End-of-Summer-Fun!

Well I know I haven't posted lately but it was only because we were so busy soaking up the last days of summer, getting ready for school to start, setting up my classroom, and having school actually start.  So before fall actually comes, I wanted to recap our last few days of summer.

There was one day where we had a Disney Jr. party in town.  And it was free!  The kids were so excited.  They got to see Sophia and Jake.

They had all kinds of fun games and the theme was the power of doing good so all the games went along with that.  They earned dabloons for doing all the activities.

The final part of this was seeing our buddies Jake and Sophia on stage and singing!

Next up was taking a trip to Indiana to a place called Fair Oaks Farms.  We had never been there before but it was really neat.

They had all kinds of little activities for the kids including bouncy houses, mazes, parks, and driving tractors.

Then you board a bus and it takes you to the cow portion of this farm.  I think they said they had like 3,000 cows or something here.

We got to see the baby calves.

We drove through the barns where the cows were.

Then we got to see how they milk the cows. They go on like a merry-go-round.  They round up so that one cow gets on and then they get hooked up.  They take a trip around the circle which takes like 8 minutes and then they leave.  This whole milking process is a 24 hour, 7 day a week process.  I want to say they produce like 24,000 gallons of milk a day?  Something like that.

After that we went to the birthing barn where you can see cows being born live. With that many cows, there is always new cows begin born.  It was pretty neat to watch.

This cow just had twins!

We also went to one last carnival and rode some rides.

Evie and I even went on the ferris wheel!

We took another trip to the zoo to0.

This time we tried to pet the stingrays.  We have never done that before.

These are jellyfish.

Up next, I hosted a cousin night with my girls.  My cousin Diane just had a baby boy named Caleb.  You might remember also reading about her and her miracle Christmas baby a few years ago where she adopted him .  So happy for her and we were lucky to all find a time to get together.

We took another trip to Blackberry Farms with our friends Jackie and Olivia. We visited the old schoolhouse.

We also put on life jackets and went paddle boating.

We rode the train.

Even Baby Charlie had fun!

But I think the kids had the most fun riding the ponies.  They rode them like 6 times each.

We even squeezed in one more day at the beach!

And we took a trip to the Wild West Town.  We had never been there before either.  It was pretty neat.

They had rides.

You could pan for gold.

A fun park to play in.

You could shoot some arrows.

There was even a wild west live gun show.

There was pony rides.

And shooting ranges.

And even slingshots.

We even got put in jail.

We ended the summer by having a fun visit with Papa, Uncle Frog, and Uncle Chad.  

Summer isn't over technically but now that we have squeezed in lots of last minute fun, we are ready for fall.  Bring on the cooler weather, pumpkin patches, and Halloween!

Wisconsin Dells!

So once again, I am late in posting what's up with the Weiss family....but last weekend, we went to Wisconsin Dells!   We went with Grandma and Grandpa and Amy.  Daddy had to work. 

 

We had all kinds of fun there.  First up, we traveled to Baraboo to see Circus World Museum.  I haven't been there since I was a kid but I totally have a pic with this very elephant from when  was little!

 

We saw a magic show and a circus too!  It even had elephants.  They did some tricks.

 

This is some gorilla that used to be in the circus.

 

There is a lot of history behind this place because this is the place where Ringling Brothers Circus started.  There  are all these old buildings where they set up camp during the winter to store animals and practice new tricks and acts.

 

Here is one of those buildings.

 

The next day we went to this Timbavati Wildlife Park.  It's new there.

 

We got to climb that tower behind the kids.

 

Here we are at the top.

 

They had all kinds of animals there.  A lot of them we don't have here at our zoo.

 

They had some tigers.

 

And the cutest baby zebra!

 

We fed the goats.

 

We got to pet the camels.

 

But I think the best part was we got to feed this giraffe.

 

They LOVE carrot sticks so we bought a cup to feed them.

 

Even Bub was brave enough to feed it.

 

Gracie and I even took a ride on a camel.

 

After that, we went to one of my fav places in the Dells....Noah's Ark waterpark!  I loved this place when I was younger.  We'd go for the whole day and just ride the slides and swim all day long.  The kids liked the wave pool.

 

They had a couple of kiddie areas there too.

 

I'm glad they provide life jackets for the the little ones.

 

One day we went and hung out at Pirates Cove and played the park, drove some go-karts, and jumped on a big bouncy pillow.

 

One of the best parts of our trip though was the super cool waterpark inside our hotel. We stayed there a  couple of years ago and the kids loved it.  It's geared towards younger kids so it was perfect.

 

They have little water slides.  I liked them.

 

Gracie and Evie liked them too.

 

One morning we also got up early to eat at Paul Bunyan's.  It's been there forever and they have the yummiest donuts ever!

 

We also ate at Mousejaw too.  They have really good pizza.

 

Oh, and even Grandpa got in on the water action.  

It was a fun time and we are already planning our winter trip there!