Cat Autumn Adventure

The Caterpillar Autumn Adventure is one of our favorite fall events every year. They hold it at Sommer Park in Peoria, and for a measly $7, you get pony rides, face painting, bouncy houses, monster truck rides, hayrack rides, lunch, snacks...basically a fun day at the park for the kids. We were really excited about it this year because Brady is VERY into bouncy houses so we knew he'd have a great time. We got there a little earlier than usual, which was good because after about 45 minutes the sky just opened up and it stormed like crazy. Unfortunately we were still in the face painting booth at this point...so we got swamped (and some green face paint on the Pathfinder seats, but we don't like to remind Jason of that!)

We got Lily in the bouncy house...one of her first times...of course she got lost in there and panicked so there were some tears!

That's Jason in the green shirt and Brady is just behind him.

A beautiful butterly...she is very serious about getting her face painted...it's makeup you know!

A very scary monster...the clown told Brady she was giving him blood because he just ate. So all day he was "I'm so full because I just ate boys and girls!"

And a little flower for little Callie

PFest 2010

Every September the town of Morton celebrates their Pumpkin Festival. For those of you who don't know, Morton is the largest pumpkin-producer in the world (admit it, you're impressed). And every year that we've lived here, we drag our kids out to the festivities, and hope that next year will be easier :) We had a pretty good time this year; the kids are getting bigger and starting to become a little more manageable in public. Thursday night we hit the kiddie parade and managed to get a curb seat (mommy was wrong about the start time so we were there with 30 minutes to spare) so the kids scored tons of candy. Then Friday we walked around and let the kids choose some rides. The highlight of the night was Brady's adorable smile on the ferris wheel - he loved it. Callie went down the Super Slide on daddy's lap. We didn't get Lily on anything this year - she has some of me in her and is very cautious - so maybe next year!

Grabbing for the candy

Big smiles from up high

Backyard Camping!

Daddy took Brady and Lily camping in the backyard! I stayed inside with Callie - I am always more than happy to sleep in a bed, rather than out with the bugs :) I figured that no one would get any sleep that night, but the kids actually slept great, and even slept late the next morning. Jason is really excited now; it looks like he may be able to do a "real" camping trip with the kids soon!

All ready to go!