A visit to a farm

One of Matt's co-workers has a farm and said we could come visit. The girls loved it and Ally did a good job of bringing home some dirt/cow patties. We had a great time and can't wait to go back and visit the animals. They have a cow that is due in April just like me. They have 2 young cows, 3 horses, lots of chickens, a few roosters, dogs, indoor cats, barn cats, and rabbits. The girls had fun with the animals. Ally got to sit on 2 of the horses and really liked that. Cosette seemed to enjoy being around the animals, just not when they came close to her face.

Ally sitting on Barney, the horse. The guy holding her is Matt's co-workers husband.

Ally feeding the rabbits some carrots.
Walking out in the field to talk Honey and Barney into coming close so we could get a better look.
Cosette & Matt in the barn.

Cosette, Mommy, and Barney.
Cosette, Barney, and Mommy.
Honey, Cosette, and Mommy.
Ally sitting on Tysen. He was such a friendly horse. He also had a very beautiful color to him.

Ally and the 2 young cows.
Cosette and Matt checking out the cows.
Matt, Cosette, and the pregnant cow.
Yeah for a fun afternoon.

I'm a big girl

Cosette has been showing great interest in the toilet. She knows when she is peeing and lets me know. I figure, for now we'll just get her comfortable with sitting on the toilet.

Dressed for church and dress up

As I've said before, Cosette loves to read books.

She was just waiting patiently for us to leave for church.
The girls all ready for church. I should have either shut the blinds or taken the picture somewhere else.

Ally loves to dress up and wear my shoes around the house.

Dressing for the cold

I decided I needed to try the girls winter gear on so I knew if we needed to buy anything. Fortunately they fit into everything we have. We might have to go out and get Ally a bigger coat if she hits a growth spurt during the winter, but everything else should work for the cold season ahead.

Cincinnati

So last week Matt had to go to Cincinnati for a conference for work. The girls and I were lucky enough to tag along. We stayed in a nice hotel downtown. The girls and I went to the Museum Center where they have an AWESOME childrens museum. We had a great time at the museum. After Matt got done in his conference we went for a long walk to Newport, KY. It was a nice walk and I think we all enjoyed it, especially since the rain held off until we got back to the hotel. If you're going to be in Cincinnati and have kids, you should totally check out their childrens museum. I found it was more hands on for kids than the Indianapolis Childrens Museum. Also, all the different areas have things that would be fun for all ages.

There are 3 museums, 1 IMAX, and their train station in this building.
This is in the "Woods" area. There were 4-5 turtles in this tank and the girls LOVED watching them swim.
They had all these nets you could climb through and caves and tunnels. Very fun.
The sand table is always a big hit.
Playing at the water table. Right before I put the smock on Cosette, a lady dropped a big bucket of water in the water table and it soaked Cosette. After that she really didn't want to play in it.

Ally was ready to leave the water area after 5 minutes.
This area was SOO cool. There was a net around the entire area. Balls were everywhere and there were tubes that would suck the balls into them and drop them somewhere else. We spent quite a while there.
The girls really liked this cute kitchen area.
Cosette kept trying to drink out of the pan.

This area was somewhat like the area in science works in Indy, except this area was larger and had more to it.
Cosette loved playing with the duplos (legos). Isn't funny, we have duplos at home and she seemed way more interested in the ones at the museum.
They had the Clifford exhibit. They had some of the same things they had in Indy and some different things.

Ally got to deliver mail and thought that was pretty cool.
She moved Cliffords bones around.
They drove in the truck.
Cosette drove while Ally sat in the back.
Yeah for a fun trip!

Quaker Day Parade

I was kind of disappointed when they changed the route of the homecoming parade (it used to go right by our house). Then I found out that the town parade route changed, so it would be going by my house. I am all about going to a parade when I just have to walk out my front door to see it. The girls had a fun time and it ended just in time for Matt and I to watch conference.

Uncle Trent, Ally, and me.

Uncle Trent, Ally, Matt, and Cosette.
Matt was wiping snot off Cosettes face (she's been super snotty lately).

The girls were trying to entertain themselves before the parade started.
For some reason Cosette wanted to keep touching the Honda.

What we've been up to..

So we'll start with what we did last night and work our way back.

Last night we played outside and had a great time.

Cosette picked some flowers for me, but then tried to eat them.
Ally kept trying to show her how to smell them and not pull them off the stem.
Playing in the playhouse.

This was on Sunday, all dressed for church.
I think this was on Saturday.

Matt came home Tuesday night (so I guess these are in no order) and found us all in our warm pjs.
I think this was on Friday, because it's been cold here all this week.

To say they had fun playing in the hose would be a great understatement.

We'll say this is our farewell to summer. We look forward to having you back next year.