All About Leaves

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With it being fall, I figured now would be a great time to do mini theme with Titan centering around leaves. The first thing I did was check out a bunch of books about leaves from the library. Above were some of the ones we enjoyed the most. 
Ti really liked learning about the development of a leaf and the process that helps it change color. We were able to talk about the different parts of a leaf, how the leaves get nutrients, why different trees have different shaped leaves, etc. 
Another thing he enjoyed was doing some leaf themed worksheets during his worksheet time. (I try to have him do at least two worksheets every morning). This cute worksheet was from a free printable Pre-K packet by Moms by Heart. 

We also went on a leaf walk.

Titan loved collecting all the different leaves he found in my mom’s neighborhood. 

My one of my favorite parts of keeping Titan out of preschool this year is that I get to experience everything with him now like this fall walk. We get to learn and explore together! 🙂
This was a GORGEOUS sunset we encountered on our walk! I mean, WOW!

During the walk Titan liked to hold the leaves up to the sun and see how they changed. We talked about how the light filters through, looked for as many different shaped leaves as we could, noticed all the various colors the leaves were, etc. 

Love the colors of fall! 
More fun fall colors from our walk and the neighborhood! 
These amazing leaves we found in Grandma’s backyard! 

And, last but not least, we did some shading/coloring with some leaves. I had Ti place different leaves between two sheets of paper and color over it to see what type of any outline he would get. 

We also worked on putting the leaves in order smallest to biggest, shortest to tallest, etc. (Gotta sneak in ways to layer the learning whenever you can, right?!) 🙂
This mini theme was so fun and I can’t wait to do more with Titan. I love how he was able to learn through so many different methods and activities!  
What fun activities have you been doing with your kids? I’m always looking for new ideas to try with Titan. 


Park City Girls Weekend 2013

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Every year in the fall all the girls on my dad’s side of the family get together for a weekend in Park City. We stay at the Marriott Summit Watch and spend lots of time catching up, laughing, shopping, and of course trying out all the fantastic restaurants Park City has to offer.  I’m not able to go every year, but when I do get to go, I always have a blast!

(Thanks to my sister, Tara at Keep Moving Forward with Me for the photo!)
The first day (Friday) we got up to Park City around 3:00 and made our way to the Tanger Outlets and TJ Maxx for some serious shopping! At TJ Maxx my sister found this oh so cute sweater and we both decided that this is one trend we will be passing on. Just not quite sure how I feel about wearing a squirrel, cat, fox, bird, elephant or any other animal on my sweater?! Maybe I just haven’t found the right one yet…??? 😉

After shopping it was off to meet everyone for dinner at Good Thymes. We were all very excited to try it out. Sadly though, no one’s food was very good. But they did have a cool chandelier! 🙂 (Note: If you do decide to give this restaurant a try, make sure to pay for your dinner with a Restaurant.com Gift Card. We were able to purchase a $25 gift card for only $10. So it saved us $15 on our meal!) 
I seriously want this is chandelier in my kitchen when we have an actual home of our own and aren’t renting! How fun is it that it’s made up utensils?! 
Oh, they they did have yummy s’mores. (Kind of hard to screw up s’mores though…) 😉

After dinner it was up to the hotel to show off our shopping purchases and trade our “Favorite Things”.  For the favorite things exchange we all purchase five of our favorite things under $5 and then we trade by drawing names. It’s always really fun to see what people bring. We had everything from Naked Juice Protein Smoothies (that was my favorite thing!) and Great Harvest Granola to Suave Dry Shampoo and scarves from New York! (PS: Anyone else absolutely LOVE the beds at Marriott Resorts? I swear I will own an exact replica of this bed one day…)

The next morning my sister, mom, and I decided to wake up a little early and get a work out in. We did some weights and cardio at the hotel gym and then did a brisk walk and some stairs on Main Street. 

I love Park City this time of year! 

The stairs. 

Happy we got our workout in. Especially since we were eating SO much yummy food all weekend! 

On the way to the Tanger Outlets for our second round of shopping my sister let me take a sip of the Total Nutrition Immortal Herbs sample that she was trying out. It looked absolutely nasty (thus my look of concern) but actually ended up tasting ok since it was blended with Bolt-House Farms Juice. 

While shopping we worked up quite an appetite so we stopped in Park City Pizza Co. for a quick snack before dinner. My mom and I found this place last year and LOVE their cheese sticks. 
It’s kind of a hole in the wall, “Ma and Pa” type place, but you seriously can’t beat the food and prices! 

The delicious cheese bread! 

Later that night we went to another favorite, Baja Cantina. It’s a mexican restaurant with great food as well. We’ve been going for a few years now and every time it’s been awesome. 
My Not-So Nachos at Baja Cantina. Can you tell yet that we basically just do lots of shopping and eating on this trip? LOVE it! Of course, we also played Bunco on night (I won $25!) and spend time down at the hot tub. The whole weekend really is the perfect mix of relaxing and having fun! 

