Our local amusement park, Carowinds, transforms every fall into 'SCAROWINDS' and the kids and I experienced the fun for the first time this year (in VERY different ways!). During the day, the park is a fun filled pumpkin adventure. Along with all of the same rides, there is added entertainment that includes fun shows, foam pits, a pumpkin patch, cookie decorating and lots of other fun. The kids had a blast with all of the fun activities.
At night, the park reopens into a haunted, horror park.... seriously. I've never been before (as much as I love the high thrill rides, I have never been a fan of haunted fun) so I talked some friends into coming with me and it was such a fun.... and SO SCARY night!! As frightening as it was, I'll be back next year!
It's that time of year again! Each fall, we try to make a trip to the mountains to go apple and pumpkin picking. This year, we had BIG plans to do that but to make a weekend camping trip out of it... fun! Well, Mother Nature had other plans as a hurricane blew through and ruined our plans. No problem though- we have an amazing local pumpkin patch that we have visited in the past (and also throughout the year for their amazing produce) so we went to find our perfect pumpkins!
Part of Mikey's chance to be a 'Future Falcon', is getting to play a flag football game with the Seniors during halftime of a JV game. Mikey had so much fun with all of the big boys and he showed them how fast he can run! He also got to eat a hot dog dinner with the players after the game (that actually may have been his favorite part!!). Go Falcons!!
It's that time of year again for school fundraising and this time, we have 2 kiddos 'in it to win it'! They've had so much fun in the weeks leading up to their 'Fun Run' with theme days at school. On the day of the run, mom sat outside in the rain for about an hour before they postponed it until the next day- wah, wah! But when they finally had their turn, they did great! Go Kaitlyn and Mikey!!
It finally happened!! Kaitlyn's bottom tooth has been loose for weeks- I mean really loose (gross!). She even asked Mikey to give it a tug the other night with no avail. We were at a neighbors house and our friends' mother was able to pull it out for her-- she was so so excited! The tooth fairy came that night and brought a sparkley ten dollar bill (she has a lot of fairy dust!!). Here's to Kaitlyn's new smile!
Our local high school is Nation Ford High School- The Falcons. Mikey participated in their football camp this past summer and now that its football season, he is able to be a part of the 'Future Falcons' program. This means that he is 'assigned' a Senior player to be his buddy, and at every home game, he gets to run out onto the field after the football players. He also gets to play in a flag football game with the seniors during half-time of a JV game in the season as well as a bunch of other fun stuff like goodies and a t-shirt. Its a fun program that benefits the high school football program and Mikey has a BLAST! Goooooo Mikey!
Kate even dressed up in her cheerleader uniform for the game!
SICK DAYS!!! Ugh. We've been so lucky so far in that both kids have never really been sick, and if they have felt under the weather, they've recovered quickly. First it was Mikey (threw up at school... on his teacher!), and then Kaitlyn got the stomach bug for 2 days. The next week, Kaitlyn came down with croup AND strep. Can we get a break?!! THE END FOR BUGS IN OUR HOUSE!!!! Please and thank you.
