Princess Party

I know you are shocked that I would let my kiddos attend a Princess Party and that I would go with them!  BUT I DID!!  We had a great time.  Friends of ours gave us tickets to attend and when she heard that my mom was here she gave me an extra ticket so all of the girls could go!  HOW FUN!  It was great just having the time together. 

We ate a yummy breakfast provided by Panera… (I had a yummy pastry with chocolate inside!)

                 

Then we explored the crafts – coloring on a cardboard house (this is the ONLY time they may color on the walls!)

                                    

             

Making picture frames in the shape of crowns

             

Decorating princess hats….

                  

Oh, Hannah!

                     

                                         

Hannah, what ARE you doing? It looks painful!

They even got their nails painted! 

                        

                        

SISTERS ARE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!

Dancing on the Dance Floor before we left… boy, do they have some cool moves!

                        

                         

Leaving the Party with Nanna… we were tired from all of that fun!

By the way, we did see princesses there as well, but we didn’t stand in line for 30 minutes to get pictures with them.  We also had tickets to get their hair curled, but we didn’t stand in that line either… it was taking 45+ minutes!  We had plenty of fun with the things that we did do… we didn’t need those other things.  Thank you, Rebecca for giving us tickets!!!!!!!!

Watch out!!!!!

PopPop and MomMom got Gracie some roller skates, but we have been hesitant to have her try them.  Danny was the brave one who had the time to do it with just her and suit her up with all of the pads and her helmet.  She was a true champ and LOVED the whole thing!  WATCH OUT, though!  She isn’t too good at steering, yet! 

Grace – ready for the adventure….

She felt like Wonder Red on Super Why….

                        

Oops!  There were a few little slips…we are thankful that she had knee and elbow pads.  She told us that she felt like Franklin in the book where he learns to ride a bike with no training wheels.  What a girl!

Pumpkin Patch time

While mom was here we had a blast at Howell’s Pumpkin Patch.  It was the day before the kids were supposed to start coming for field trips, so we were blessed with so much of the place to ourselves!  YEAH!  Here are the highlights of our day:

Looking at the animals

                                    

Our Nanna Banana

                                                 

On the horse swing…. daddy pushed them WAY higher than I was comfortable with!

                                        

My Pumpkin Girls

                   

Having fun in the wet wheelbarrow with daddy

                  

They had a really fun corn pit with billions of hard kernels of corn.  The kids loved playing in it – so did Danny and I…

                 

                                    

These Iowa kids like tractors!

                                     

                  

The HUGE tunnel slide was fun too!

                   

Climbing with Daddy on the Hay Bales… Danny being Danny

                   

What a crazy bunch!

                 

In the corn maze… looking at the maize!

                                        

On the wagon ride back to the van….

                                        

                   

Silly Kids!!!