After a jam packed weekend of girl time and shopping it was home to our families to carve some pumpkins! Every year my dad grows pumpkins in his garden and then brings them for the grandchildren to carve. Titan had A TON of fun hanging out with this cousins. Aren’t they so cute?! 

Here they are doing their “scary” faces. Love them! 

Let the carving begin! 

Ti wasn’t really into the carving. It was too slimy and yucky for him. He did great supervising though. Of course, no big surprise there! 😉 

The finished product. This isn’t all of the pumpkins that were carved but it’s at least some of them. It was hard to get a photo with all the candles lit since it was a windy night. (Titan’s pumpkins are the two in the center row.) 

And just so we can remember, here is the pumpkin Titan and Broc carved at a party Broc’s side of the family had while I was in Park City. Titan said it was “Frankenstein’s Goblin”. 
Overall, it was a fantastic weekend! I got to spend time with the girls, score some awesome deals and take a break from being mom and wife for teeny tiny bit and my boys got to have fun going to football games and family parties! Win win all the way around. 
What are you favorite things to do in Park City? We are always looking for new activities or restaurants to try out!  

Have you started carving your pumpkins yet? Or do you wait until Halloween? 

Scheels Playdate

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Looking for a fun playdate idea? Take your kids to Scheels! I took Titan and his cousin to Scheels for a playdate/field trip today and they had a BLAST! I realize it’s actually a store, but they had so many fun things to look at and do that we spent over an hour there and didn’t do any shopping! It proved to be rather educational & perfect for two 4 year old little boys! 🙂
We started off our excursion by going on the ferris wheel and then made our way through the rest of the store. 
A couple things to note, the ferris wheel is only $1.00 per person! (Talk about a good deal!) And, you do have to purchase your tokens at the front registers. So, if/when you go,  make sure to purchase your tokens right as you walk in, otherwise you will be back tracking up to the front to purchase them.
Also, your kids do have to be at least 36 inches tall to ride & there is enough room on each seat for one adult and two small children. I may or may not have called and asked that before I went. 🙂 (Please tell me I’m not the only one who thinks of all these teeny tiny details before I go anywhere? I just knew I didn’t want to get there and find out that we all couldn’t go together and so one would have to wait while the other rode, etc. Plus, at the time I didn’t think Broc would be with us. Can you tell I try think ahead and plan for every scenario possible? I’m kind of crazy like that, I know. Although with kids it’s all about working smarter, not harder…right?!) 🙂

After the ferris wheel we made our way up to the second floor to check out the “Animal Mountain”. I’m not sure if that’s even what it’s called, but that’s what the boys were calling it. Ti and his cousin had A LOT of fun looking at all the animals, asking names for the ones they didn’t know, etc. I think they would have spent another 30-60 minutes looking at all the animals had we let them. 

These two kept pointing things out to each other and talking a mile a minute. It was so cute to watch!
I loved that we went for the ferris wheel and ended up having a mini lesson on habitats and animals as well. Learning on the go is always a plus! In this picture Broc was telling them all about the tarantula on the wall! 

After the Animal Mountain it was over to the huge airplane hanging in the store that the boys spotted from the ferris wheel. They were a little disappointed they couldn’t go in the airplane, but were finally satisfied just taking a look at it. 

Last but not least, on the way out we stopped at the Thomas Jefferson Exhibit. Thomas Jefferson is  an animatronic that moved and spoke telling the boys all about the Declaration of Independence. I’m not sure how much the boys will actually remember, but at least they’ve heard it once and can continue to build upon that as they get older. So we even got a mini history lesson in as well! Added bonus! 

I found this plaque interesting and had fun reading all the facts and information. Good history review for myself! 

(Side note: I saw this sign on the way out and snapped a quick picture to remind myself to watch out for future activities like this when we are in town. This event looks like a lot of fun for kids! And, it would be a great addition to a lesson about Pilgrims or Thanksgiving! Plus, it doesn’t hurt that it’s a FREE event! Have any of you ever been to one of their events? I’d love to know what you thought! 

After Scheels we took the boys across the parking lot to McDonald’s for some mini ice cream cones, some time in the play place & of course a DC for me! I figured the more energy we can get these boys to burn off, the better! 😉
(Upon walking in, the cashier said that he had made an extra strawberry shake on accident and would we want it. A free shake? Sounds good to me!) 🙂

The boys played for quite a while and then settled in for a round of checkers in the “computer” area. I want to know when McDonald’s started adding in little tech stations to their play places? I have never seen stations like these in any other McDonald’s. Of course, I haven’t seen many McDonald’s like this one, period. There were definitely some nice additions to this new location (I think it’s less than a year old) and those additions included a better play place, these tech stations and a glass wall so you can see into the play play from the main dining area. For years I’ve wondered why they don’t put a wall in like that. Looks like they finally got a clue! 😉 
Overall, today was a great day filled with lots of fun and even some learning! And, it all cost less than $5.00! That’s my kind of day! 
What types of free (or really cheap) and fun activities do you like to take your kids too? I’m always on the lookout for new things to try out with Titan. We like our “relaxing” days but we also like to get out and go as well. 🙂