I just love this picture of Alayna!! I have been waiting for the day the day that I could put 2 piggies in and not just one. I have finally been able to do it!!! Yeah!!! Last week was the first I attempted since I really didn't think she'd let me put 2 in. She can baring sit still to get the one it. So I've put them in everyday since. 
Saturday evening was a great evening to head to one of my favorite best kept secret little parks. It's the one behind Lowes in the Battlefield area. I love it because it's tucked away and you have to walk down a little trail to get there and it has a little sand beach so you get the feel of being at the beach. It has a nature trail around the whole lake and it has a playground as well. It's been awhile since we had been there so it was due a visit.
Bradley and Alayna coming down the slide together. She absolutely loves the slide and threw a fit when it was time to stop. She even likes to try and climb up it like the big kids do.
Bradley is going through this phase where he like to ride in the stroller again. He'll be in it faster than we can get Alayna in it and we are always like...Bradley, this is for your sister, not you. This time we were like....forget the fuss about it, there's a perfect little spot for her in the back. At first she started to cry and then thought it was kind of cool. It made for a great giggle!!
Me and my little clown riding the rocket. By the look on his face, you'd think he really was on a ride. Silly boy!!
Uh oh, which way did Bradley go now?
Don't I look so big!! Alayna has been really stubborn with smiling for the camera lately. It's like she just knows. She will either turn away or just stare at me. I swear she knows exactly what she's doing.
No surprise Bradley is up in the tree and holding one of his favorite things...a stick.
So peaceful watching the water.
Bradley and Alayna having races down the slide.
Alayna riding the rocket. I took the picture and caught her just before she fell backwards...bad mommy!!!
After the park we headed to Friendley's for some burgers where our peaceful night didn't end so peaceful. We are learning the hard way that taking our little pistol out to dinner isn't as easy as it used to be. She hates hates hates being confined in a high car and went bisurk. Luckily it was Friendly's where everyone there is friendly and it's a bunch of parents with screaming kids trying to do the same thing we were doing:) The waitress got a kick out of her attitude and thought she was the cutest thing. I was like "oh good, you can take her home with you then"......Oh brother!!!! Craig and I got a great chuckle out of it and said nights out to eat are now offically reserved just for date nights!!!
Bradley had his first field trip of the year. We headed to Markley's Farm right here in Chesapeake. I have to say I've been to better field trips with him, but he and Alayna had a great time so I guess it really doesn't matter what mom thinks. I like the cozy fall atmosphere and this one just didn't have it.
Here is Bradley with some of his school buddies. As you can see his school has a tradition of tye dying t-shirts every year so each class has a different color and their teacher can easier locate their students when they are on their little field trip. It's kind of cute.
Alayna loved watching the animals!!
Here's a picture when we were on the hayride. They loved it!!
Alayna found her little pumpkin. It really wasn't a pumpkin patch like past experiences. They took a bunch of little pumpkins and threw them in an open field. What was I really expecting for $.50 a piece right!?!?
Here's after they all found their pumpkins. Bradley doesn't realize he's half choking his sister.
The Schrodt Family gearing up for smore time.
Happy baby Callie. She was an awesome little mini camper. She and Alayna are outnumbered by the boys by far. So glad you had a girl Katy or Alayna would be destined to be a tomboy for sure!! Well I think she already is!!
Dave intriging the boys with probably some creepy crawler.
Daddy & Bradley doing their favorite thing...fishing. Bradley begs to do it all weekend long and thinks that's all there is to camping.
Craig & Dave took the boys canoeing on Saturday afternoon
Alexander begging Craig for more squishy bait:) Hee Hee. Bradley baited his first worm on a hook this weekend, daddy was so proud!!
Jacob so proud that he made the perfect marshmallows.
Mike, Terri, & Joely Boely as Bradley liked to call him.
Me and Alayna. She was referred to as Pig Pen's sister from the peanuts this weekend because she got so dirty she constantly had a cloud of dust over her head. I hardly had her dressed in the right clothes for camping. Oh well....
Craig gave free bike rides around the campground. So all the kids took turns and had a blast. I told him he should have started charging per ride:) Could of made some side $
Bradley and Josiah playing so well together. Not sure what that game is called.
Little Grayson making his first smores and so intent to make it perfectly.
Bradley & Alexander handing out being buds
Trevor, Grayson, Jayne & Sue. Jayne is doing a very good advertisement for Hershey bars. I hope they are paying her well.
Friday night. Most all the kids hanging out playing trucks.
Joel and Alayna playing with the leap frog table. They were so cute!
Katy and Jacob roasting hotdogs.
Grayson and Alexander...look at my marshmallow says Alexander!
So you are probably wondering what the For Rent sign is for. Craig just happened to have it in the trunk and pulled it out when Sue and I were fussing at each other. Maybe he wanted to put us up for rent or something.
Mom, I don't want to disappoint you because I did have tricks and pranks up my sleeve like we talked about but my plan sort of got foiled and ended up scaring myself. I had the snake hidden in my sweatshirt to scare someone or the whole group while we were sitting around the fire. Throughout the morning I kept making sure it was still there and didn't fall out. Well I then forgot about it and Sue and I were going to get our picture taken in front of the For Rent sign and as we were walking over there the snake fell out of my sweatshirt and Sue noticed it just as I felt something on my leg. Needless to say it scared the both of us. She goes and jumps up on her truck and I quickly realized it was my own dumb snake. She was scared to tears and I felt so bad. Then we thought it had fallen out earlier and Craig got ahold of it and threw it at us, but he swore he didn't. Once again Sue, so sorry you encountered a dreaded snake again.
Thanks to all of you for such a great time and the making of such fun memories!!!
