Sunday, funday, October 21st

Last Sunday we had another wonderful day of family and friends. It started off with just our family going to Grant's farm, but as we were walking in we hear someone yelling Tom's name. Turns out our good friend the H's were making having themselves a Grants farm morning as well, so we waited while they parked, then went in and hung out with them all day like we planned it like that the whole time. The weather was great, and we soaked it in as we might not have another day like this until Spring (ok, minus the days this past week that were like that).

First thing we did was feed the goats. No pictures of that, only video which I have not downloaded. Dono enjoyed it, actually fed them himself this year, did hug some goats but not as many as last year. Reese, she wanted to watch the goats from the comfort of my arms.

Next up, was the carousel. Donovan has proven himself to be a little timid when it comes to the carousel. He left the big, moving animals to the little girls, and refused to ride in anything other than the bench. What a manly man.

This is Reese smiling for me. Sometimes she smiles so hard, she closes her eyes.

Cutie Penelope.

After we enjoyed the park we visited the Clydesdales. There was a baby one that was particularly friendly. And soft.

Reese enjoyed her view of the horsey feet. Donovan enjoyed the horsey poop. Wanted to see it more than the horses.

We wanted to get a picture with the kids together before we left and this is what they did.

Then Reese ran up and jumped in. Notice her hand on Donovan's face. She was trying to put her arm around him but it didn't quite get executed like she wanted it to.

Then Donovan's hold got a little to tight for her liking.

Reese loved the carousel so much, we had to go back a second time, and ride by ourselves.

Dono and Penelope with their souvenirs. Large punching balloons.

The kids were very cute together. On the tram ride at the beginning, Donovan and Penelope were sitting next to each other and anything Donovan would say, Penelope would repeat verbatim. Then they played cars in the courtyard while the ate lunch. Later in the day I asked Donovan his favorite part of the day and he said, "Playing cars with Penelope."

That evening was also good, but in a much different way. We had Tom's grandmother's wake and took both kids for a little while. Tom's grandmother was 98 and had been in declining health in recent years, so while it was sad, it was also a blessing that she was finally able to rest and be with her husband, who she had been missing for the past 8 years. During the funeral the priest had mentioned they had been together for 67 years! That is longer than some people live! So we are happy that they are now reunited and catching up on everything that happened since they last saw each other.

Both kids were pretty well behaved. I was interested in how Donovan would react to the whole thing, and I told him what we were doing and why before we got there so he wouldn't be surprised. He had a few questions, and I am not sure how much he understood, but overall, he really didn't bat an eye once we got there. When his Grammie and Paw Paw there, he usually doesn't care about the what's and why's, he is just happy. We got to see some family we haven't seen in a long time, and got to spend some time catching up. The kids also got to eat a full meal of chocolate chip cookies so that went over big too.

This is Reese's cute outfit for the night. The dress is a 6-12 month dress that she wore last Christmas. You can't really see but she was wearing her brown boots too. We found out that those boots also are good at stashing food in, as we were at the wake for 5 minutes before Tom found a whole grape hiding in one (she was eating them on the trip there).

After that it was jammies, a little play time and some snacks.

Reese put her accessories on herself. She puts on her purse, sticks her arm in the air so her purse stays on, and tells us "Bye!" She knows if you put your purse on, you must be leaving.

Since the kids only had cookies for dinner that night, they had to balance their meal with...Cinnamon sugar toast. What else? Reese wanted to sit in Dono's chair, and so did he. But instead of fighting about it, they shared. What a novel idea!

And that rounds out our busy past-weekend