LIFE with LEXIE

Okay I just can't wait any longer. Here she is......Little Red Riding Hood!
She's on her way to Grandma's house with her basket of goodies through the woods. But have no fear - there wasn't a wolf in sight. In fact, I'm standing in the parking lot of my office taking this picture and these are the lovely woods behind the building.
But first she got to wear her costume to dance class with all the other girls on Wednesday. Are they cute or what?
They also had a costume parade as well as trick-or-treating to all the different rooms and offices around the building. So she had a ball. And if that wasn't enough we also went to a festival at one of the elementary schools. This "row of houses" for trick-or-treating was one of the first things as you entered and I thought it was very cute.
They had to knock on the little doors, then say trick or treat and they were handed a treat.

That's a Haunted Gingerbread House I mean. Yup, that was our weekend project and since I had to work on Saturday we got busy on Sunday. And of course Lexie had to dress the part.

Last Sunday the rain stopped just long enough for Lexie & I to head out to the fabulous Maris Farms Pumpkin Patch that we discovered last year and enjoyed so much. It was a last minute decision since the clouds were still hanging around and looking like a "storm" as Lexie called it but we were in luck and had a wonderful afternoon.

As you can see Lexie jumped right in and got into the swing of farm life. Nothing like riding a cow and tractor to get the old country juices flowing.

Then we were off to the races.....the duck races that is.


As you can see she too it very seriously. It's a lot of work you know.

After all that hard work it was time to sit back and relax on the cow train. Choo choo or should I say Moo Moo!!


I have to say they were very cleaver in making it fun for the kids (and you'll notice a couple of adults thought it would be a hoot too) and it cost virtually nothing for them to make. Just cut out a couple of old barrels, bolt in an old school seat that you take the legs off then add a seat belt for safety of course, a little paint then hook them up to the tractor and away you go!
Lexie thought she was on a big roller coaster since she's got her hands up. But I just love the big grin on her face. She rode it twice more before the day was through.
Next was my favorite room in the farm - the corn kernel pit. Imagine a ball pit except this room is filled with corn kernels about 2 feet deep surrounded by bails of hay. I love it because it's like getting a mini foot massage when you walk with your socks in it. (Sorry about the spots on the camera lens but I forgot to clean it off after we had a little sprinkle.)

This is my angel making a little corn angel.
The Pillow Jump was next on the list. This is so cool. It's like a buried trampoline buried but it's a blow up so it really looks like a huge pillow buried in the sand.
They are smart enough to separate the kids by weight when they let them jump. But even then if they get too close to each other they'd bounce each other all over the place.
And as you can see the weather was threatening to explode all day but other than a couple of sprinkles early on we never got any rain.
So she decided to roll down the hill to get off.
Funny girl!
We just made it for our tee time (note the "club" - too cute!)
I'm certainly not a golfer so I don't know how she even knew what to do. But she picked up a club and went at it.
Now her form may need a little work but she quickly figured out that she had to get the ball through the tunnel....
and into the hole. Isn't she smart!
Another fun activity was the Mud Shaft Slide which is buried in a hill. My brave little dare devil just got in line and down she went.
And out she came....