Where Are the Apples?

 

Hey Everybody!  Ellen Here!

 

Linden has been having so much fun at preschool and is just too tired to blog tonight, so it is my turn!

 

We have had some great Fall weather here and Mama and Daddy are making sure we are enjoying every minute of it.  Last weekend they took us to the Apple Orchard!

 

This is technically my 2nd trip to the apple orchard, but I was pretty little last year.  None the less, I was expecting more apples.  Instead, we got to play, Play, PLAY! 

 

The first thing we got to do was jump on a REALLY huge jumper!  It was so big that Daddy had to help me up!  

It was a lot of fun running around on it.

I can't wait until I learn to jump, Linden looked like she was having a TON of fun!

Once we were done with the jumper, we went over to the play gym area.  They have a bunch of things to do, a HUGE pile of tires to climb on, lots of slides, and tunnels!

Big Sissy was REALLY fast going through all of the tunnels, I had a hard time keeping up, but no worries! 

 

I liked sitting in the tunnels, they sounded funny and the big kids liked to sit in there any play with me.

The roller slides were definitely my favorite.  I loved climbing up the stairs and going down the slides, all by myself.

Of course, Mama always has to sneak a couple cute pictures of me.  I don't really like to sit still, but I really love Mama so occasionally I'll humor her.

Even Linden loved the slides, they were really bumpy.

 

Linden thought I needed help...when will she learn that I am a big kid too?!?  

The coolest part about the slides was that they were built around a big tractor.  Linden is such a great big sister and loves to help me do big kid things.

The apple orchard had a ton of fun signs all over the place, aren't I a cute apple?

Before we left, we had to get a ride on the cow tractor.  I was too little to go by myself so Mama came with me.  It was REALLY bumpy, but I LOVED it! 

 The big tractor was Linden's favorite.  Mom always needs a family picture, this was as good as she got.  Turns out, she took almost the same picture last year. 

We had so much fun that we left and realized that we didn't even pick any apples.  Linden wants to bake some yummy apple treats so we are certainly going to have to get some apples from the store for that.

Have a great night!
Ellen

Mermaids and Fairies!

Hey guys!  Did you all have a great weekend? We sure did!!  We went to the Renaissance Festival!

This was a special year because this year we went to the Feast of Fantasy!!  It was pretty great, there was TONS of music, dancers, and LOTS of yummy food!!!

I really like getting to dress up like a fairy princess, it isn't everyday that I get to go out in a costume!  And our seats at the dinner were awesome, I could look out the window and see all of the performers!

Though I think the best part was getting to meet the Queen!  She was really sweet and told me that if I am a good girl someday I might be able to be the Queen.

The Rennisannce Festival has all sorts of great things to see, after lunch we went and met some mermaids!  Most of them were in the water or sunning on a rock farther away...

But one of them was really close and I got to meet her!! I told her all about my good friend Hannah and our mermaid tais!

Afterwards I got my face painted and of course I wanted to look like a mermaid!

After the mermaids it was time to checkout my other favorite area where the ferries live!!  I REALLY love fairies, they have such beautiful dresses and wings, and they hand out wishes!  I got a LOT of wishes!

All of the fairies are so nice.

After going on a bunch of rides, and eating too much food, it was time to go home.  We had a pretty great day, and I can't wait to go back again!

Have a good night!

Linden

Did Somebody Say Chocolate?

Hey Everybody! Ellen Here!

Mama and her friends are hosting a baby shower this weekend, and that means one thing...CUPCAKES!!!  Mama made some REALLY yummy looking dirt-and-worm cupcakes for her baby shower and she filled them with chocolate pudding.  Mama said I am too little to eat a whole cupcake, but she made sure to save some chocolate pudding for us!!

I LOVE CHOCOLATE PUDDING!!!!!  It was awesome!  I can't wait to try some of Mama's famous cupcakes!

Have a great night!

Ellen

Preschool Prep

 





 With the first day of preschool, it also meant the last day of daycare.  As usual, Mama tried to make sure it was a great day.  Because if how the start of school worked, it was my last day at Daycare, and Jaden and Annie's first day of Kindergarten!  Jaden and Annie have been at Gretchen's house since I have been there and we are really great friends.  Mama made us some school bus cupcakes and they were amazing!

Mama and Gretchen were full of tears.  Ellen will still be at Gretchen's so I don't know why they were being so silly, I will get to see Gretchen all the time!

 

After Mama and Gretchen were done crying, we headed to Berry Blast for a special treat!

 

Then off to Shelly's for my first day of school haircut!  She gave me the ROYAL treatment and washed my hair, just like she does for Mama!!

 

Even though I am a big girl, I still like to wear Shelly's little kid cape, it is so much more fun than the plain black one Mama has to wear. 

I didn't realize that getting ready for school would take so much work!

Have a good night,
Linden


School is Cool

 

 

It has been an exciting month, I started school!!  It has been really terrific and I am loving every minute!

 

Even though I was really excited for my first day, I was still a little nervous, but I didn't let that slow me down.

 

Mama said we have to take a picture on the first day of school, she made me a cute sign to hold.  Ellen wasn't going to school, but she wanted to be in the pictures anyways.  Look at us sitting all nicely!

 

Mama took me out for a special breakfast, we had doughnuts!

 

And then it was off to school!  My good friend Declan is also in my class so we had to get a picture with each other next to the sign.  Don't we look great in our school clothes and new backpacks!

 Then it was time to go checkout our classroom!!!

My teacher's name is Ms. Amber.  She is super nice and plans lots of fun projects for us to do.

Declan and I couldn't wait to get playing, but our silly Mama's didn't want to leave...We played anyways and eventually they just left.

There is going to be a lot to do this school year, I can't wait for all of the fun things that they have planned!

Have a great day!
Linden

Art With Friends

In our house, we LOVE art, and what is better than getting to do art?  Getting to do Art with friends!!!

A couple years ago Mama had an art party and it was so much fun she decided to do it again!!  What is an art party? Well, you come up with all sorts of crazy and messy ideas that you would never do on your own, invite a TON of your friends over, and make the greatest mess of all time!!!!

Mama got one picture before our friends showed up...

But it QUICKLY got out of control!!

Ellen LOVED the body paint...good thing she doesn't have any hair so it was SUPER easy to clean up!

I think everybody loved the body paint, actually.  It always starts out so tame...

but it wasn't long before everybody got involved...

and everybody got Crazy!!

Mama surprised us with a new area, shaving cream and paint!

It was amazing!  Though VERY slippery!

Of course, Mama wouldn't allow us to get messy unless she had a plan to get us all clean...

Not only did we have body paint, but we also took to painting our play house!

It wouldn't be a party unless there was some sugar.  I think the best part was the cookie decorating station!

Does anything get better than cookies?!?

Of course, there was plenty for the babies to do and just relax.  Mama made this really fun water blob.

Happy Art Day!
Linden