Fall Festival, Uncle Billy and Aunt Donya and Yaddo Gardens

This weekend we headed to West Mountain for their fall festival. The weather was drizzly but it kept the crowds away! We rode a "haunted hayride", the kids bounced in some bounce houses and we took our first family scenic chairlift ride. There was a wait to get down from the top of the mountain, but it forced us to take a hike and we ended up at a scenic overlook called the Crow's Nest with a beautiful view.

Late that evening Uncle Billy and Aunt Donya drove up from Long Island to visit. The girls were sleeping when they arrived. Yesterday we went to church, ate at Five Points Deli, played outside and ended the day with a ghost tour of the Yaddo Gardens.

Ellms and Kite Flying

Today was our first (and only?) trip to Ellm's Family Farm this year. We were lucky to have beautiful weather, and while the farm was full of field trips we surprisingly were able to do many of the activities with hardly any crowds! We had so much fun we stayed from opening to closing.

Of course, they close early on the weekdays so we still had plenty of time to play in the afternoon (though I was ready for a nap!). MiniM.E. saw the wind and suggested a trip to the field by our house to fly a kite. I was impressed that we even got it up, but according to MiniM.E. and LittleL.G. I am a "terrible kite flyer." Guess we'll leave the kite flying to Daddy from now on.

Tubtime and Kitty Cuddles

Fun Friday

Started out our fun Friday at the playground

Had Tae Kwon Do and stopped for a special Mommy-kids dinner since Daddy is out of town. Way too much fun with food tonight.

Hanging Around

a little basketball before dance

sibling playmat time

dancing through the park

Natural Stone Bridge and Caves

Today we took an impromptu field trip to the Natural Stone Bridge and Caves because our library yoga class was cancelled. Also, what better place to be on a 90 degree day than in a cave? It wasn't quite as much "in a cave" as I planned (so we were definitely more hot and sweaty than I would have liked) but it was an awesome place to visit. We took some friends and everyone enjoyed the walk and the sights. They had a scavenger hunt for kids which a few of them were really into, and for the most part (with the exception of a much too steep rock staircase) it was a walk that two of us moms did with babies and that the 2 & 3 year olds could navigate on foot. Totally worth it and doable!!

And of course, we had to stop for ice cream on the way home!