Brushy Creek Park

We decided to go take some pictures at Brushy Creek Park. Caden was quite the model this day. He loved posing and smiling. Caroline was not so enthusiastic but we still got some good ones. Here are some of our favorites.

 

 

Caroline was a little cold and would not put her arms down. After about twenty pictures with her hands at her chin, Amy said, "Caroline, if you put your arms down and smile, I'll give you a princess jump rope." Caroline's arms immediately dropped to her side and she started smiling. We quickly snapped several pictures of a smiling Caroline.

 

  

 

 

After the photo shoot, we went to play in the park. Caroline wanted to swing on my lap.

It is harder to swing safely holding a toddler than you might think.

We love Brushy Creek Park and will be back soon for another photo shoot.

Sweet Berry Farm Pumpkin Patch

Last year, we had a lot of fun at the Sweet Berry Farm pumpkin patch. We knew we wanted to go again so we found a weekend and we went to check it out. This year, Grandma was in town so she joined us.

 

The kids were very interested in the goats and were excited about feeding them. Caden went first while Caroline watched.

 

 After watching Caden feed several goats, Caroline decided to try.

 

 

The kids were very excited about riding the tractor train.

 

A family portrait.

Caden was pretty sure he could drive this thing.

 

 

Caroline wanted to pet the horses. They were about ten yards away and Caroline told them to come over so she could pet them. Amazingly, the horses listed and came right over.

 

 Of course, we needed to check out the flowers.

 

 Both Caden and Caroline wanted to pick one flower.

 

We finally made it to the pumpkin area. This year, it was much easier for the kids to lift pumpkins.

 

 

The kids liked climbing on the pumpkins...especially Caden.

 

The kids wanted to go play on the bounce pad. We weren't sure if they would like it but they loved it. Thankfully, there were two pads and almost all the kids played on the other one. For most of the time, there were only two other kids on Caden and Caroline's pad.

 

 

 

The kids loved running across the pad. The little girl by Caroline thought Caroline was cool. She followed Caroline all around and mimicked her the best she could.

Caroline had several big spills but they never phased her.

 

 

We had even more fun at the pumpkin patch than we did last year. I can't wait to go again next year.

First Time Bowling

A couple months ago, we took the kids bowling. Caden loved it but Caroline wasn't sure what to think.

Caden loved doing everything himself. He would have done this over and over (without taking turns) if we let him.

Their first score ever. They did pretty much everything themselves (though Caden did bowl a number of Caroline's frames).

Day Out With Thomas the Train

For the kids birthday, Grammie and Poppa bought the entire family tickets to "Day Out with Thomas." We got up early and drove to Burnet, TX to spend the day with Thomas.

It was a little rainy when we first got there, but that didn't stop the fun. We went to the tented area where we played with trains, got Thomas tattoos, and did some art projects.

 

 

 

When the rain let up, we went and took pictures with Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt.

 

 

 

 Grammie bought the twins Thomas umbrellas to help keep them dry.

 

Finally, it was our turn to ride the train. Caroline wanted to ride with Poppa.

 And Caden wanted to ride with Grammie.

 It is time to get our tickets checked.

 

 

Caden loved the ride and frequently put his head out the window. You can't see it in this picture, but Grammie was holding onto his waste tightly with two hands. :)

 

 Caroline liked the window as well.

 

 We had a lot of fun riding on Thomas.

 

 

 

 

We had a lot of fun on our day out with Thomas. The kids still talk about it. Every time we pass train tracks, Caden talks about Thomas and Burnet.