In the Wild Wild West

We ended August by spending the day at Wild West Town with friends. We had tried to plan an event for scouts there, but kept being rejected, so we decided to just go ourselves. It was a really fun time.

Getting in the cowboy mood in the gift shop.

Holding the new Georgie Pig I bought for her after she first tried to steal him by walking out of the gift shop without paying.

First stop was the tepee and the Conestoga wagon.

Next, the kids took a spin on the hand carts. Even Charlotte was able to maneuver all the way around the track by herself.

We caught a live show. It was pretty corny, but I suppose that's how they are supposed to be.

We tried our hand at slingshots and mining for gold. They were each given a pouch upon entry and got to keep any of the fool's gold they found.

The kids' favorite part was the little canoe ride and the roller coaster.

The roller coaster was so rickety I thought it would fall apart, but they weren't very far off the ground, so I wasn't too worried.

CeCe and I rode it a few times too.

We also did some shot gun and arrow shooting and rode the ponies.

CeCe looks like such a natural on her horse and this was the perfect opportunity to wear her cowboy boots.

To cap off the day, we stopped for some candy in the candy store and CeCe got her face painted.

It was a great day in the wild west with friends.

Pre-K and Trolls

A week after the boys, Charlotte started her first day of school in the Pre-K class.

 For her first big girl backpack (one that was big enough to fit a folder), she chose Princess Jasmine.

She was a happy girl on her first day of school and immediately went and sat next to her best friends, Faith and Avery.

The next day, she accompanied Noah to a dermatology appointment about the hemangioma on his forehead that still hadn't disappeared. While we waited, Noah read books to her.

Later that day, we worked on making her Peppa Pig clay characters that she received for her birthday.

She also assembled her new princess necklaces.

And we said goodbye to our library sign that we displayed all summer.

That weekend, I took Charlotte to Blackberry Farm for a special Trolls event. We got to meet both Poppy and Branch. 

We also made bracelets and had cupcakes. This is the same place where the boys had their Harry Potter event, but the Trolls event wasn't as elaborate.

We also rode the merry go round, the train, and the hay ride. 

 For the finale, we watched the Trolls movie while munching some popcorn.