Last month we went to Sacramento for Gretel's 1st birthday. We had so much fun at her party on Saturday, and then on Monday (her actual birthday) we went to a really great pumpkin patch. Here is a picture of it...it was huge! Actually it is the only picture we have of it. The boys were too busy riding the train (multiple times) and doing all the fun things there, so we don't have any pictures of them actually in the pumpkin patch, which I'm kind of bummed about! I've just never seen an actual pumpkin patch with them still on the vine and everything!
Am I sheltered? Have I been missing out on somewhere great here?
Hud and Pop-C riding the rails together
Chels, Gretel and Teato
They had this really fun mine and slide area where you could mine for marbles and then slide down these huge slides. Hud thought it was the best!
Teal frequently flashed us his "Blue Steel" pose throughout the trip. I think it's pretty spot-on!
The Girls (minus Mom). She stayed in the car while Ollie was napping--which I need to add she chose to do. She didn't really think this place was "her scene." (any place that isn't a "boutique" or more specifically a "children's boutique" isn't really her scene.) Love you Mom!
The Petting Zoo. This section of the farm was so cute! The boys even got to brush the goats right in their pen. (Is that typical of a petting zoo? The only one I've been to you stuck your arm through the animals' pens to pet them. Once again...am I sheltered? Have I been missing out on some great petting zoo here?)
Some side notes from our trip:
1.We cut it really close getting on our flight due to Steve and his expired driver's license. By expired I'm talking a year and a half. How do you not notice that?
p.s. He still hasn't taken care of it. Please don't turn him in! He says it's "on his list."
2. The airport security people thought my mom had "had a little fun that night" from the way she was acting after taking her pill to help her relax on the plane. Let's just say nobody wanted to sit by her. Love you, Mom!
3. My dad went to the security checkpoint to help us with our stuff and the kids, and somehow got lost...I can't remember for sure what happened. Anyway, to make up time he had one of those guys on the shuttle drive him right up to our gate. We were all pretty embarrassed. We're just a regular old family circus!
4. When we (finally) got to our hotel that night, Oliver (who was looking pretty green) proceeded to throw up buckets in his car seat. Nothing like cleaning up barf at 1:00 am from your child and their car seat. The Barf Brothers strike again!
5. I stayed at Chels and Johnny's house every night until about 1:00 a.m. doing hair for everybody. I've got a pretty good system worked out in her kitchen and front room now--this time we even rigged up a mirror on the piano. Bonus! Thanks for letting us turn your house into a salon, Chonny!
6. My poor mom threw out her back and spent all day Sunday down flat. She was up and going again the next day though. You're such a trooper, Mom!
7. We watched a new show on TV called The Middle. It's pretty funny! If you have a minute (which I haven't since I got home) you should watch it (and then fill me in!)
8. Our flight home was filled with so much turbulence that they didn't even serve drinks. Ollie held a barf bag on his lap the whole flight, in the car on the way home, and even the next day he asked for one! Poor kid--he's got my lovely motion sickness genes. I still get car sick to this day for crying out loud! And don't even get me started on planes and cruise ships. Have I got some stories for you...
Thanks for taking us to Sac Town, Mom and Dad!
