Family Fun!

Now that summer is over (and I have officially dropped the ball on posting all of our adventures) here is a little compilation of all the fun we had at the end of the summer and into the fall. Mimi has been into doing A LOT of crafts these days. She has a craft station set-up at the dining room table where she has markers, crayons, stamps and ink, and paints. She has also started cutting with scissors, which she just thinks is the cat's meow!  

Our big girl has also been doing a lot of helping in the kitchen, super fun and super messy!

 

The Luckett's fair was at the end of August and we went up for a bit on Sunday morning. It ended up being super hot, but everyone had a great time. Daddy helped Mimi make a sand art bottle (which lasted about 5 minutes after we got home). Mimi got to ride a horse, but she didn't like the guy walking along-side her. She got her face painted, too.

Nate had his first ice cream, the good stuff homemade by the Luckett's elementary PTA with local peaches and local strawberries...YUM!

 

We had a little Sicky McSickerson for a couple of days. Mimi got a stomach bug that sent us to the doctor's office twice in a week and to the pharmacy a couple of times, too. It was a rough several days for everyone but she's no worse for the wear now. I think the most difficult part was keeping the Nate away from Mimi so that we didn't end up with 2 sickies.

Ever-thoughtful daddy sent us an Edible Arrangements fruit bouquet to lift her spirits. Nate and Mimi finished it in no time!

We've been trying to run the quad in the limited space that we have in our little yard...and sometimes even in the vacant lot next door. Nate was longingly eyeing Mimi riding with daddy so he got his first ride...and then some!

Our dear friends, the Evans family, moved closer recently. They are now only about 25 minutes from us and we've been taking advantage of it! We met at Cox Farm fall festival where Mimi and their girls had a blast! They climbed hay bails, went down a bunch of slides, took a hay ride, and saw lots of baby animals (including 3-day-old baby piglets). We also visited their beautiful new home to celebrate Samantha's 3rd birthday where they played "pin the face on the pumpkin" and got to swing at a nearly unbreakable pinata!