Corn Maze and Hay ride!

A couple of weekend ago my mother in law asked us to go apple picking with her. I have been wanting to go all season. I wanted to find a place that also had a corn maze and hay rides. So we searched and searched on line for the closest place. We finally found one that had those two thing not to far away. When we got there, Rich says "where's all the apple trees?" My mother in law and I look at each other and say....oops. We we so busy trying to find a place that had corn mazes and hayrides, we forgot to make sure they also had apple picking. Needles to say we still had an awesome time. We ended up doing a "apple picking" at the store so we could make delicious apple pie.

They also had a little petting area.

On our Hay ride! The boys loved it, and wanted to go again.

They had a cute little maze set up just for kids. It was a lot of fun to watch them try to figure out how to get through.

Labor Day

On Labor day we went to York's wild kingdom with some friends. We had a lot of fun, and can't wait to go back next year. It's a Zoo plus they have rides and games you would find at a carnival.

Looking at Alligators

Can someone teach my husband to smile??....he did have a great time!

Aidan went on his first roller coaster and loved it. Cameron was upset when he was told he was just a little to small to ride this one.

I was lucky enough to get a picture with all the kids who went with us. Aidan is in the front row. Cameron is in the second row in the middle.

Aidan with his best friend Robbie, waiting in line for the bumper cars....I think this ride was a favorite for everyone...including mommy and daddy.

Group Hug!!!

Chugga chugga choo choo!!!

The zoo was right by the ocean. After we decided to drive to the beach, eat dinner, talk with friends (and of course the kids were able to play more) and view this fantastic light house. I hear it is one of the most photographed light houses...my picture doesn't do it justice. In my defense it was 8:00 at night. The lighting was bad, and we have a horrible camera. Anyways, we had a great day with great friends!!

Edited- If you want to see a great picture of this lighthouse, visit my friends website. What an amazing photograph!! www.domesticlifestyle.com/?p=4464

Summer Fun

We have swam at our house and at Grandma and Pappy's.

Spent time with Auntie Amanda

Taken many rides on the ATV. The kids love it!

In the spring we picked up this swing set for FREE! We love it!

They loved to pretend they worked at a fast food place. They would cook me hamburger, hot dogs, french fries, shakes, you name it, they made it. Sometimes they would "run out" of food, and I would have to pick another item.

We also picked this power wheels for Free. We just had to pick up 2 new batteries. They ride to "work" in it. They also drive around the yard to do yard work with their toys. I love to watch them play and interact together. Cameron is perfectly happy being the passenger.

Summer fun in soooo tiring!

One Saturday we were out mowing the lawn. The kids love to ride with us. We have 2 mowers. One of them will ride with me and the other with Rich. Cameron fell asleep so we laid him down on the grass. He did wake up, so it wasn't a long nap.

Happy Birthday Cameron!

Cameron turned 2 on Aug. 12th. It has been a great 2 years and we can't wait for the years to come.

Cameron, you have brought so much love, fun, and laughter to our family. We love you so much. When you were born you had so much hair. If you were a girl we could have put your hair in little pig tails. (I even tried once just to see what it would look like...don't worry no one saw) you have had such a strong personality from day one. You were going to do things your way and that was that. You loved to stay up late at night until you were well over 8 mo. and you still would wake up in the middle of the night. We tried everything the doctor said to get you on a better schedule, but nothing worked....you wanted to do things your way. O.k so we can't blame it completely on stubbornness. You have eczema really bad, which we know has affected your sleeping habits with being very uncomfortable, itchy, and sometimes even in pain because of it. And you still struggle with it today. We hope that soon your skin condition will ease up a little or disappear all together.

Just look at that hair!

The cutest dalmatian puppy ever!

You were and still are our little cuddle bug. We love it, and don't want it to change.

Sometimes your eczema would spread all over your body. We would give you oatmeal baths to sooth your skin and then apply lots of thick and greasy lotion.

You love playing out in the snow...shoveling, sledding, and playing. One day we were out there for at least 6 hrs straight. You cried when we brought you in.

You love to be outside playing with Aidan. You would stay outside all day if you could. You love to play with your big brother and do the things he does. You both play so great together. (for the most part.)

You love doing tricks and making the sounds of a snow mobile. (or any kind of machine or power tool for that matter)

You love to tell stories, and we love to listen to them. When you tell stories you are so serious about what you are talking about and your facial expressions are just priceless. You are so concerned when someone gets hurt or something happened. You just keep repeating "what happened" several times with a concerned tone, even if we have already told you what was wrong. It is so cute. You love to ask "why" to everything. If we have to keep asking you to put away your toys or do something, you eventually give up and say with an annoyed tone "alriiiiiight" It makes us laugh every time. Oh the things you say. We love you to pieces and so are so glad Heavenly Father sent you to us.

Wow, We can't believe you are already 2!!!

What's in your back yard???

We have seen a lot of Deer in our yard lately. It has been so fun to watch them play in the yard. One day there was a mommy and her 2 baby deer out there playing. We were sad when they ran back into the woods.

And for the first time we saw a fox in our yard. Aidan spotted him and called for me, I quickly grabbed the camera and was able to snap this before he disappeared. We also see a lot of squirrels, chipmunks, gofers, and other wild animals. I love living in New England!

Camping!

We had a lot of fun at our annual camping trip with Rich's family. We get the same 4 campsites every year. Each campsite has their own purpose. On Auntie Amanda, Melissa, and Scotts, we have the Croquet set up to play whenever we want. (we did a lot of it) Next to them is the main campsite where we cook and eat and just hang out. We also have the horse shoes set up there as well. Next to them is where Mom and Dad Tanguay sleep as well as uncle Paul. The next campsite over is ours. (it's also the short cut to the bathrooms) We had a lot of fun even though it did rain the whole 2nd day we were there. We really wanted to go to the beach that day. We decided to play croquet instead. (yes in the rain) The catch was...if you wanted to play, you had to do so in your bathing suit. It was a blast, and was kind of fun to see people slow down when they drove by, to see what the heck we were doing.

I was a little nervous that Cameron wouldn't nap with all the excitement that went on during the day. But he always got some sort of a nap, whether it was for 1hr or 2.

We had clams one day. Aidan loved them!!!

Another nap..this time with Pappy in the hammock.

They played in boxes too.

I think the only person Cameron wouldn't nap for is me. I brought him to the hammock to sleep...he wanted to do anything but. Looks like I could have used the nap.

Aidan and Cameron loved hitting the balls around too.

We had so much fun, and the kids loved that they were outside all day long.

We finally got to the beach on our last full day there. The kids had a blast making a castle with Uncle Paul.

The whole gang laying out. (minus the kids and me)

We had a great time and can't wait to go back next year!