Ayden's 3rd birthday party

This is a little late being posted since Ayden's birthday was in September, but I thought that I would share it anyways. The girls had a great time at the party!

Cam and Jessi had someone bring 2 ponies and a horse to their backyard.

Ayden with her Aunt Sheridan

Look at that joy!! Hannah loved riding the pony.

Chloe had just as much fun although she liked riding by herself more than riding with Hannah. Everytime we took her off of the pony, she would point to get back on it.



Grandma and Great Grandma with Chloe

They had a pinata at the party

Hannah needs to work on her baseball swing.
She didn't cry this time when it broke open like she did at my 30th birthday party.



After the party, the girls had a great time playing in the mud in the backyard. Uncle Jeff was kind enough to keep bringing them water to make more mud.

They kept dumping buckets of dirt on each other's heads.

A little bit of country life

One of the great things about going back to Erie is that the girls get to experience a little bit of country living.

Jeff had lined up all of the tractors outside, so the girls got to go into each one of them. This first one is his "new" tractor that he bought. It is his first tractor that he has bought, so it was a big deal.

Chloe thought that it was fun to sit in the tires. It just shows how big tractor tires really are!









Cameron kidnapped the girls and took them on the four wheeler. Look how much fun Ayden is having. She has done this a "few" times.



Oh no, the girls behind the wheel. The first thing Hannah said when she got in the car is "How do we turn on the music?"

It looks like things are going okay, but really . . .

They hit the tree. Hopefully this does not happen for real in their future. Yes there is a different driver. Ayden was going to try to back it out after Hannah hit the tree.

Niabi Zoo

We were able to go back to Illinois for the weekend to celebrate Ayden's 3rd birthday. The first thing that we did when we arrived was go to Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley. We had a picnic lunch there from Subway. The girls really enjoyed their time there.

They really enjoyed sitting on all the various animal statues.

Grandma bought all of the girls matching sunglasses. It is funny that Hannah is wearing them on her head just like her mama.



The girls loved the coy pond. We let them feed the ducks and fish.







They had a little petting zoo that you could feed the goats, cows, and pigs.

Ayden was much braver when it came to feeding the animals.



You could also feed the birds and they would land on you. One of them even pooped on Jessi.

They had a place that you could feed the giraffes, but we were too cheap to do it. We were still able to get really close to them.







Hannah and Ayden have such a great time together.

Sweet cousins

Yet another statue







At the very end, we took the train around the zoo.

What a fun day!

Hannah's First Day of Preschool

On September 7th, Hannah went to her first day of preschool at Kingdom Kids. She will be going to school on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays from 9 - 11:30 a.m.

She got a new Tinkerbell backpack for school.



She is "running" to get to school. Good thing the school is only about a mile from our house.

This is her new classroom and teacher. Her teachers this year are Mrs. Eagen and Mrs. Hunter. She really likes her teachers and her classmates.