Whew! Here it is Tuesday and this Mommaw Bev is still dragging. Seems we packed the weekend full of fall/halloween events and now the recovery is lagging. Mind you, I added a third Zumba class to my schedule on Fridays and I was still sore when I got up on Saturday. How is it that you can walk till your hearts content and never feel it, but the minute you add another 60 minutes shimmy and shake session and suddenly your hips feel as if you've spent 60 hours on a horse?
I did NOT let it stop me! I swallowed some naproxen and off we went. There were several things on the "to do list" and we started friday evening off with some train time. Funny, the sound of that little choo-choo running was calming? We all crawled into bed excited about the rest of the weekend at a fairly decent hour.
Saturday morning our first stop was our Co-op farm, Kruthaup Farm, just outside of Morrow. Crisp and sunny weather on tap and we were all excited. Trenton got to pick out two pumpkins from the patch that we rode out to on a hay covered flatbed attached to her beloved John Deer tractor. There were too many choices and he wandered around liking just about every pumpkin he found. After we gathered our goods it was back to the barn to go out and gather gourds. Ummmm, remind me next year to put on our wellies! Let's just say gourds like to grow in soggy muddy area's!
Three sets of muddy shoes later and we were off to the Cincinnati Zoo for their HallZOOween event. We LOVE the Zoo!!! And I must say, that's a good thing! The HallZOOween events were kinda disappointing. We did get several coupons....no real treats at this event. But, it was ok! We found our beloved Rhinoceros from Trenton's current favorite story, "Rhino, Rhino, Sweet Potato."
Needless to say, Trenton napped on the way home. I, myself cranked up the seat warmer and we all crawled into the house, got our snugly jammies on and I threw together dinner and then we had a blast cleaning out the "Icky Pumpkin Guts!" for our jack o'lanterns. Trenton admitted to us that this was the first time he had done this and he was very fascinated and extremely happy with the outcome.
Sunday morning came and slowly we all got ourselves moving and we were off to Kings Island for their Trick or Treat with the Dinosaurs and the Halloween Festival they put together for children. Can I just tell you....This was the best part of the weekend! Kudos to Kings Island!! They really did a wonderful job! Of course, I was naproxened up, but, the Trick or Treat was delightful. Several trick or treat booths that had not only candy, but spiders and snakes, apples and a mini pumpkin. Loot bag filled we headed over to the festival. There were 3 mazes, a john deer tractor (pedaling)maze, petting zoo,where Trenton got nipped on by a donkey, children's games that you ALWAYS won a prize at, he got to make a Halloween mask, could ride on a pony and dance in a foam pit. The two of the later we skipped.And then we managed to get in some actual park rides, and Trenton rode the Pumpkin Coaster with his hands raised high the entire time!And the boys took one last seasons trip to the top of the Eiffel Tower. We closed out our Kings Island season well!
David commented that when we left the park and headed to the car he noticed that for the first time we all were content. Not once did Trenton say he didn't want to leave, or pout, and he actually looked forward to getting home to see Emma, and other than being worn out from keeping up with a preschooler, we were both smiling as we wandered off into the parking lot to find the car. You guys know we get every other weekend with him, but honestly after 6 months of visits, this was the Best One Yet! I'm glad I took a lot of pictures, cause we will all want to remember it forever!
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