Let the fun begin!

Today was the beginning of the costume wearing fun of the next few days...today Sabrina got to wear her costume at dance class and then we went to a Halloween Party at the VanHuis home. Heidi hosted such a fun party for the kids and adults with great food and a candy hunt for the kids! It was so cute to see all the kids dressed up and we actually got a pic of all of them sitting together (except Sophia who was sleeping) and with them all looking! (sadly, the only one of mine that wasnt blurry kinda cuts off Greyson, Jackson and Sam, sorry guys!)



Hunting for loot!



Anabelle lovin her sucker!

Sisses stick together! :)

More fun to come!

Fall Fun

Applesauce

Apple Picking

The other morning, my mom, sister Jamie (who is now a proud fur parent I might add), and the girls and I went out for lunch at Cranes and then apple picking in preparation for applesauce making tommorrow! After lunch we bundled up and hit the orchards for some Ida Reds and Mutzu. The girls really got into it grabbing as many as they could and tossing them into the bag. It was nice that the trees were so full because the girls could easily reach on their own! We couldnt get over how beautiful the Ida reds were, they were huge, red and perfect! Thruthfully, this was the first time I'd ever went and picked my own apples and I would definately do it again. I can't wait to make sauce tommorrow!





Here is a video of Jay and Anabelle picking together. She laughed like this with each apple we picked! TOo funny! Who knew how much fun this would be to her?

Peanut Butter Jelly Sabrina Style

And we're back! For a bit there we had "misplaced" the charger for our camera leaving me without much to blog with! We're back in business now though after a trip to best buy for a new charger! We've been busy with lots of new fall activities that include another semester of Kindermusik and Dance class for Sabrina! Our weeks seem to fly by September totally disappeared! We are looking ahead to some fun fall activites that we'll be sure to post pics of...but for now, heres a video of Sabrina bustin a move to the Peanut Butter Jelly song :)

Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend is always so bittersweet, and this year, it seemed even more so...Its a great long weekend to spend with family and friends, yet its the END to summer...its packing up, picking up, and putting away. Getting geared up for cold weather, falling leaves and schedules again! This summer having been so cool it seemed like a real cruel trick to be taking out the dock and pulling out the boats when its the warmest weekend of the summer! Regardless, we had a really great time up north...
One night we let Sabrina stay out late and go to the rodeo in Mc Bain, she was unsure at first but really came to like it after we explained what was happening: Bucking bronco= is a man on a dancing horse waving to everyone, Steer wrestling= that cowboy is chasing that little cow and hugging him! The only thing that really bugged her was the clown (man with lipstick) who drove a go cart.
Petting one of the horses with poppy.

Anabelle has been teething something wicked and we have found that one of the things that makes her happy is gnawing on apples so she and Sabrina did that alot while we were up north...it gave hours of entertainment


Anabelle spent lots of time on the boat this time up north, she really has begun to love the boat rides with dada and poppy!

We also headed to the Tasty Treat for some ice cream, this was the first time we have Anabelle her own ice cream cone, we had always just given her an empty cone in the past because it was less messy and she never seemed to care....well she cares now :) She was very protective of her cone and loved it, but was very careful only to get one hand messy...she has a little of her daddy in her for sure!
Sabrina got her usual superman and you can see she doesnt really have that "clean gene"! :)
Now on to fall I suppose...I'll be honest I LOVE fall, but I wouldnt mind having a few more weeks of summer this year. We'll have to see I guess!

Hudsonville Fair

SO tonight daddy came home a bit early so we could support some friends at the Lamb Auction at the Hudsonville Fair. It was fun to introduce the kids to that experience...Sabrina was confused by why the man was talking so fast. After the auction, we checked out the 4H barns, the tractor display, a kids show, hit some rides and games, had dinner in the rain. We even introduced Anabelle to cotton candy...she didnt like the texture, but loved the flavor and would reach out of her stroller for more and frantically sign "please!". Overall a fun night. Brad and the girls at the auction. Anabelle often isnt content to sit and ride in her stroller, I happened to have my sling in the car that I used when Anabelle was a newborn and decided it try it out again and it really worked great and Anabelle loved it because she was close to mama! :)
Sabrina hit the train ride all by herself and really liked it!
Sabrina checking out the wheel wells in the John Deere
Anabelle LOVED sitting on the tractors and driving!
It was one of those days to just enjoy the joy of exploring something new through your kids eyes.