The Farm!

Today we ventured north, with some friends and went to The Farm. I was thrilled to learn that we have a little piece of agriculture here in Las Vegas that offered some fall, family time fun. They had goats, pigs, chickens, horses, bunnies all of which the kids could feed and pet. They even had a mini pumpkin patch, a straw maze and lots and lots of home made goodies! We had a really nice morning, and the kids enjoyed themselves... Especially Francesca, with the pony rides and feeding the animals, she was in her glory! We will definitly be making a stop back here, maybe next time, for lunch!!!

Seriously... I could eat this boy up!

Claire, Francesca and Dante.

Feeding a horse.



Loving on the little brother!



I love this picture, the babies look like they are so in love! :)

She was so excited to ride the pony.

Just Another Beautiful,Ordinary Day!

There is something a little stange about being a girl from the east coast and painting pumpkins when it is still 85 degrees in October. What is even more bizare to me, is that my children will think that this is just another ordinary day in October. It saddens me a bit that they don't get to experience the fall foilage, or the scent of firewood burning in the air when that crisp cool autumn weather finaly hits. I remember as a kid, going to the pumpkin patch and hurring through to pick out the very best pumpkin I could find, only to scury inside to have some donuts and apple cider. I miss the fall in upstate NY. I want more than anything for my kids to jump in a pile of  raked leaves, and find that to be the most fun that they've ever had! I want my kids to go to a REAL pumpkin patch, and go on real hayrides. Just as I was starting to feel sort of sad about that, I stumbled along this..........

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is  really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.  ~John Ruskin

Sometimes Vegas will throw this girl a bone, and give me a litte bit of what I love most, a thunderstorm! Not just the little rain showers that we get like once every 3 months, I mean it really STORMED!!! It poured down big fat rain drops,  they sky was dark as night at 2 O'clock in the afternoon. There was some crazy thunder and wicked lighting. It was awesome!! My girl woke up early from her nap from the loud booms, and her and I cuddled up on the couch and stared out at the storm that brewed just for us.. Or at least it felt that way anyway! When these little miracles happen, it's like a piece of home has been delivered right in our backyard... Then I'm not so sad anymore :-)

The serious artist

Work of art!

Hanging out!

   

As I mentioned earlier, it rained today. Daddy wore a hat and puffer jacket to work. When he came home, Francesca thought it would be fun to try it on, and this was her gansta' pose she gave us. :-)

Dante's first Birthday Party!

Dante's first birthday was this weekend. Who can believe that it has been a whole year since we brought our little monkey home? Not me!! We had a party at the park, and I must say... we partied hard! Well, maybe not hard, but we celebrated and had a great time! Food was great, cake... heavenly, and lots of fun and laughs were had by all. What more could a little boy ask for? :-)

Our Birthday boy!



Monkey baby!!





This was the most delicious cake I've ever had in my whole entire life! Chocolate cake with banana custard... YUM!