Dewberry Farms

Last Sunday, October 30th, Nick & I took the kids to Dewberry Farms. It's in Brookshire, TX which is about a 45 minute drive from our house. There are lots & lots of fun things for the whole family to enjoy!

Upon arriving, the first thing we did was walk through the barn & look at all the animals! I'm sure you know who wanted to do this first!!!!

Addy & Nick looking at the goats.

chickens

sheep

Alex hanging on the fence while looking at the sheep. (He is all boy!)

baby chicks

Then we went to the duck pond. They swam right up to us!

I like his speckled head.

This is Serengeti. He is Addy's class pet at school. It was Addy's turn to bring Serengeti home for the weekend & so he went to Dewberry Farms with us. He had lots of fun!

Serengeti & Addy taking a picture.

Alex

Addy as the bus driver is checking on all of her students! & Alex will probably really hang out the window like this if he ever rides on a school bus!

About this time, Britany, Keith & Clay arrived & we walked out to the corn maze & navigated our way through it. (It wasn't very hard, btw)

Alex & Clay discussing which way to go, lol!

The drought (or maybe animals) seemed to have done some damage to the corn :(

Next we let the kids play in the flower patch. Sadly, a lot of the flowers were dead because of our horrible dry summer.

Alex picked a flower for Serengeti.

Clay

Britany & Clay

After the flower patch, we walked over to the pumpkin patch.

I tried to get a picture of both the kids (& Serengeti), but they wouldn't sit still long enough!

counting the pumpkins

At this point, both Nick & I were both pretty disappointed in Dewberry Farms. We had never been before & we were expecting a lot more. Alex really wanted to slide & play, so we walked over to the play area & our thoughts about Dewberry Farms changed! There are a ton of outdoor toys for the kids to play on that were a lot of fun.

Going down the Roller Slide

The Black Mamba tube swing

Corn Ball -this was Alex's FAVORITE!!! He wanted to do it over & over & over!

 You climb up on a bale of hay & jump off on a big bouncy ball that looks like a piece of corn.

Kidilla Hopper

Riding the train

Halloween Party

Saturday afternoon we went to a church Halloween party with mom & dad.

Addy was Dora the Explorer & Alex was Diego. (Even though Kelci asked why Alex didn't dress up!) 

The kids played some games, 

did the cake walk

 & Addy rode in the Grave Digger.

We missed the trunk or treating though because I wanted to get home before it got dark.

 As we were getting in the car, Alex said "Mommy, I do want one of those yummy hot dogs!"

Lol. I love how my boy talks!

And here are some pictures of CiCi, PopPop, Kelci, Jeff, Peyton & Chloe from the party...

Up & Coming

Maryse's high school, Ridge Point, does not have a senior class since it is only in its 2nd year. So instead of having homecoming this year, they had 'Up & Coming.' (Basically the same thing, just with a different name!)

There was a different theme every day last week to dress up at school. The weekend before Up & Coming, one of Maryse's friends from Vidor was in a tragic accident & passed away. Because of that, she did not feel very festive on Monday & did not participate in dressing up for 'Hillbilly Day'. Tuesday was 'Battle of the Classes' where each grade wore a different color. Maryse is a sophomore (crazy, I know!!!) and they wore green. She was starting to feel a little better & so she did participate by wearing a green shirt.  And I think she began to see just how involved some of the other kids got in dressing up & so she wanted to participate even more.

I took her shopping Tuesday afternoon so we could make her an outfit for 'ABC - Anything But Clothes' Day. (Of course, they had to have clothes underneath!) We bought a couple rolls of leopard print duct tape & wrapped a shirt in it. On Wednesday ,she wore the shirt with some black leggings, blue jean shorts & boots & then put a black wrap shirt around the top. It looked kind of like a leather shirt. It turned out so cute!!

Thursday was Purple Pride day. Maryse wore her purple Panthers shirt, a purple bandana (or washcloth as one of her friends calls it) & painted a purple paw print on her cheek. Thursday night was the Up & Coming JV football game. I dropped her & Bailey (her friend, not the cat) off at the game & they met some more friends up there.

(Yes, there is an empty picture frame hanging on my wall! Alex threw a ball & broke the glass & I still haven't replaced it!)

Friday was Neon Day. I made Maryse a shirt from a neon iron on that I bought at Hobby Lobby. She wore the shirt with a green bandana, neon rainbow earrings & sprayed her hair with red, orange & blue glittery hair paint. I also bought her a neon blue feather boa & she wrapped it around her backpack. She looked really great & she said she got lots of compliments on her hair!

And Saturday night was the big Up & Coming dance. Maryse & Bailey got ready here at our house & both looked beautiful! Bailey's boyfriend Chris picked them up & they went with a group of friends to a hibachi grill in Sugar Land & then to the dance at their high school.

Walk Now for Autism Speaks 2011

First of all I want to give a big THANK YOU to all who donated to  Autism Speaks on behalf of Addy! It was very generous of you & much appreciated! 

Saturday morning, Nick, Addy, Alex & I went to the Autism Awareness Walk at Reliant Park. It was a 2 mile walk around the parking lot of the stadium & it was a beautiful day for it. There were information booths set up, Geoffrey the Giraffe (from Toys R Us) & lots & lots of people! I was very proud to see the number of people who came to show their support for Autism Speaks & more importantly for all the sweet kiddos who are on the spectrum.