Our Neightborhood Fall Family Picnic

Sunday afternoon, Daddy, Auby, and I made our way to our neighborhood's fall family picnic. It was so exciting to see all of the families and fall festivities combined for an afternoon of good ole fashion fall fun. From pumpkin patches, carving, decorating, face painting, a petting zoo, and lots of delicious eats, our little family of three had such a fun afternoon together. Poor babe was a bit tired as her nap schedule had been a bit non existent with church. So we made due. Once little miss had a sampling of a chocolate chip cookie and they turned on some sweet tunes, she was all smiles and in full on bouncing and dancing mode.

Our first stop was the small animal petting zoo. The animals included goats, baby pigs, bunnies, chickens, hamsters, and a lama. Auby usually loves animals but was a bit nervous around the sleeping goat. She was a bit unsure and definitely wanted to be held but all and all it was a fun first exposure to a petting zoo.

{Auby's first chicken}

Within the picnic area, there was a pumpkin patch. Daddy chose the pumpkin and a few fun decorating materials. We are still at the phase of everything going into our mouth so we had to improvise a bit. She loved the colorful pom pom balls... again in her mouth;)

What a great afternoon of good eats and pumpkin treats at our neighborhood fall family picnic.

Little Girl Giggles and Little Girl Wiggles

{Big girl Chucks}

From birth our sweet girl has been on the move. This post details all of little Miss's sweet moments this past week.

 

{Big Girl Stroll'n... first trip in the stroller as a big girl}

 {Our little dinner Diva}

 {Memorial Day weekend Park Fun
No summer time blues here!} 

 {Daddy Daughter Dancing- our sweet sweepy girl}

 

{Auby is helping Mommy do the laundry} 

 {Upstairs Play Time
She loves her Sophie}

 

 {Needless to say she's not a fan of her strawberry, apple, and beet baby food combo:( } 

 {She loves MUSIC! Right now we are definitely in the hit it as loud as you can or just eat the mallet} 

 

{She loves to pull up, sit down, pull up, sit down... it's a game}

 {Love those two pearly whites... Mommy finally got a good picture of them}

 {Sending love to Oma before Bible Study}

 {Picnics and park dates with the cutie}

 {So thankful she LOVES this ear infection medication. This makes our job so much easier}

 {Baby ballerina shoes... still too big;) She'll grow into them shortly}

{Upstairs playtime}

 

With only a two short weeks of school... 9 days to be exact for the kids and 11 for teachers, I have loved spending this last week and long weekend soaking up the fun with my two loves. So here's to more picnics, parks, and play times. 

 



Spring Blooms, Picnic in the Park, Sweet Potato Fun, & a Family Play Date

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Hello Spring! Our rose bush survived! Looks like a start to a beautiful day!

 

Picnic in the Park with our ABF. Here is our selfie as I forgot to take our family picture.
Our group met at noon at Foxborow Park for our second annual ABF picnic in the park. We enjoyed pizza, chips and salsa, and brownies for dessert. Our afternoon included lots of outdoor activities, friendly chat, an exciting game of bocce ball, and a few too many bugs. Thank you to sweet friends for coming out and enjoying an afternoon of friendly fun. Here are a few pictures of our friends and afternoon park fun.

Attendants included The Ogles, Kennedys, Howards, Cooks, Anna, and the babes.

 

The men playing an exciting game of bocce ball.

 Our sweet babes enjoyed an afternoon of bubbles, balls, toys, and outdoor activities.

If you would like to read about last year's ABF Picnic at Foxboro Park, click here.

 

Once we got home, we tried to lay baby down for her late afternoon nap as she missed her mid day one. And of course after a bottle and very tired eyes, she sat straight up in her crib and was ready for more family playtime. While she was absolutely exhausted she was a ton of fun, lots of babbles, and fabulous baby cuddles. We also tried to take a few little sneaky pictures to show her pearly whites... but it was no good. She didn't want anything to do with that. Ha!



Mommy/Baby Cuddles

Loving on Daddy

 Time sure changes! Loving our big girl!
Tummy time looks different these days!

 

During play time we even had a fun little Skype date with my parentals. I know Oma and Opa surely loved our little impromptu chat tonight. 

I sure do love this sweet face!

 

Well...no mid day nap either. As 6:00 quickly approached, it was about time for her dinner at the table with mommy and daddy. I'm cheating a bit and borrowed this picture from a few days before. It was a very similar night filled with lots of happy faces as she LOVES sweet potatoes. We even gave her second little helping. I even have to admit that we got a few little claps out of her as well.

