take pictures today while holding Connor, watching Evan, picking apples, watching Evan, picking more apples and of course still watching Evan (I'm sure you get the idea...lol)!

Here are a few pictures that I did manage to get...

Yummy!!!

Evan not wanting his picture taken...

 Notice he has an apple in each hand and the bite marks on the apples...

 My failed attempt at a "Mommy and Connor" pic...

On Sunday we are going to a Corn Maze with some of our "Mommies Gone Wild" families...

So stay tuned for more "Fall Fun" pictures from that!

Springdale Farms!

Last week, some of the "Mommies Gone Wild" gang, the boys and I took a ride to Springdale Farms.

Evan and the rest of the kiddos had a blast. Evan really enjoyed the petting zoo.

He was really excited to pet all the goats and unfortunately pick up their "droppings" to show me.

YUCK!

We plan on going back this weekend, so that Daddy can enjoy it too.

I LOVE this picture...the goat and Evan are looking at each other!!!

Of course...we need a cute picture of Connor!

A Piece of Cake

Last Friday (9/3) I decided to have a playdate at my house for my "Mommies Gone Wild" playgroup. I'll admit...I am a dork and I LOVE to have themed playdates! It was 2 days before Evan's half birthday...so I thought..."Half Birthday Party Playdate!"

I figured I'd make a big cake for the mommies and kiddos, have Happy Birthday plates, etc. Even write "Happy Half Birthday Evan" on the cake...I was excited and thinking that I am quite a "Cool Mommy" for doing this!

I decided to make the cake in the morning, so it would be nice and fresh! I baked it right after breakfast and as soon as it was done, I set it on the counter to cool. 

Dave was outside mowing the lawn (he had off from work) and I figured I'd take a quick shower and get dressed. Connor was napping and Evan was watching Curious George. So, I jumped in the shower fast and then checked on the boys as soon as I got out...everyone was still in the same spot.

 I then started to brush my teeth and noticed Evan was running up and down the hallway all excited. I didn't think much of it at the time because he usually does this when he sees Dave outside mowing the grass.

So, I started to do my hair and noticed Evan has crumbs on his face as he was running by.

 So I start to ask Evan what he is eating and he runs to the kitchen. I run after him and watch in horror as he shoves handfuls of cake into his mouth!

I send Evan to his room and I call Dave into the house.

I'll be completely honest...I was mad...but Dave and I laughed our heads off!!!!

Not in front of Evan of course :)

The cake was totally ruined and I had to serve popsicles instead.

There will be no half birthday celebration next year.

Check out the pictures below, but you really had to see it in person!

Notice the chair pushed right up to the counter?

A Picnic and Playground Play!

 Yesterday the boys and I along with our "Mommies Gone Wild" friends, ventured out to a new playground and spray park. The kiddos ran around and played in the playground....they were pooped! Then we sat and enjoyed a picnic lunch. It was such a nice day out and the play park was awesome!!!!
We will defiantly take Daddy here this weekend to check it out!

Here is a picture of Connor and Mommy chillin' in the shade....

I'm not very happy with this picture of me, but...boy...is Connor a cutie!!!

Here's Evan laying on the blanket enjoying his peanut butter sandwich...

Evan was a "hot mess"! All this kid does is sweat...well he doesn't sit still EVER, so maybe that's why!

Thanks Tracy for telling us about this great park!!!

Color Me "Mommy"

A few weeks ago, I had a Mommy's Night Out at a local "Color Me Mine" store. For those of you not familiar with it...you pick out a piece of pottery and paint it to take home.

I had been wanting to try this place out for the longest time and I am SO GLAD that I did!

It's my new favorite place. It was a lot of fun especially painting with a group of other mommies and Aunt Lindsay too.

I wanted to start out painting something simple because the only type of paints that I have touched in a while, has been fingerpaints. I choose a small platter and I am pretty happy how it turned out.

What do you think?

Before being glazed and fired...

After...

I didn't think it was too bad for my first time. I'm going to go again in a few weeks and I can't wait!

I think I'm going to try to do a mug or vase this time.

I can't wait until Evan and Connor can go there and paint with me!

I think it will be a while though...especially with Evan :)

Evan Goes BANANAS!

Yesterday morning as I was in the kitchen getting ready for a "Mommies Gone Wild" play date, Evan asked me for a banana. I didn't think twice about it...he eats at least 2 bananas a day, more if I would let him.

He quickly starts to eat it while walking back to his room to play.

I'm then standing at the sink cutting up some strawberries and Evan hands me one of his "Thomas and Friends" trains and says,  "Mommy, wash it". I take the train and notice that it's totally covered in mushed banana!!!

Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!, I think to myself :) "Evan, where's the rest of the banana?", I say to him.

He runs into his room and I follow.

This is what I find...

You are looking at 3 of Evan's "Thomas and Friends" Trains lined up in mushed banana.

Evan even stuck the "Dole" banana sticker on top of Thomas.

So, maybe I'm not your typical Mom, but my first reaction was to laugh and then run and get the camera to take a picture of this.

No trains were harmed and everyone (and trains) involved received a bath afterwards.

Shortly after the "Train Wreck" (sorry I had to..lol), our "Mommies Gone Wild" friends came over for some food and fun!

We asked all our friends to bring over their favorite fruit to share. Evan and I provided strawberries, for 2 reasons. 1-They were on sale and 2-They are Evan's new favorite fruit. BUT the funny thing is, he doesn't call them Strawberries. He calls them blueberries.

Anyways, we cut up all the fruit and made a really big fruit salad to share.

It was the best fruit salad I have ever had!

Except for some reason I didn't have an appetite for the bananas...I wonder why? :)

Where have we been?.......BUSY!!!

Sorry for my lack of posting in the last week. We have been really busy lately.

Let's see...I'll start "recaping" from last Thursday.

Thursday, Evan and I made cupcakes for Daddy to bring into work. Evan is really into helping me bake lately, so I have been baking more than usual. Dave and Evan are loving all the sweets, but my waistline isn't!

Here are pictures of Evan mixing the batter.

He needs to sample everything he makes too :)

Friday was National Donut Day and what better way to celebrate...Dunkin Donuts and Friends!

We got together with our "Mommies Gone Wild" friends and a few dozen donuts and had some fun in the backyard.

In the picture above, I broke out some playdough that Evan had got for his birthday.

 Evan looks like a  "Vegas Dealer" passing out the "dough" to his friends.

"Changing Playdough" :)

Friday night, we went out to dinner for the first time as a family of 4.

Everything went really well!

Evan behaved himself and stayed busy with all the crayons and activites that I brought with us. As for Connor, he slept the entire time, but decided to wake up as soon as I got my dinner...figures, right?

Saturday morning, we had  A TON of errands to run and then had a birthday party to go to in the late afternoon.

(I forgot to take pictures on this day)