Caught "Red" Handed

A couple weeks ago I went out for a sister's night out when I got a very irate call from Cory saying the kids had gotten into the find dye that was out on the counter and now it covered not only the kids, but also the whole house. I assumed it was the usual suspects of Cami and Josh, but upon arriving home I discovered I was only partially correct.  In fact this cute toddler below was caught "red" actually blue handed which took a couple of day to finally scrub off.  

The house except for one small blue mark was eventually scrubbed back to new.

Moral of the story, Sophie now has to be watched as she is learning to get into trouble and kids are just NOT worth all the trouble they cause!

Circus Folk & Little People

Josh got a special daddy date to go to the Circus - which meant he got to ride the trax train into downtown.  He couldn't stop talking and pointing out everything he saw as we rushed by. Once there, we found a churro and made it to our seats. Unfortunately, they were in the upper bowl behind the entrance, so the concrete wall is all the Josh could see while sitting in his seat (although he was just so excited that he smiled the whole time). Once the circus began, Josh alternated between sitting on the edge of Daddy's knees or standing/peering over the wall to see.

Josh was amazed by the animals and loved the elephants. Unfortunately, some of the acts went on longer than his little 2 year old attention would sit through. Just before intermission, we took a walk back out on the concourse to let him stretch his legs and go down to the front doors to see Grandpa Fergy (who works at the front doors in guest services) again. We were treated to spend the second half of the performance in the lower bowl in some fantastic seats where Josh could see much better.  

While his attention hadn't grown any, he did have a little more patience for the horses and elephants. 

Then the fire breathing dragon came out for the finale, and Josh couldn't stop pointing it out in excitement - he was thrilled to see a "real" dragon.

The circus was fun, but maybe a bit over Josh's understanding, maybe next year he will be at a better age to be more excited for all the acts & demos.

September's Storytimes

We started September's story-time with the Medico family for, "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus." These are apparently a series of books I had never heard of, but since then my kiddos have fallen in love with.

Charisse was feeling overly ambitious for this story craft time because not only did we have one fun cute craft of creating our buses, but then we did a second craft creating out pigeons and it involved paint...always a scary venture with toddlers!

Afterwards we just hung-out eating cookies and running around in the nice fall weather.

We unfortunately missed Aunt Julie's pirate story time due to the flu sweeping by in our family. So the next story time we attended was mine where we read, "Who Stole My Hat." For our activity we decorate paper and made our own hats. I think they came out adorable and with the already short people wearing them it reminded me a lot of Gnomeo and Juliet, except for Phoebe who insisted on wearing hers like a unicorn.

This story time was so wild and fantastic that it wore poor miss Sophie right out.

I am proud of us for maintaining this story group so far for 2 months, I am having a lot of fun participating in it and I think the kiddos are excited for every Wednesday's story and craft with cousins.

A Little Hula, Hula

In the end of September we got to celebrate summer for one last with the Fergy clan by having a Luau in Cory's mom's backyard. Our little fergy family had a lot of fun dressing up in our authentic Hawaiian clothes (thanks to my parents) & enjoying awesome diet breaking food!

We had all he grand kiddos present dress up in homemade grass skirts, which you can see some enjoyed more than others...poor Sophie detested this experience.

The kids all loved the fact they got their own pineapple cup and flamingo plates o take home which we eat off it still just about everyday.

After dinner we enjoyed a Hawaiian dance putt of by the older cousins. They even went through the dance a second time to each the younger kids, which they really enjoyed. Some followed the script dance closer than others. Cami's version of the dance was unique to say the lest and involved several twirls and karate like kicks then finished with a gymnastics like presentations to the judges.

Dancing was followed by all the kids receiving their own personal hula hoops & even a few personal demonstrations on the adults behalves...let just say some were better than others.

This was a fun way to squeeze the last bit of summer fun in to the season and I had such fun I hope there are more Fergy clan luaus to come.

Our Miniature Grape Gobbler

For the past 4 years we have enjoyed grapes in our backyard which I admit we never pick and eat because I am ugged by the seeds and there aren' really enough to do anything with so every year they stay on their stems until the birds finish them off or they fall on the round.  This year, however, is a different story because we have discovered Sophie LOVES the grapes and doesn't mind the seeds in them. Many days in Sept Sophie could be found here eating all he grapes possible in her little 2 foot reach, which I admit is just so darn cute to watch I am sad now that she has done picked the vines clean and there is no more for her to reach.

I just had to add this one picture too of Josh playing with his beloved trucks in the dirt. This is he most favorite past time and I am thrilled to finally be getting a larger yard for him to dig and play in.