Kiddie Acres

I took Peyton to Kiddie Acres with a friend of mine and her little girl Avery. It is a little amusement park for younger children. They have rides, a train, and ponies. The kids loved it. Peyton especially liked that he could ride the rides without me. When we got on the train he tried to get me to get out. He wanted to do it all by himself. He is really into being independent. We will see how long that last once the baby gets here.

Peyton and Avery waiting to ride the ponies. They were so excited.
Peyton on his pony.


Avery on her pony.
Taking a ride on the boats.
They are just way to cute!
On the cars! As you can probably tell I chose the Army car since Peyton was wearing his Army shirt.Weeeee!Avery driving the car.On the planes.The propellers blew air back toward them. Avery loved having the wind in her hair.Peyton on the carousel.

Little Gym

Peyton and I go to Little Gym every Monday evening. We started going this summer and Peyton loves it. The gym is perfect for him and he can run around and use up all the extra energy he has. We do a lot of fun things like sing, run, jump, and hang on bars. Last night one of my friends took some pictures of the kids. Here are a few. Enjoy!At the very beginning we start with shaking bells. The kids love doing this and really love putting the bells up. We then do an introduction and Peyton is not interested in sticking around for this and has already left the circle to go play on the balance beam. We also do a group activity every week. This week was the blow up track. It is Peyton's favorite. He loves to try to bounce on it. He hasn't mastered jumping yet so this is good practice.They also love to ride it down when it deflates.Peyton is trying to walk across the bars. The real workout is for me trying to hold him up. He is getting so heavy.

1st Day of School

So, Peyton had his first day of school today. I think he was nervous because last night he got up 3 times and wasn't sleeping very good. But, he slept in this morning and was ready to go when he got up. I dropped him off at 9 a.m. and he went right into his room and started playing. I gave him a quick hug bye and snuck out. Me and a friend went to breakfast together and then to Costco to pass some time. It was so weird not having the kiddos with us and so quiet here at the house. I missed him so much!! When I picked him up at 1 he was still having fun and laughing so overall it was a success. He was very excited to see me and quickly asked for Woody once we were in the car. He isn't supposed to bring toys from home so we had to put Woody and Bullseye (Woody's horse) in Peyton's backpack while he was in school. Peyton wasn't too excited about this but forgot about them once he walked in class. I was so glad to have him back in my arms after those 4 hours. I am sure I will enjoy the time more once we have done it more than once but it sure was hard the first day. Here are some pictures from his first day.

Peyton and Avery on our front porch swing before their first day of school.

I think we are going to have to make this an annual picture.
Peyton with Woody and Bullseye on the way to school.
Walking up to school.
So grown up!!Peyton already playing with the toys.
He loves this kitchen. We might have to get him one.Here Peyton is in his classroom right before I picked him up. There are 5 boys in his class and 3 girls. So the boys will have some competition.

3rd Hair cut

I took Peyton to get his 3rd hair cut today. He is starting school tomorrow (mother's day out) and so I thought a nice hair cut was a must. He loves this place because he can watch a movie while he is getting a trim. Its to funny. Here are some pictures.
Peyton thinks he is playing X-box. There was a big kid playing on it before him. Peyton also gets to have a lollipop while relaxing in his race car. As you can see Peyton has a new favorite toy. Here you can see Woody's legs sticking out. He goes with us everywhere now.My precious boy. He is growing up so fast. I can't believe it. Wish us luck tomorrow. It will be sad to drop him off at school tomorrow but also nice having some time to myself. I promise to post some pictures of his first day.

Baby Shower

My awesome Playgroup Mamas gave Kathie (another playgroup Mama who is due within a day of me) a shower today. It was so much fun. We got a ton of good stuff. Thank you girls, I love you guys!!!

Jungle Java

We went to this cool place this morning with some friends. It is called Jungle Java and they serve food and coffee and it has this huge area for the kids to play in. Peyton had the best time running all around. I don't know how he gets so much energy. I tried to keep up with him for awhile but I'm getting bigger by the day and wasn't really fitting into all the small spaces he was. He was perfectly fine going all around by himself. It was really fun watching him have so much fun. Here are some pictures of him and his friends playing. If you haven't been to this place you need to go.