Everly's Pumpkin Investigation

Last Friday I had the day off from work and volunteered in Everly's classroom. They were having a pumpkin investigation in the morning and a party in the afternoon. I couldn't manage both with Aspen but thanks to my sister's help, I was able to volunteer in the morning. Everly loves having me in class and I love seeing her learn. Her class worked in groups to investigate and measure a pumpkin before we eventually cut it open and took out the seeds. Then we added the seeds to some soil with water and they are hanging out in the sun to see if the seeds sprout. It was a lot of fun but also a good reminder that I would never be a good teacher. Kids all day every day is exhausting. At one point three different kids raised their hand to tell the teacher it was lunch time. As the kids headed to lunch Everly started crying and it was so sad. She didn't want me to leave and it was so sweet. I am so glad I was able to take some time and see her work in her class!

pumpkin investigation

 

 

hanging up the pumpkin seeds in soil

 

watching videos about the pumpkin life cy

Schnepf Farms Pumpkin & Chili Party 2017

Last Thursday night Justin met me downtown after work and then we drove out to Queen Creek to go to Schnepf Farms for their annual Pumpkin and Chili party. If you go on Thursday nights its half price so we like to take advantage of that. It was a little busy but the weather was perfect. I just wish it wasn't soooo far away. The girls has a blast on the carousel, bumble bee ride, and airplane ride. They also loved bouncing on the big bubble and watching the pig races. We ended the night with a hayride and the girls loved it. Thankfully I didn't have to work the next day because by the time we got home it was like 10:30...way past all of our bedtimes! It's still one of my favorite fall events to attend each year. (Previous Years HERE)

Aspen was obsessed with riding on that bunny!

bee rides and hay rides

 

watching the pig races

Apple Picking on Aspen's Birthday

A couple of weeks ago we took the kids apple picking before the season was over. We should have done it earlier in the month but better late than never. The farm we went to was Date Creek Ranch and was outside of Wickenburg and about 4 miles off the freeway. It was on a dirt road which was interesting, but kind of cool once we got close to the farm. They had cows and you had to maneuver the one way road as the cows just roamed. We were the first ones at the farm that morning so we had the orchard to ourselves. The kids had fun picking apples and even got to see some pigs. Aspen inherited my sensitive gag reflex. She started gagging just due to the smell of the pigs. It was kind of funny because she had no idea what was happening. After we finished picking apples we packed up and headed to the mall on our way home to spoil Aspen at her favorite store, the Disney Store. She actually calls it the princess store. Since it was Aspen's birthday but her party wasn't until the next week, we also treated her to dinner at Freddy's. That girl was happy with some French fries and chocolate custard. She also got some presents from her Aunt and Grandma so she was definitely spoiled. It was a great Saturday.

Had to stop at Starbucks to treat Aspen to a birthday cake pop before we hit the road.

Aspen picked out a tiny snow white house. She loves all things tiny.

I think she had a good birthday!

Weekend in Review

Last weekend was a little bit crazy in terms of being busy! On Friday I picked up Everly from school and went straight to Katy's soccer game. It was still so hot on Friday but the kids had fun. Teddy and Everly were even the fans of the match! On Saturday Justin was working and I had a lot planned in the morning so it was non-stop until about 1:30 p.m. First, I got in a run with my sister before Justin had to leave for work. That is always a must. Then we headed out to see Teddy's soccer game at 8:00 a.m. Teddy did really good and Everly loved cheering him on. It is so funny how at such a young age the boys play so much differently than the girls. We were very proud of how well Teddy did. After Teddy's game we headed to the opposite side of the valley to go to Touch a Truck at Westgate in Glendale. We only had a limited amount of time there before we had to go to Everly's soccer game but they had a lot of fun and I will be sharing a video from the event tomorrow. After Touch-a-Truck we went straight to Everly's soccer game. She did really good and is really improving on her defense. She scored two goals and also totally ran into the wall while stopping a breakaway from the other team. She was a little shaken up but there was no blood and she went back out and played just a couple minutes later. Proud of her for not getting overly worked up or embarrassed by it. By the time Everly's game was over we were exhausted. Aspen passed out in the car and me and Ev grabbed lunch and headed home. I didn't want to do anything the rest of the day so we stayed home and watched Hocus Pocus. Sunday morning I had a makeup class at Sephora with my sister in law which was fun. I could play with makeup all day if someone let me. After my class I went back home to change and head out to Katy's senior and final home soccer game. It was an odd game to say the least but I am glad I was able to go and support Katy. We are sure going to miss going to watch her games! It was also really hot again on Sunday. Come on Fall! Sunday night we went over to my sister's for pizza and to watch the Cardinals game. We recreated a picture of Cameron and Everly from 4 years ago with the younger kids. It was difficult but I think we got a good enough shot. It is definitely crazier now with some many kids running around but I wouldn't have it any other way. Also, glad I only have to take two of them home, haha.

Love these two!

Action shots of Teddy and Everly thanks to Tony.

The whole crew at both Teddy and Everly's games.

ughh...her auntie's gave her candy!

They wanted to watch Hocus Pocus with us.

Putting on Makeup to go sweat it off at Katy's game!

4/5 Yancones

Supporting Katy!

These four crazies!

 

Cam and Ev on the top from 4 years ago and Ted, Aspen, Mae and No