Curtis Orchard redo

We had such a fun morning at Curtis Orchard again as a family. We went on a weekend this time so there were all the extra fun things for the kids to do. They have such an absolute blast doing all the bounce slides, ponies, wagon rides... And we love watching them do it all. We played for awhile then had lunch at the cafe and brought home the yummy fresh apple donuts!

Kaylee going through the bouncy house obstacle course.

This climbing wall was so high! Kira kinda helped Kaylee up the first time then the next time, Kaylee did it on her own. She is fearless and always tries to do what the big kids do.


Daddy with his sweet girls.



Such a beautiful day for such fun. Later, we had all of Kyle's family over for a BBQ at our house. It was a perfect evening with the weather and fun. Good food and good times!

Dance class starts!

It's time for dance to start up again. We did gymnastics during the summer and I gave Kira the choice of what to do in the fall and she chose dance again. It's Kaylee's first time doing dance too and she is so darn cute to watch! I bought her a new little dance dress and she kept wanting to get it out and look at it. She would hug it and say "it's so beautiful". She was so excited to wear it the first day.

Kira is in Dance I now and she really does good. Kira and Kaylee both have the same teacher and Kira goes first then Kaylee right after. They do a little ballet, jazz and tap. She's one of the younger ones in the class but she really listens to the teacher and tries to do exactly what she says. She's pretty serious about learning to dance. :)

Kaylee and a couple of our little neighbor girl friends are in the same class. Her class is for beginning 3-4 yr olds and she's not 3 till January but she's hung out with older kids all the time so she's good at listening and following directions too. She loved getting in and doing all the steps. After her class, the teacher came out and said Kaylee and her couple friends did such a good job and listened better than some of her Dance I students. Proud mama moment. :)

Another autumn at Curtis Orchard

I can't believe it's this time of year again. Ever since we moved here, we've been visiting Curtis Orchard in the fall. The kids have so much fun with it and look forward to it. This visit we went with some of our good friends. We feed the goats, play on the playsets, run around and, most importantly, drink fresh apple cider and eat apple donuts! On the weekends they have big bounce houses, slides and pony rides. We'll need to come back again to do that and pick out our pumpkins for Halloween. The weather here has been warm but really pleasant. I am loving this time of year so far. We've seemed to be so busy since preschool started for Kira but it's been alot of fun. I can't even imagine how busy we'll be with two in school and all the extra activities. Happy fall!



Kaylee didn't get a nap this afternoon and we had been running around already all day so she got a little cranky near the end but still held up pretty good, considering.

First day back to school

Kira finally got to go back to her preschools 4's class on Friday, 8/28. Her first day was supposed to be the previous Monday but she woke up with a fever and said she wasn't feeling good. I thought maybe she'd be ok to go on Weds but she still had a fever on and off and I felt it best to keep her home. She finally was feeling good enough to go on Friday and she was so excited! She had a great time at school and likes her new teacher.

Unfortunately, Kaylee got the fever/cold soon after. I thought we may be lucky enough to skip her but no such luck. She's finally feeling better now but still has a cough and scratchy voice.

I signed Kaylee up for a little ABC's class on Mondays through the park district but it doesn't start till the 14th of Sept. She so excited to go to her "school" too.