Rose Turns 3 and Celebrates with Rainbows

 Rose's rainbow party was so much fun. We had rainbow food, rainbow crafts, and lots and lots of laughter with good friends.

 

 

 

 

 

Presents!

These kids are excited for CAKE!

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday to you, sweet Rose!

Sunflower Farm

This fall we discovered an amazing and magical place called Sunflower Farm in Longmont. It is a working farm with activities available for kids and their families during select times throughout the year.

 

Love it!

 We met friends at the farm, and our first stop was at the corn house (a shed full of corn that the kids can dig in and take by the handful to feed the goats). While us moms fed our babies, Emily made friends with the goats and Addie had a blast playing in the corn house.

Emily poses with her new goat friends

BFFs :)

 

Mom, it's like a house-sized bean bin! :)

Next, it was over to the pony for a RIDE!

While the thought of riding a pony was super exciting, Addie was perhaps even MORE excited to put on a helmet!

 

The excitement was contagious, and Elizabeth was buzzing!

Ear to ear grins

After the pony ride, we found a great spot for a little picnic lunch. We had a few curious hen visitors.

 

Elizabeth chats it up with her buddies

 When the kids were finished eating, they went to explore a hay maze nearby, and found a little clutch of eggs. If you look closely, you'll see the little mouse we got to watch scurrying around the eggs.

 

Soap on a rope!

Hello baby chick!

The girls had such a great time, and I had so much fun watching them!

All tuckered out!

Hicks Dinner

The second Tuesday of each month brings with it the excitement of dinner with Grandpa, BG, Dyl, Brit, Cal and Anno. While it's a great chance for all of us adults to catch up on life, it's also so much fun to watch the cousins get together and play.

 

Girls Girls Girls!

 After dinner on this particular Tuesday, we came inside for a little dance party fun. Emily and Addison wanted to show Grandpa their newest ballerina moves. Our current favorite dance music came to us from Dee Dee, it's a Disney princess CD, and it has become known in our house as "Ballerina Songs."

Elizabeth dances with Grandpa

 The dancing eventually evolved into gymnastics, and Callie helped the girls invent this couch game, which has not been forgotten and is still a favorite around here. I always know it's coming when I'm asked to move the coffee table so someone can "play couch."

 

Annalea was quite entertained by this game

 

 

You'll get to dance and play soon, Elizabeth!

A Few Fun Things

OOBLECK! Who knew cornstarch, water, and food coloring could be this much fun?

 

Ahhh! Ariel's drowning in slime!

 Bean Bins! These are great "indoor sandboxes" for Emily and Addison. They can scoop, pour, bury things, and dig.

Halloween inspired snacks. The month of October brought a lot of Halloween excitement. These pumpkins and ghosts became favorite snacks all month long.

 

 

 

 

Afternoon Tea

When the girls were about four months old, I made Emily a little tea cup for future tea parties. (Click here for a flashback). About a year later, I made one for Addie. Now that the girls are old enough, I brought the cups out so we could have a little tea party.

 

Addie's cup has a little monkey in it

Emily's cup has a little kitty in it

This is the cup that inspired me to put little creatures inside Emily and Addison's cups. It was given to me when I was a little girl, and there's a little bird inside!

 This reminds me, I'll need to visit Crackpots again soon so I can make a tea cup for Elizabeth. I wonder who will be hiding in her cup?