Labor Day Weekend (September 2012)



Sticking to tradition we headed up to Mount Vernon to my dad and Patti's for Labor Day weekend.  I love watching Olivia play with her cousins.  She wasted no time jumping in the Jeep with Emily...

 

 

 

 

Zach, my dad, and Bryan started playing a game of horse shoes...

  

 

 

 

Olivia jumped out of the jeep and decided to run around the yard for a while...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then it was time to eat.  We always have more than enough food and stuff ourselves.  Olivia had salmon, corn, and watermelon.  She's such a great eater!

 

My dad decided to try on her "trough" bib...

 

 

After dinner it was back to playing in the yard again...

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anne and Bryan had an 80's birthday party to attend later in September so Anne and I had gone shopping earlier in the day to look for costumes.  Anne did a little modeling for us...

 

 



 



 

Tushunka Farms - Petting Zoo (September 2012)

I purchased a Groupon voucher for Tushunka Farms, a petting zoo in Redmond so my mom and I decided to take Olivia in September before the weather turned for the year.  The staff was super friendly.  Olivia absolutely loved the animals and had a blast!

First we got to meet, pet and feed the fainting goats...

 

Next they brought out "Shakira" the chinchilla...

There were big hens walking around everywhere, but hen they brought out the little chicks and let Olivia pet them...



 



 

Next was "Chuck" the rabbit...

A miniature pony...

I can't remember the cow's name, but she was one of my favorites!  She was so nice and Olivia loved petting her...

 

The last stop was the horse arena.  There were lots of beautiful horses.  We got to pet "Taffy" the horse.  We also got to pet "Paco" the donkey (I didn't get a picture). 



I also didn't get a picture of the wild stallions they had.  They were amazing!  One of the girls who was showing us around told us all about them.  There were two of them and one of them had just arrived the previous day from Montana.  They had both been rescued from the wild and were in the process of being tamed.  It was the first time I've ever seen wild horses.

Lastly Olivia decided to climb in the bicycle cart to play before we left....

If you are in the area I would highly recommend this place.  It's very low key, but I love that the kids actually get to pet the animals!

A Rainbow Bath and a Big Girl Bed!

I'm still working on updating our pictures, but wanted to add this post in while it was current.  I'm hoping to get caught up over spring break next week.

I didn't want to buy Olivia candy for Easter so instead I got her some new art stuff, chalk, and bath art supplies.  She's never experienced bath crayons or the fizzy tablets that turn the water colors.  She thought they were the best thing ever!

Her beautiful art work...

 

I finally converted Olivia's crib into a toddler bed last night.  She of course ended up sleeping with us all night (she's cutting her two year molars) and didn't get to try it out.  So... I was very excited for her to try it out today.  She loves that she can climb in and out, jumping around.  She doesn't get out of it when she wakes up though.  Hopefully this is something that is not short lived...