fall fun

Last week was a busy but fun week!  It was the beginning of leaves changing, a few outings with friends & fall activities.  On Friday we went to Radar Family Farms with some friends from Champaign-it was a beautiful day to be outside & it was fun to be with our Moser friends...thanks again for coming!

 Joah, Crew & Haven loved the Corney Bins...

 ...and the caterpillar ride...

 ...and the hay jump [I love these pics!]...

 

...and the see-saw!  Haven and Crew were the perfect sizes to evenly go up & down.

 Joah, Gretch, Oakley, Haven and Joah...thanks for a fun day!

Friday night we had dinner with friends, the Sauders, in Peoria...it was great catching up & seeing how their beautiful children have grown; unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of the evening...however, Jody was kind enough to send home some fun dress up peices for our princess to play with & by 8:00am the next morning, Haven had transformed herself into Belle :)  Thanks again friends!

Saturday morning we headed to the ISU Horticultural Center for the Worldwide Day of Play.  They had fun fall activities with a corn maze, scavenger hunt, pumpkin donuts [Haven's favorite], scarecrows, arts & crafts [Haven's second favorite] and hayrides.  

And then Saturday night, after several big days and no nap, we decided to try camping...again.  This was our second attempt to spend a night outdoors, behind our house, to hopefully one day take Haven camping elsewhere.  Before subjecting the general public to our 2.5 year old, we thought a successful trial run in our backyard might boost our confidence...

 we roasted marshmallows...

Haven wasn't so sure about the whole marshmallow + chocolate + graham cracker concept...she just wanted the chocolate!

we told stories & sang songs...we watched the beautiful Harvest moon rise...

 

...and finally after about 9:00pm, she finally calmed down & fell asleep...all night...in the tent!  

Success!