Ponies & Neighborhood Halloween Party

Last Saturday after the Character Breakfast we went to a kid's party in Yadkinville. They had 2 ponies there and Makena and Megan were excited to ride them.

I've decided that Everett is fearless. He "rode" a pony and was held by Darth Vader in the same day. He definitely doesn't spook easily.

 This picture makes me smile... 

Our entire weekend started to unravel at the birthday party. I had taken Makena inside to use the restroom and returned to find out that Megan had just thrown up in the middle of the party. Thank goodness it was outside! She continued to be sick every 30-60 minutes until later that night. She was a pitiful sight. Our neighborhood Halloween party was that night so Phil stayed home with Megan and I took Makena and Everett to the party.

 The Space Shuttle Commander...

All 5 of us ended up getting whatever Megan had. It was terrible! Phil even called into work on Monday and that never happens. I personally haven't been that sick in ages and that's saying a lot because I get pretty sick when I'm pregnant. There was a point when I was sick and holding a bucket for Makena while Phil held sick little Everett over a sick. We were all dehydrated so my parents brought us Pedialyte and Gatorade after my poor mom had a root canal here in town. I'm so, so glad we're back on track!

Ronald McDonald House Character Breakfast

A few weeks ago we received this invitation...

We told Makena and Megan where we were going but I don't think they fully understood. We heard that quite a few kids were going to wear costumes so we let the kids were their Halloween costumes. Clifford, Pongo and the Scarecrow loved our astronaut, Everett. I seriously had to pull him away so they would stop oohing and aahing over him. I think he was pretty enthralled by them, too.

Each child was given an autograph book and pen when they went in. We lucked up and were seated with our friends Clara and Anna. (The pics from the character breakfast aren't great. I'm a little frustrated with my camera.) There really aren't any good pictures of my poor Pooh Bear. I'll tell you why on the next blog post.

Check out all the different characters that were at the breakfast!

Makena managed to get everyone's autograph. Megan didn't like a few of the characters so she missed a few. She didn't care for Darth Vader or the storm trooper nor did she like Captain Jack Sparrow. Tinkerbell was pretty cute. Her mom was standing nearby watching her sign autographs.

Makena and Megan love Princess and the Frog so we were glad to see Princess Tiana there!

Bolt from the Winston-Salem Dash was there, too! When they introduced him he was bouncing all over the place. Phil said he looked like he had drank one too many Red Bulls. :)

They each got a hug from Bolt!

We'll take a Deacon fix any chance we can get!

Saturday turned out not to be a great day for Megan. Looking at her here it is reminiscent of her birthday last year. You can check that blog entry here.

Here are the girls with Glenda, the Scarecrow, Dorothy (& Toto!) and the Lion from the Wizard of Oz. I think the Lion was still signing our autograph book.

Makena decided that she liked Spiderman. Megan, not so much.

We love Spidey!

Makena thought Captain Jack was a silly character. When I took the picture he told Makena to make her very best pirate face. I'm not really sure that she made her best pirate face but Captain Jack certainly did make her laugh.

No matter how much they've grown they still love Elmo!

Cinderella was Makena's favorite princess last year.

I thought the Mad Hatter had a pretty cool costume. Alice and the Queen of Hearts were also there but I didn't get any great pictures with them.

Makena and Megan both liked the White Rabbit because it reminded them of Potty!

I snapped a quick picture of Makena after she had gotten autographs from The Nutcracker characters.

This year Makena's favorite princess is Snow White. Which you may have already been able to figure out by looking at her costume. And of course Megan likes Snow White because Makena likes Snow White.

If my camera had been cooperating this would have been the best picture. We were almost finished getting autographs when I realized that I hadn't gotten hardly any with Everett. So I asked Darth Vader if he could hold a baby. He nodded yes so I plopped Everett in his hands. (Everett tinkled on his astronaut costume moments earlier and had to have a wardrobe change.) Everett loved Darth Vader! (He was really tall as he should be.) Everett was smiling and kicking up a storm. There were strangers behind us taking pictures of them together so if a good one turns up on the RMH website I'll post it on the blog!

Makena got Padme Amidala's autograph. If you look to the left side of the picture you can see Darth Vader's storm trooper. Megan didn't care to see any of them. She said, "I don't like the robots."

Ronald McDonald was the last character we saw. He definitely gave the best autographs. He wrote his name but also drew a picture of himself. Makena and Megan both called him Old MacDonald a couple of times. :)

Makena and Megan each got a giant lollipop and a Ronald MacDonald cookie before they left.

I'm so glad we were able to take the kids to such a fun event! I think it was an excellent idea and great way to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House!

WF Soccer Game & Pumpkin Painting

Makena's soccer coach treated her team to a Wake Forest Women's soccer game. We've taken the girls to a ton of Wake football games and they have been to Wake basketball games but we had never been to a soccer game. I guess it was about time, huh? Makena and Megan were super pumped to see their pal, the Deacon, at the game!

All the kids wanted to watch the game down by the field.

There was quite a bit of dancing going on down there! They play some pretty good music at those soccer games!

Phil was on call but was able to sneak away from work for part of the game.

The highlight of the entire night was the kids getting to go out on the field at the end of the game. They were so excited! They got to run all over the field and talk to the team. The team was pretty pumped up, too, because they just had a 2-1 win over Maryland. For some reason my camera has been spazzing out the last few days. So some of the pics from the next few blog posts won't be so great.

Here are the Commodores and the Wake Forest women's soccer team. Makena is over to the left next to number 2. And Megan is sitting on the ground in the middle of the group in front of number 12.

The girls were a little hesitant to go and talk to the soccer players. I think they were worn out as it was way past their bedtime. The game didn't even start until 7pm!

Sweet girls on the soccer field.

We finally got around to painting our pumpkins. I say finally because the girls wanted to come home and paint them when we bought them a week or two ago and have been asking about it ever since.

 Here are the girls and their finished pumpkins!



Last Soccer Game & Touch a Truck

Makena had her last soccer game this past weekend. For the parents it was a little bittersweet. It will be nice to eliminate a couple of activities every week (practice & games) and we will also enjoy having our Saturday mornings free again. But we will miss our friends and it seems like the seasons is ending just as the kids were starting to really get into it. Makena played really well. She played 2 quarters and was chasing the ball the whole time (in the past she just followed the herd.) She made contact with the ball quite a few times and even attempted a few goals. She also had fun being goalie and stopped the other team from scoring. 

 There is our number 9!

 She got 2 more patches this week!

 Team huddle...

 Here are all the kids with their trophies...

On Sunday, we went to Touch a Truck at the Children's Museum. We weren't able to spend a lot of time there because we had a pretty busy Sunday and Phil was having a terrible call weekend. But the kids had a lot of fun and got some awesome construction hats and other goodies from the Policemen and everyone else there.

We rocked out to Big Bang Boom! 

 I'm sure Everett will be LOVING Touch a Truck next year!