freeman's farm

Today we went to Freeman's Farm to get pumpkins and take a hay ride.  It was brrrr cold and the pumpkins were very picked over - but it was fun to get outside and run around.  Our hay ride was a fun tour around the farm and K really liked to see the tractor in action.  After the ride he went over to the antique tractor and took it for a spin.   R and K sat on the scale to see how much we had to pay $0.35/lbs.  We also scarfed down a couple of bags of kettle corn that they were making at the farm.  yum!

boo at the zoo 2013

We tried to do a zoo outing with school friends on Saturday, but the weather was rainy and very cold - so we had to go it alone on Sunday.  We layered up under the kids costumes to keep warm and headed out to get some candy.  in addition to candy, we took a carousel ride and saw some animals.  K was well recognized as buzz lightyear and R looked adorable as Izzy.

first bowling experience

R and I went bowling with our friends on a rainy saturday afternoon.  R was very confused about what to do, but when she figured it out - she developed her own ball throwing method.  it was fun to see her in those tiny bowling shoes.

fire awareness week

As part of fire awareness week, we went to an open house at the local fire station.  it was pretty cool to climb around on the trucks.  the kids were able to crawl through a tunnel of smoke.  they had three alarm chili there too - which we did not try!

race weekend

I ran my first half marathon today.  it was a little bit humid and a little bit rainy and a lot up hill.  I survived and had a decent time of 2:23 (avg 11 min miles).  it was great to see my husband at the finish.  i don't know if i will do another one soon, but maybe in the spring.  pretty cool accomplishment.  Later the same day, we had our annual chili cook off and block party at the neighbor's house.  it was very rainy, but fun.