Tuesday, October 15, 2013

weekend goodness ...

mmm... i love the weekends even when it seems like nothing epic happens or as charlie says 'i feel like i'm living the same story over and over again'.  basically he means that cleaning and laundry get old.  i agree but i also love that feeling at the end of the weekend when everything is 'done'.  charlie took avery to gymnastics on saturday like usual but then they went straight to the grocery store and shopped for the week.  since that's usually my task i can assure you that was greatly appreciated.  i got all of my cleaning done on saturday morning when they were gone and then we spent the rest of the day hanging out with avery and enjoying that sweet naptime that i never used to get.  

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henry helped us and then we forgot that he was outside with us.  good thing there weren't any good rabbits for him to chase.

charlie got her when she woke up from her nap and they headed outside to put up some halloween decorations.  nothing crazy but we're actually acknowledging halloween this year.  i'm really more of a fall versus halloween decoration fan but if charlie had his way he would deck the house out for halloween.  i'm not really into the whole scary theme so we picked a few tame options.  i think if it were up to him we'd have a fog machine and dangling corpses all over the house. 

later in the afternoon we headed over to anderson farm for some fall fun.  i wasn't expecting much but we were meeting some friends there and i figured at the very least they would have a few animals that would entertain avery.  but the place was awesome!  it was sorta expensive to get in at $12 an adult (avery was free) but it was all decked out.  they had a bunch of chickens, birds, and roosters which avery was pretty impressed with.  she spent a lot of time talking to that rooster.  they also had goats which she really likes.  there were a bunch of corn mazes, although we only did the really short one for kids.  there was also barrel train rides, hayrides, a kids play area, pumpkin launching, and of course pumpkin picking.  we didn't end up picking anything since we had already gone last weekend but avery really liked the play area even though i thought a few of the bigger kids were being really obnoxious.  she also really liked the barrel train that she rode with charlie and the other small hayride.  basically she had a lot of fun and we'll definitely be coming back next year.

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sunday started off with pancakes.  mmmm.


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she likes for us to dip her pancakes in syrup and occasionally mixed up syrup with salsa.  so we get the request of "mommy, dip in salsa".


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this is her latest trick that charlie taught her called "big smile"

we spent sunday hanging around the house and getting a few things done.  we watched the broncos game in the afternoon and then avery and i walked to the playground while charlie cooked dinner (two meals in one day!  i could get used to that).  and avery refused to eat dinner until charlie suggested putting ketchup on it and then she cleaned her plate off.

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she climbed up here on her own and then said "mommy, look at me!".  i know she's my kid but i cannot get over how adorable she is some times.  apparently gymnastics is paying off since she's a little more willing to climb all over things without my help these days.  

i love weekends with my crew and i'm especially loving this time of year.  all the leaves are changing, avery's wearing footed pajamas, and it's the perfect weather to get outside without coats and hats.  i think next weekend we have plans to carve pumpkins and make rice balls.    

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