Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Vala's 2011

 Every year with a new subscription to the Ashland Gazette, we get two free tickets to Vala's Pumpkin Patch.  We really like to go cause they usually add something new every year and there's so much fun stuff to do!
 There was hay jumping - notice Buttercup had to join us this year. He's usually along on every adventure of Gracie's - even school.
 Go Evie! You can do it! You are your sisters little shadow - everything she does you do and everything she says, you echo.
 Ya, my annual big pumpkin pictures didn't turn out to well - I had one crabby pants and one uncooperative pants.
 That's a little better- kinda.
 We had to check out the birthday barns cause no one was there and they were pretty cool!
 Ya. This sums up our family :)
 Colleen came with us. It never fails that we wear the same thing - at least the color was a tiny different. :)
 We stole someone's campfire too for a little warmth and fun! After a while, we decided that it was lit for ambiance. We had fun with that and burned a bone we found.
 This was so funny- Gracie playing in the corn and got a corn mustache! Hehehehe.
 Who knew corn could be so fun - they rolled and tromped and crawled and played all over in that pile of corn.
 Children of the corn!:)
 Then, we just had to go the the jumping pillow. These things are so crowded, and suppose for the same reason we stayed jumping on them so long - they are really fun!
 Evie was all smiles on this thing. She loved it!
 Gracie was the only one cooperating for cute pumpkin pictures - maybe I need to get photoshop and plug Evie in here from the above picture. You can do that kinda stuff you know.
 Look at this brave girl! I couldn't believe she did it by herself! Pirates and a witch!
 Evie wouldn't go with Gracie or herself so I got stuck getting in the pot with her!
 Look at this cute little billy goat - it's pen was really stinky! Hahahahaha - jk.
 And we seen this cowgirl there.
 We thought we could beat the church crowd by going early on a Sunday morning - boy were we wrong! And by the time we left, the parking lot was crowded and so was that place! And we had two little girls who were more than ready to leave.
All in all, another great year at Vala's! We had a lot of fun!

Disney Live - A Tale of Three Princesses

 We went to Disney Live for an activity for the girls' birthdays. We all really enjoyed the show. As you can see, even Donald, Goofy, Mickey, and Minnie was there.
 The Mean Queen (as we call her) had a beautiful outfit - pictures don't do any of the gowns justice - they were all so sparkly.
 Hi ho, hi ho, its off to work we go! Both girls liked when the dwarfs came on stage singing and even Dopey came up our aisle right by us!
 Evie clapping to the Hi ho song.
 Gracie's getting worried about the mean queen changing into a witch!
 The old witch giving Snow White the apple!
 Yay!!! Snow White woke up from her sleep!
 Cinderella just got her beautiful dress from the fairy Godmother!
 Gracie just had to have some cotton candy, which you got a free plastic crown with.  Everything there was super expensive, but I told him we need to pretend its like a mini vaca to disney world.
 The girls watching the show. Both of them sat so nice and payed close attention to what was going on!
 Evie trying to watch Beauty and the Beast closely!
 Gracie watching the show. She got scared of the beast and was ready to go home.
 "Be Our Guest"
 Belle and the Prince! Now Gracie isn't scared any more.
 All three princesses and their princes.
Even Minnie and Mickey came out all dressed up at the end. They even had fireworks for effects throughout the show! Very entertaining; we were glad we got to go! We had great seats also - 6th row along an aisle = great view of stage and characters!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

RocaBerry 2011

 We were able to go to RocaBerry today through Grandpa Hoff's work! We got a free lunch and 2 free pumpkins! We had a lot of fun!

 Me and the girls jumping on the jumping pillow. That was a ton of fun! I need one of those things in my backyard. Notice how Evie doesn't want me to hold her hand - she's telling me "NO!"
 The girls racing against one another down the big slide - Evie won!
 The spider web thingy.
 Probably the favorite activity of the day - running on hay bales! I used to have a ton of fun on ours - lots of good memories!
 Gracie jumping big! I think she could've stayed on there all day.
 I got a couple pictures like this - LOVE THEM!
 Evie attempting to slide down the side of the hay bale.
 The Hofmeister girls - Piper, Gracie, and Evie!
 Evie liked feeding the little goats and sheep! She liked giving them one kernel of corn at a time!
 Gracie feeding the dog - according to Evie. I think it must be the long ears confusing her!
 Grandpa and Grandma Hofmeister with all their granddaughters!

 Look at this poor prisioner hung out to die - hahaha!
My best pumpkin patch picture of the girls - tons of fun!

Preschool Pumpkin Patch Field Trip 2011

 We got to go to Vala's Pumpkin Patch on October 5th for Gracie's first field trip! She was so excited for this.
 She picked out this beauty of a pumpkin.  She got the award for longest stem! Hahaha!
 All the trees were beautiful colors.  We had certain times we had to meet up with the rest of the group, but otherwise, we got to go off and do our own thing - which I was grateful for.
 The morning preschool class!

Gracie and I at the end of the day.  We were both pooped! I thought this picture turned out so neat with the rays of light! Fortunately for Gracie, we will be stopping by Vala's one more time this year so Evie can experience the chaos....lots of fun....but chaos.