Zoo BOO!!

I absolutely love all things fall. I love the smells. I love the colors of the trees. I love the chill in the air and how fresh it can make things feel and smell. I love wearing jeans and sweaters. And I love love love Halloween and pumpkin patches and all the fun festivals and activities.  Today started our week of family fall fun.  I woke up early after working all night to take Jack and Layla to Zoo Boo at the Indianapolis Zoo.  Jason had to work :( so I braved the crazy crowds with both kids all by myself....and I LOVED it. It was so much fun spending time doing something other than running errands and cleaning the house with the kids. I think sometimes they associate mommy time with chores and groceries. So it was so great that today we just had FUN!

So at zoo boo all the kids dress up in their halloween costumes and they get to trick or treat at the zoo, see the animals, do pumpkin bowling, jump in a bounce house AND decorate cookies. Whew! No wonder Im so tired. :)

This is Layla and Jackson all dressed up at the house before we left. Jackson saw himself and yelled....Brilliant!! LOL just like Harry Potter. I love it!!

Brilliant!!

chunky baby :)

Here the kids are all ready to head into the zoo. I love my double stroller! It is a must with a toddler and baby.

Aww...they love each other

The kids had so much fun and I had so much fun watching how happy they were.  My kids are the greatest blessing and gift of my life. Now that the zoo is over we have tons more fun fall things planned for the week. Hayrides and pumpkin painting tomorrow....Childrens Museum haunted house on Tuesday....church trunk or treat on Wednesday....then finally HALLOWEEN! I am almost as excited as the kids are (maybe even a little more).  Like I said...I love fall :)

Taking a hike CAN be fun with a 3 and a 1 year old :)

So this week Jason's mom is here from California.  Not one to want to disappoint I planned out in my head a fun filled week for all of us.  So far the weather has been very cooperative and Im very grateful for that since the weather here in Indy tends to bipolar. One day hot...one day crazy cold. No one understands unless they've lived here. Anyway....we decided to go to Eagle Creek park on Monday.  The weather was perfect.  I loved watching Jack get excited about the leaves crunching under his feet.  We took about an hour long hike dragging our double jogging stroller through the woods. (That thing is very sturdy btw)  

 

The kids are all ready and excited for the hike, and not fighting about having to be that close to each other :)

Layla was soon over the whole being stuck confined in a stroller bit while Jackson could run around through the leaves.  If the girl would start walking she could do these things too...silly baby.

Jason is torturing some little bug. His mom says this bug is protected and going extinct and that Jason could get in big trouble for harming such a thing.  Hope no one reports him for this pic :-)

We found an old abandoned cabin with a very old and nasty outhouse behind it.  This is Jason's constipated poop face. I am so glad I was born in a time where we dont have to poop in a hole in a shed. NASTY!!

This is Jason's mom Brenda.  We are glad she was able to come out and visit us for a little while. I know Jason misses her very much.

Jason is trying to look like he is doing pull ups. He's so silly and I love him for it =-)

Finally here we all are. I dont like pictures of me but I try to include myself as proof I was actually there for this family outing. It was a fun relaxing day...my favorite kind.