Today we had a MOPS event at
Ticonderoga Farms. It was raining very hard when we left our house but when we got on 66, it started snowing! It was beautiful at the tree farm.
Meredith and her family and a few other families braved the weather this morning.
The kids had fun playing. Wesley and Lydia had on snow boots, snow bibs, and their heavy coats.
There was a neat Noah's Arc playground, tee pees (that provided great shelter from the snow), and fire pit. The fire wasn't blazing but it did provide some warmth and now we all smell like campfire. When we first got there, Wesley asked Chris "Is someone camping?"
There were also farm animals - goats, sheep, chickens, and a horse. In better weather you can buy food to feed them.
Santa was inside a heated barn. Wesley told Santa that he wants a remote control airplane. We know it is going to get harder to just ignore Santa as the kids get older. Normally they just get their picture taken with him (like they do with Mickey Mouse) but this time Santa asked what they wanted for Christmas. Later, we did tell Wesley that all the presents will be from Mommy and Daddy and other family members.
The kids quickly wanted to go back outside to play more in the snow.
Wesley and Lydia really liked the big slides. I didn't get a better picture of the slides because my hands were very wet and cold every time I took pictures and I was beginning to worry about how wet my camera was getting.
I was disappointed when we got home and there wasn't as much snow in our neighborhood. Chris asked me, "What did you expect?" Well, I was hoping that somehow we had gotten just as much as they got in the western suburbs. The grass isn’t even fully covered.
Meredith and her family and a few other families braved the weather this morning.
The kids had fun playing. Wesley and Lydia had on snow boots, snow bibs, and their heavy coats.
There was a neat Noah's Arc playground, tee pees (that provided great shelter from the snow), and fire pit. The fire wasn't blazing but it did provide some warmth and now we all smell like campfire. When we first got there, Wesley asked Chris "Is someone camping?"
There were also farm animals - goats, sheep, chickens, and a horse. In better weather you can buy food to feed them.
Santa was inside a heated barn. Wesley told Santa that he wants a remote control airplane. We know it is going to get harder to just ignore Santa as the kids get older. Normally they just get their picture taken with him (like they do with Mickey Mouse) but this time Santa asked what they wanted for Christmas. Later, we did tell Wesley that all the presents will be from Mommy and Daddy and other family members. 
The kids quickly wanted to go back outside to play more in the snow.
Wesley and Lydia really liked the big slides. I didn't get a better picture of the slides because my hands were very wet and cold every time I took pictures and I was beginning to worry about how wet my camera was getting.
I was disappointed when we got home and there wasn't as much snow in our neighborhood. Chris asked me, "What did you expect?" Well, I was hoping that somehow we had gotten just as much as they got in the western suburbs. The grass isn’t even fully covered. 
2 comments:
Mark & I realized that this is where we went last year, though we didn't actually find a tree we liked there. It was a very cool tree farm, though. I'm glad you liked it. :)
That first picture of the trees blanketed in snow is amazing! That was quite a lot of snow!!
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