Pony Ride and Petting Zoo at Gardner Village

I purchased a groupon for Sage to ride the pony and go to the petting zoo at Gardner Village. We intended to go as a family, but realized it was only good during the week and they are closed when Taylor gets off work, so Sage and I went this morning. This was our third time going to Gardner Village and she was still excited to see all the pumpkins and witches. She also was excited to see the animals. However, she is hesitant to get too close. She is too apprehensive to pet them and loves to feed them, but from a distance. When it came time for her pony ride we had a little melt down. We almost were going to forgo the ride, but as soon as that pony named Blueberry started walking she was a happy girl. I wish I would have got some pictures of her riding, but she held my hand so tight the entire ride; the guy guided her around the shops to see the witches. Forget about trying to get her to look at me while I took a picture, she kept her eyes glued on the animals. She even got to sit on the alpaca named Carlota and even pet the 7 week baby named Bailey! She fed the ducks, geese, goats and sheep. It was a great morning. 

Party Elephant

Sage is a little party elephant. A party elephant who does not want to sit still for a picture! Yesterday we attended a Halloween Party with the mom's group. Sage loved running around with the kids and playing games. Today, we went to the library for their halloween program and sang halloween songs, listened to halloween stories and went trick or treating around the library with the bags they decorated with halloween stickers. She had lots of fun and it apparently wiped her out because she is taking an extra long nap this afternoon. We love halloween. 

Hot Nails

We painted Sage's toe nails the other day. She sat surprisingly still. Afterwards we told her that her nails were hot so she wouldn't touch them and dried them with the hair dryer. She wouldn't touch them and said for several days that her toes were still hot. 

Barnyard Boo

Insomnia

It's after 1 in the morning and I am still awake. Let the vicious pregnancy insomnia begin! When I was pregnant with Sage I would wake up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back asleep so I would shower, dry my hair and get ready for the day and then I would finally dose off just in time for the alarm to go off to get me up for work. It's kind of awful. I haven't slept well for the past 3 nights with Taylor gone and here we are night number 4 with Taylor home. I did go to bed at 7 and slept a couple hours and woke up with an awful headache that would not let me fall back asleep. I took an excedrine and even went and got a Dr. Pepper hoping the extra caffeine would take my headache away. Here, we are 4 hours later... still with a headache and wide awake from the caffeine. It's kind of a vicious cycle. I get a headache from not sleeping, but then can't sleep because my head hurts so bad so I drink caffeine that usually takes it away, but then am wide awake. After hours of tossing and turning I decided to get up and get my mind off of not being able to sleep and hope I get sleepy. So, I have added several blog posts... tomorrow is going to be a long day.

Sundays can be really long days. We were so happy to have daddy come home this afternoon. We sure missed him during his trip to South Bend. To help pass the afternoon we decided to take Sage on a walk around Wheeler Farm to see and feed the ducks. 

Jungle Jim's Playland

Last weekend we took Sage girl to Jungle Jim's Playland. She was in heaven. It has several kiddy rides and tons of quarter games. We spent our time on the rides. We road the carousel a couple times, the flying boats, the swings and Sage's personal favorite was the Safari ride where she got to sit in a jeep. I think she went on that one 5 times. 

South Bend

The guys spent the last four days in South Bend soaking up the Notre Dame experience and enjoying a great game between the Cougars and the Fighting Irish! If we're lucky maybe I can get Taylor to blog about the experience in a later post. All I know is that they had a great time!

Flashback

I know every mother wonders this, but seriously... what happened to my baby?!

Happy Halloween

Sage is an elephant this year for halloween and she is the cutest elephant we ever did see! We sent these happy halloween cards out to her cousins and a few of Sage's friends. We are pretty excited about halloween around here. Taylor and I even have our costumes ready. We have been to a corn maze, made several batches of pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, had friends over to carve pumpkins, been to see the witches at Gardner Village a couple of times and to Wheeler Farm's Pumpkin Days and have played in pumpkin goop. There are a few other halloween activities we are looking forward to. Sage loves the pumpkins, kitty cats and witch hats. 

Gardner Village with the cousins

This afternoon we met all the cousins at Gardner Village to take a look at the witches. Sage and I went with our friends last week and will probably go once more with dad before the month is over. It is just that much fun. It's fun to look at all the witch displays and Sage likes to point out the spiders, cats and pumpkins. She had a fun time with her cousins. Afterwards, Jeanne had a yummy dinner for everyone. It's always fun to get together. 

Wheeler Farm with Cole Man

Yesterday Sage and I met up with our friends Caitlin and Cole for a playdate at Wheeler Farm for their Pumpkin Days and Hay Maze. The kids would have been content chasing the ducks and geese around all afternoon, but we took them through the maze, on a hay ride and picked out a pumpkin. It was a lot of fun and nice to get outside before the weather gets too cold. Afterwards, Cole came over to play for a little while. They have so much together. It is so fun to see them interact as they get older. Each time we get together they are both doing new things and interact just a little more than the last. We have been arranging their marriage since before they were born. Cole is about 6 weeks younger than Sage. When we ask Sage if she is going to marry Cole she says, "yeah." We sure hope so! Either way we have a feeling that those two are going to be good friends!