 

After dinner and a full park and play time, it was surely a bath night. I just love how her  hair "appears" curly in the tub. Her daddy had wavy hair as a baby and who knows what she may end up with. It is getting longer on top too. Gosh this little grin melts my heart. She surely does love her big girl bath time these days!

 



Beautiful little bit green/hazel eyed baby with two bottom pearly whites coming in.

 

So here's to fun weekends. Weekends were we have beautiful weather, great play dates, and picnics in the park. Spring sure is my favorite!

(...well minus the allergies. But we are officially on the mend!) Here's to many fun days ahead

Picnic in the Park: Date Day

We have been so busy with school, house projects, and everything baby. It was so nice to take a day off and enjoy a picnic in the park with the husband. Thursday during Spring Break, the husband took the day off so that we could get away for the day. That morning, we enjoyed an early morning matinée. We were two of the four people in the theater that morning at 10:15AM. That afternoon, we decided to continue our afternoon and enjoy a picnic. The weather was absolutely perfect! We picnicked at Erwin Park in McKinney. It was a cute hidden treasure. Simplicity was perfect for us. We brought a few afternoon treats and enjoyed some time away.

Aubrey & Fantlet Picnic and Play Date

Tuesday afternoon, our sweet Fantlet friends came over for a fun picnic and play date. With an assortment of toys and blankets as well as a delicious Rosas, muffin, and cookie picnic, our afternoon play date was surely a hit. It was so fun to watch the kiddos interact and "play" together. It will be so fun to watch them grow up together and know what fun lifelong friends or boyfriend/girlfriend... wink wink... they will be.

I sure do love our little Fantlet friends. The twins are absolutely adorable and have such fun personalities. Bryson is such a sweet boy with his sisters. I love how he called them by the color of their shirts. He is also so sweet with Aubrey. He uses  his quiet voice and says, "Baby Aubrey, baby Aubrey..." and then gives sweet kisses on her head. I see love in the future for sure. I mean seriously look at these sweet faces. Look how sweetly he is holding her head. Talk about melt this mama's heart!

It is also so fun to catch up with Kristin. She is an absolute super mama! I am truly thankful for this lady and for our friendship... just thankful to call her family. She is of course so good with Aubrey. I had to catch a few of these adorable moments for sure.

Who knew a decade ago when we were in college that our lives would look just as sweet as this. Not only did we enjoy a fun play date, but the kiddos slept so incredibly well. Aubrey slept for 7 hours that night and the girls slept great as well! Our picnic and play date was definitely a success! I can see many more in our future.

Picnic at Foxborrow Park!

This afternoon we met several couples from our ABF for a Picnic at Foxborrow Park. Thank you to our good friends the Ogles for setting up an afternoon of pizza and sweet desserts (Kristin the brownies were delicious), a few rounds of bocce ball, and cuddles with the babies.

 

It is so fun to see how this group has multiplied with all of the sweet little faces crawling (almost walking) around. And I do have to say... they have some pretty great parents too:) The attendees included the Ogles, Goodings, Kennedy's, Zoutendams, Hjertsteds, Cooks, Davis', and a visit from the Crumley's and of course us.

 

But we cannot forget about this sweet face, Miss Alice. What a sweet girl and perfectly mannered with the babes. Myla, our only lady of the group (3 more are on the way) enjoyed watching and playing with the sweet boys of our group. Her pink ball was sure a hit with the gents! I love that the kiddos are all around the same age. They will have so much fun as they grow.

The afternoon could not have been more perfect! The weather was fantastic and I actually got a little sun.

The guys enjoyed a few games of bocce ball as well as got some frisbee and football throwing in as well. It was definitely a  fun afternoon with sweet friends. I sure look forward to our next picnic in the park!

Picnic in the State Park!

This past Sunday after a wonderful church service at the Heights, Ray and I decided to celebrate a beautiful Labor Day weekend and headed to Cedar Hill State Park in Grand Prairie, TX.

We enjoyed a beautiful afternoon of picnicing, swimming (well not really but we did dip our feet in for a brief moment), bocce ball, and a lot of relaxing. We will of course be back when the weather gets cooler. It was a fantastic place for hiking, swimming, camping and just enjoying the great outdoors!

Enjoy some pictures of our fun Labor Day celebratory outing.

The Hubs and I at Cedar Hill State Park! Wishing all of our friends/family a happy Labor Day Weekend!

Bocce Ball on the sand!

Enjoying some fun in the sun... and maybe a little too much sun for the hubs and he is without his sun glasses! Love this picture:)

Hope you've enjoyed a wonderful Labor Day Weekend. I look forward to hearing about all the fun activities you have been up to.

Love,
Alicia