The last few days seem like a whirlwind. Big Sissy and Bubby were on Fall Break last Thursday and Friday and we tried to squeeze in as much fun as we could and that didn't end until just a few minutes ago as we just got home from trick-or-treat.
On Friday afternoon, we headed up North for a quick 24 hour visit with my family. My Aunt S came home from the hospital on Thursday so it was a blessing to be able to spend some time with her. (Thank you for all the prayers and thoughts. Please keep them coming as she still has a long road ahead of her, but she is doing much better than she was two weeks ago this time when she was suffering from an unknown at the time drug reaction.)
On Saturday, we had a family Halloween themed birthday party for Big Sissy, Bubby, and two of my nieces, Cousin B and A. Their 4 birthdays fall within a month of each other between October and November so we have tried to celebrate all of their birthdays together the last couple of years which always is a lot of fun for all involved.
We headed back home late on Saturday night so everyone could sleep in their own beds and be well rested for Sunday as we decided to head to Kelsay Farms after church on Sunday. You see I just happen to be lucky enough to know those Two Maids a Milking personally so they were kind enough to give us free tickets to visit the farm this year. Thank you again, Amy and Liz!!
Now I realize you may find it odd that as farmers, we would want to go tour another farm, but we love visiting Kelsay Farms. You see they are dairy farmers and there is just something about the cow. I have always been a fan and it appears my kids are too.
In fact, Bubby tells us all the time that he wants to have dairy cows in addition to pigs when he gets bigger so time will tell.
Any way, we had a blast at Kelsay Farms and were even lucky enough to spend some one-on-one time with Miss Liz.
We might still be in the corn maze if she hadn't been with us.
Now Kelsay Farms is closed for 2011 as they are only open to the public during the month of October, but I would suggest that if you live close that you put it on your calendar now for 2012 as it really is a lot of fun for all ages and Bubby highly recommends the chocolate milk.
Much to Big Sissy and Bubby's dismay, they had to head back to school today, but we squeezed in a little bit more fun as we went trick-or-treating tonight.
Trick-or-treating in the country is slightly different than when you live in a subdivision, but we wouldn't trade it for anything. My good friend Miss Megan from Gal in the Middle did a great job of explaining trick-or-treat when you live in the country so be sure to check it out. Let me just say our evening consisted of 2 1/2 hours in the car, 7 stops including one in a corn field, and over 41 miles on my van.
Needless to say, all three kids are fast asleep and I'm not far behind.
Happy Halloween!!!!
Monday, October 31, 2011
What a busy, but fun few days
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Great post and way to try and make that fall break a memorable one for the kids. Great costumes!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes I too read that post about trick or treating in the country, that was my memories of going "house to house", down to a T. Sometimes we would go out the weekend before Halloween, AND on Halloween weekend just to get all the houses in since its so spread out, but I wouldn't trade those day for anything.
Glad you guys could make it out!! I can't wait to put Bubby to work on the farm in a couple years!!
ReplyDeleteSounds perfect. Really miss the pumpkin patches and hay rides from when we lived up in PA, you just can't find that kind of thing down in Southern Florida.
ReplyDeleteWe just came to Dc for our Fall fix but head back to the beach tomorrow :)