Weekend Fun

The girls just think their daddy is the best. He came home from work on friday with a butterfly kite for them to fly. Needless to say, they were ecstatic. Here's a picture of the kite (I couldn't get a picture of the kite and the kids together). Mike teaching Kate how to fly a kite.
Running with the kite. Kara is determined that her age and size will not slow her down. She's determined to do EVERYTHING everyone else does.
Getting ready for our ward's Harvest Festival. Kara has been wearing her ladybug costume around for weeks.
Playing games at the harvest festival. They had a blast.

Is it family night yet?

Kate lives for family night. Who would have ever known that setting one night per week aside to completely focus on the family would bring so much joy to such young kids. We spend a lot of time playing with our girls, but something makes family night different. Kate likes routines. And when I say routines I mean that we play hide-and-seek EVERY family night and we have rice krispy treats EVERY family night and we sing the same songs EVERY family night. For some it might get old, but for a 3 and 1 year old it gets better every time. Sometimes we play outside, have a dance session with dad jamming out on the guitar, go out for treats, make crafts, and just about anything that anyone feels like doing. The girls have more fun playing a silly game with Mike (that he made up seconds before), than they do going to the zoo, or any other activity for that matter. It's amazing how the simplest things bring so much joy.

Who needs a pool? They enjoy this more than going to the pool itself. Like I said...it's the simple things.
"My turn Kate...scoot over."
One of Kara's favorite hiding spots. She usually jumps out like a Jack-in-the box and gives her self away.
And of course, they would read all night long if they could.

Or maybe just look at pictures.

Apple Hill

Fun at the pumpkin patch. We actually didn't get one here because the pumpkins were half their size.
The infamous apple fritters. It would be pointless to go to apple hill and not get a fritter.
The pony rides that Kara was chomping at the bit to go on (but was too small) and Kate just watched from a distance with her hands over her ears. Go figure.
Daddy, Kate and Kara playing with the fish in the pond.

So we took our annual Apple Hill trip with the family (well this is actually only our second year). This is one of our favorite places to go in the fall because the girls get to enjoy chilly weather, petting farms, ponds, pony rides, pumpkin patches, and GREAT apple fritters and caramel apples. Mike enjoys the day off from work most of all, and this year we were actually snowed on. Yeah, didn't plan for that one. This is Kara's first year of actually understanding a holiday (well somewhat) and she is obsessed with pumpkins. Everywhere we go she's yelling at the pumpkins, or more like yelling to the pumpkins (she's still a mystery to us). Needless to say we had a really fun time, and yes Jonna, you did miss out.