Saturday, October 22, 2011

Pumpkin Patch

Here are some pictures from the pumpkin patch we visited this year. We decided to go up north to Freeman Farms in Chino Valley and escape the heat (yes its still HOT here). Beside pumpkins they had plenty of other activities for Austin to enjoy, such as a carousal, a petting zoo and of course hay rides.


 

 





3rd Birthday Party

So I am a little backed up with my blogging lately...I think I start every blog this year with the same sentence. Well on Austin's actually birthday she went to school. On Thursdays they have soccer and Austin loves soccer and we didn't want her to miss it, plus we decided to surprise her and her class with a pizza party for lunch and after lunch she came home with Luke and I. We brought the camera, but unfortunately below is the lone picture Luke took. Her class was very excited to have pizza and "treats." Later that night we went to dinner at Benihana's with my parents and Luke's Mom. Austin really enjoyed the show that the chef put on while he cooked our dinner. She was also very well behaved all through out dinner.

On Friday the Villa family came out for a visit from San Diego and stayed with us. We have such a good time when we are with them and the kids play really well together. On Saturday was Austin's party. Now last year at her party we rented a ramada at the park up in Anthem and it was 100 plus degrees. Everyone melted, the cupcakes melted, it was pretty miserable. Well we decided that its just too hot still in the beginning of October and from now on we will have to find a indoor activity/location to have Austin's birthday party. We already knew we wanted to hire Jungle Jill (female Jack Hanna) as the entertainment and finally decided on the Nature Center at the Cave Creek Regional Park as a location. Well, the day of Austin's birthday could not have been any more beautiful. The temperature was in the mid 70's and we actually decided to have Jungle Jill do her presentation out on the back patio of the Nature Center. The party was great and Austin had such a wonderful time. I still cannot believe that my baby is 3.

The following week Austin's had her 3 year well visit and she is measuring in at 39 inches tall (89%) and weighing in at 33lbs (72%). We really did not have any questions for the doctor (quite a difference from past visits). He did say Austin's tubes were still in which I was surprised since its been 15+ months. He also said Austin was quite articulate for her age. Enjoy the pictures!