The Fall Festival Slide!

Fall Festival

Last week the Moms of Twins Club had their annual fall festival at a local farm. Thomas and Elizabeth had a BLAST!! There was food to eat, an enormous tube slide, a huge sand pile with digging toys, two corn mazes (one for adults and one for children), a hay ride, and lots of other multiples to play with. I thought we would stay for an hour or so....make an appearance. Boy, did I think wrong. David and I had to drag the twins out of there at 7:30! I think we spent one hour on the slide...they couldn't get enough of it. I slid with Elizabeth and was reminded of my age......I almost wet my pants. On the hay ride T and E enjoyed seeing the farm animals and tractors "spitting out dinosaur boogers," (translation: hay bales). The corn maze was a HUGE hit. T and E ran non-stop from dead end to dead end. This was the area where the dragging occurred. On the way home, when asked what their favorite part of the festival was Thomas answered, "the slide and the corn maze," while Elizabeth answered , " the slide with mama, and the pumpkin doughnut."

David and I had just as much fun as the twins. It's amazing to watch their excitement and listen to them talk through and relate their experiences with each other. They are growing up so fast.

Happy Fall!

Last week the twins and I went shopping for pumpkins, pansies, and mums in an effort to get ready for fall. They picked out the mums and the pumpkins while I chose the pansies. T and E loved helping me plant the pansies....they love anything that involves dirt and shovels. This afternoon we carved the pumpkin. They were not thrilled with this task.....digging out the pumpkin pulp was "too yucky," according to Elizabeth.

Happy Fall!!

Elizabeth's First Crush

I know......she is only three....but Elizabeth has experienced her first crush. I enrolled the twins in two "rounds" of swimming lessons this summer. In the early part of the summer I used a really expensive local company who did a fantastic job. I have absolutely no complaints. I wanted to enroll them again toward the end of the summer because they love the water, it's great exercise, and I just wanted to. However, I was hesitant about spending the money. Luckily, one of my dearest friends recommended a young man in her neighborhood who had been swimming competitively for ten years.....something like that. Her little girl absolutely loved him, and thus began Elizabeth's crush on "Coach Ty-yuh" (translation: Coach Tyler). It is now October...she hasn't seen him since July....she still talks about him. Just this week while riding in the car she said, " I yub Coach Ty-yuh, Mommy."

The Pinata!!

I am still playing summer catch-up and had to include these videos from Kai's birthday party. He is one of our favorite friends, and he had an awesome birthday party complete with a pinata full of candy.

Enjoy!

What Did We Do All Summer?!

I know.....I am an awful blogger. I haven't blogged all summer, and there is a good reason for it. We didn't stay in one place for long!! We spent two weeks in Arkansas (heaven!!), a weekend in Isle of Palms/Charleston, a weekend in Hilton Head, another weekend in Charleston, and then a family vacation for a week. In addition to our travels we also had swim lessons, birthday parties, splash park outings, blueberry picking, play group outings....you get the idea. Rather than waste your time with words I have included pictures.