Backyard Camp Out

We had a camp theme - end of summer playdate in the backyard. While no s'mores (I was too nervous to light up the fire pit) I did borrow my neighbors huge tent ~ thanks again Dawn!

We sang camp songs, made a 'camp craft', brought out the playdoh and had an impromptu pizza party in the basement. The kids had fun - even the big kids like me.

Apple Pizza Day

Picked Chase up from preschool today and he was excited to tell me... "Guess what mom we made Apple Pizza today! Can we make it at home?" ... "Maybe - what's the recipe?"

"Ok here goes. First you do a biscuit and smaaasssssh it in the front. Flip it over and smaaasssh it in the back. Add some cinnamon. Chop apples into little pieces and spinkle over pizza. Put it in the oven and go play outside. That's it. Then you play outside again. It tastes yummy mom and very awesome .. you'll like it a lot!"

I always look for recipes with "go play outside" don't you? (ha-ha) We're suppose to go apple picking this weekend at Eckerts with Angie & Steve. Now we have something delish to make when we get back.

Faust Park Festival

These were taken at Faust Park during their Folk & Arts Festival. They opened up the historic homes in the village and we got to tour them. Chase was like a sponge and seemed eager to learn about the old days. We went inside a T-P, churned butter, wrote our names with feather and ink, saw a blacksmith working in the barn, and met a gypsy. The playground and free carousel rides were the main highlights ofcourse...ha. It was a fun afternoon.

Fall Party

This was Reece's first Halloween Party...ha. Our moms group has one each year and all the kiddies dress up. I have a costume for her but it was too hot to wear that day. Chase in his spiderman attire was running around the whole time and very excited to be there.

On top of spaghetti all covered was ME

This was Reece's first taste of spaghetti. I was going to cut it up and help feed it to her but decided to give her the bowl to have fun with instead... and that she did! Spaghetti - Spaghetti everywhere Spaghetti... in her diaper, ears, you name it. It was really cute.