Weekend Home

We went back home to visit family and friends this past weekend and had a pretty good time. Jake was able to get together with his uncle Adam and ride a horse named 'Nick' on Saturday afternoon. We hung out over at Jay's parent's house with his brother Ben and his wife Lindsey and his sister Leslie on Sat. night. It had been about 4 months since I'd seen my parents so we had lunch over there Sunday afternoon. It was great to see everyone and we shouldn't wait so long to do it again!

Downtown Halloween

We went to the downtown area where they had their annual Halloween festivities. They had trick-or-treating, a petting zoo, live music, a costume parade, a costume contest, games and prizes. The kids loved dressing up and getting candy and we liked watching them have fun. It was a little windy but nothing to stop us from having our fun and doing all the activities. Jake was a black ninja and Olivia was a fairy princess compliments of grandma. Thanks!

Boo at the Zoo

We have gone to Boo at the Brookfield Zoo since we have lived here. Jake loves going and Olivia loved going this year as well (now that she's old enough to enjoy it). They went through a hay maze, rode in a play car, saw pumpkin carving, made a scarecrow (which Jake said looked like Jay), saw the animals and of course, got a goodie bag on the way out. Can't wait to do it again next year!

Princess Olivia

Olivia has been so much fun lately! She loves to put on these dress-up clothes that grandma gave her and parade around like a princess. She loves reading books and is always bringing them to us to read to her. She will sit for a long time listening to stories. She has also discovered the joy of watching Blue's Clues. If you mention Blue or Blue's Clues, she'll get a big smile on her face and run to the tv waiting for it to come on. We go for walks outside almost every day and she loves pointing out the birds and dogs that go by and saying their names. But most of all she loves it when dad and Jake come home from school and she'll run up to them and give them the biggest hugs!

First day of school

Since we didn't have the internet when Jake started school, I didn't get to post his first day of school picture. He loves being in first grade. He's in the same class as his best buddy, he has gym everyday and his backpack is really similar to dad's backpack. School couldn't be better for him! He is reading and writing very well (thanks to all day kindergarten and lots of practice at home) and we're really proud of him!

Wisconsin Dells

We decided that our family needed a little vacation to unwind and have fun so we went to the Dells. We stayed at the Kalahari resort where they claim to have the largest indoor water park and we weren't disappointed. There were fun things to do for every age group and we all had a blast! Jake is the perfect height to go on just about everything and many of them by himself. There were a few kiddie areas for Olivia to play and have fun where the water wasn't very deep. We spent two days in the water park and one night in a royal two room family suite (that they upgraded for us with no extra charge) and since the Dells are a three hour drive from us, we were pretty tired when we got home. We all had fun and we'd definitely go again!

no internet service

So we haven't had internet service on our main computer since we've moved. We've only had it on Jay's laptop and my pictures are on our main computer. This is why I haven't blog for the last month but I'm tired of feeling like a slacker so here I am doing the best that I can. We've actually done some fun stuff and I'll start out with our trip to Warren Dunes state park in Michigan. We went near the end of August and we all had a great time. Olivia did much better then I thought she would. She loved sitting on the beach where the tide comes in, playing in the sand. Jake just loved swimming, especially under water. We all climbed the big sand dune (Jake actually ran up it) and enjoyed the view.