Dec 28 2009

Crappiest Zoo Trip EVER

On October 22nd I got the grand idea that a zoo trip with my friend Melissa would be tons of fun, since we have a zoo pass and can get friends in free, I thought we should take advantage of the super  nice weather we were having…

Looking back now, its started off bad, so maybe we should have called the whole thing off, but we didn’t… I was almost an hour late due to the boys being bad, as I was walking out the door Grayson decided to poop so I had to change him, I lost our cat and had to hunt her down, oh the list goes on and on… I met Melissa at the King Of Prussia Mall and it took us a while to figure out where the other one was :) ha ha… Poor Melissa while putting everything in my car drops her really nice camera and breaks it… so despite all that off we go to have a fun day at the zoo… we get to the zoo and we park in the parking lot where there is a 2nd entrance only to be told we can only exit there we have to walk a mile to the main entrance to get in… we huff and puff to the main entrance and get in and then proceed… we were there for probably 30 minutes to an hour before we get to the monkey house, where Logan steps in a big pile of brown mud… It looked gooey and gross so I decided to not trek it in the monkey house and clean it off outside… glad I did cause after a few seconds the smell hit me… it wasn’t a pile of  mud, no no it was a huge pile of poop… aka crap!!! I gagged my way threw cleaning him up as best as I could, it was all over his shoes, socks, pants and leg, I didn’t carry an extra pair of pants, socks or shoes, seriously who does when their child has been potty trained for almost a year now… Oh my goodness it was so bad I am still gagging!!! ick!!! So we proceeded and actually eventually had an ok time… but we only lasted 3 hours tops and it felt like it was days… So you’d think that would be the end of our terrible horrible no good very bad day… but no no, we finally had enough torture and we go to exit where we were told we could exit at the 2nd entrance right by our car, and there is no opening to get a stroller out… yup its only one of those turning gates!!! AHHHH we wanted out so badly that we totally unpacked our strollers, folded them up pushed the kids and the strollers threw and guess what??? I forgot my purse and our food bag and my very expensive camera… luckily (the only bright side to our day) there were some nice people who handed it threw to us and we were FREE… we pretty much ran for the car, we were so done :) Good thing Melissa still loves me and she got a nice new camera from her awesome hubby… I gotta say next time its that difficult to get to the zoo I’m calling it off way before Logan or Grayson step in Poo!!! :)

we did have some fun so here are a few pictures of our fun times :)


Nov 9 2009

Halloween ’09

As has been tradition for the last few years, we went trick or treating with our small group, it was an adventure since it was raining, but it stopped half way through and it wasn’t cold in fact it was pretty nice, so over all we had an amazing time with friends and made lots of  fun memories…

This is Logan dressed up in the afternoon at my parents, he was having a great time, Grayson on the other hand melted down… Poor guy just didn’t understand what was going on….

Here are a few pictures, since it was raining I didn’t bring our big camera on the trick or treat part so these pictures are courtesy of our friends (the O’Malleys and the McLaughlins), and family… Thanks guys!!!

Leah (snow white #2) and Grayson (who refused to dress up, so hes supposed to be a cowboy #2, see the boots, and the shirt is sort of cowboy-ish, but no hat or scarf, he threw a fit) but he LOVED trick or treating and wanted to eat all the candy he got as soon as he got it :) fun fun!!!

Aubrey (Snow white #1) and Logan (cow boy #1+ Woody from toy story)

Logan (Woody ), and Jake (Peter Pan) they wouldn’t take their candy out of their mouths even for this one picture it was funny!!!

Aubrey (snow white #1) and Logan (Woody) trick or treating… they are so cute!!!

Logan and Jake (this is one of my most favorite pictures from that night) too stinkin cute!!!

yee haw cow boy!!!

Here they are the BIG group picture…. (L-R, B-F) Leah (snow white) on Aubrey O’Malley (snow white), Maddie McLaughlin (Bell), Emma Steckiel (60′s chick), Avery Steckiel (Mariposa Barbie), Abby Steckiel (genie), Grayson (throwing his normal fit- Cowboy), Evie Steckiel (was a chicken, but out of her outfit in this pic), Logan (cowboy), Jake McLaughlin (Peter Pan), Abby McLaughlin (Tinker Bell)

another favorite: Howdy Ma’am :) it even looks like hes smoking :) HAHA

I know we don’t have many pictures of Grayson but he was half miserable the entire night, he did enjoy trick or treating half way threw but once done he got grouchy again… Oh well, maybe next year :)


Aug 6 2009

Workin at the Car Wash!

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The other day we went to hang out with some friends and as a fun activity we got the kids to wash the outdoor play items, they loved it and Missy loved it cause now the items are clean :)

Here are some cute pictures:

(Missy I know you have pictures of this too and I have been waiting for you to put them up so I didn’t steal your thunder- sorry)


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