Saturday, August 4, 2012

Happy Birthday to ME!

So I'm 32...I know I know, impossible I don't look a day past 25. But it's true. 
This year I wanted to celebrate with something that my whole family would enjoy. 
So we went to Muscoot Farms in Katonah to see all the different farm animals.

This turned out to be a very cool thing to do and since it was free it shoots to the top of my places to waste time list.  
 Doesn't this look like a painting with the clouds and the trees....it was a really beautiful day. 

 Our first stop was the Pig Pen and to our surprise there were 9 little piglets playing and squealing all over the place.  Jack was really enjoying it until the Mama pig made the "dinner squeal" and all the piggies came running for food.  It was such a cool thing to watch nature take control like that and since I'm still nursing Emma it was even that more fascinating .  Until I turned and looked at my horrified 2 year old.  Jack got so scared because all the piglets were making so much noise and they were all pushing a shoving that it did look more like an attack then a meal.  So we moved on. 
 "This is a Lion" 
according to Jack this very hairy goat was a Lion.  We tried to tell him that it was a goat but he kept pointing at it and telling us very matter-of-factly that 
"This is a Lion" 
So we agreed to disagree.
 Me and my babies. 

This is one of my favorites from the day.

 It's so cool to watch Jack grow up, now when we tell him to smile he gives us a big cheese grin.  Little things like that always amaze me and I can't quite explain why. 
 We spent some time in the garden until I looked around and realized we were surrounded by bees so we high tailed it out of there....the flowers were prettier from afar. 



 After we walked all around the farm and saw all the animals we took a break and enjoyed some ice cream.
  
I remember when I was little and I was handed an ice cream cone my face lit up like you just handed me keys to a brand new car.  

Thats what jacks face looked like when we let him pick out what ice cream he wanted.  

Then his face looked like this.....
Chris took us all out to dinner at one of our favorite places.
Birdsall House in Peekskill
We sat outside and enjoyed some really good food and both the kids were on their best behavior 


 This is Jack putting Sophie to bed and giving her a kiss good night. 
 This is Emma's "mad face" cause Jack took Sophie from her. 
And of course because one sugar filled treat for the day just wasn't enough, we had some birthday cake.  I wonder when Jacks going to learn that whenever we sing happy birthday it's not always his birthday.  
Oh well, at least he didn't spit on the cake trying to blow out the candle.

When I woke up that morning and Chris asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday I said
"I want a picture with my babies"
And that's exactly what he gave me......

AND AN IPAD (yayayayayayayayayayyaay)

2 comments:

  1. If I didn't know better I think you just won the lottery - well you know what you DID!!!! Love you up to the sky the planes and the birdies as jack would say "happy birthday my 1st baby" Mom

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  2. that anecdote about the pigs and jack freaking out when they all started feeding made me laugh so hard. hilar.

    the pic of you and jack walking is adorable. and of course sweet baby emma and her smile is just the cutest thing ever.

    it was so nice seeing you guys yesterday. it's dangerous for me to spend time with you because then i have babies on the brain for the next 48 hours. which is obviously a compliment to you guys and your beautiful babies.

    xoxo

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