Holiday!

Did you have a fun Labor Day weekend? We did! Friday morning we went to a pond to feed the ducks. They definitely knew what we were there for, because they came right over to us as soon as we walked up. Carter and London were a little nervous at first because the ducks were so aggressive, but they ended up having a lot of fun. We fed them hot dog buns, hamburger buns, and tortillas! Apparently the ducks aren't picky.

After that we headed to McDonald's, at the kids' request of course. They had so much fun on the playground, and they enjoyed their nuggets and fries as always. We headed home to take naps and eat supper. While we were eating, the kids asked if we could go to Chuck E. Cheese. Of course we had already done all that other fun kid stuff, but...why not? We already had a cup of tokens and we had already eaten, so we thought we might as well go have some free fun! We have never been on a Friday evening, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Last night we left Marley with a babysitter and headed to the CIRCUS! Our kids loved it. When we go somewhere fun, like to see Thomas the Train or to a Rangers game, Carter doesn't usually say much about what's going on. He doesn't act really excited or anything, he just kind of observes. Then later, after we leave or the next day, he talks about it like it was the best thing he's ever done. We always think this is funny about him. But last night...as soon as the elephants finished, Carter was right in front of my seat telling me all about them! He couldn't believe that elephants could do tricks like that. He talked about it the entire way home and until he went to bed last night. We're so glad he finally decided he enjoyed something WHILE it was happening!
London's favorite part of the circus was the pony ride. She loved it!

Three of my kiddos sharing popcorn at the circus :-)

Marley had a big weekend too. She used her Bumbo tray for the first time. We didn't have one of these for London, but Marley seemed to enjoy it.

We also moved Marley out of her bassinet this weekend. She's still sleeping in our room in the pack n play, but she was outgrowing the bassinet and needed a change. I'm sad to put up the bassinet for the last time. That same bassinet has been used for 6 grandchildren on Justin's side of the family. I guess it will be stored in our attic until it's time to pass it on for grandchild #7! (Just to clarify, we don't plan on that grandchild coming from us!!)

sleeping in the bassinet for the last time

I hope you had as much fun as we did this weekend!