Monday, October 08, 2012

New Jersey and Birthday Fun


Over our three day weekend, my mom and I took the girls on a road trip to New Jersey to celebrate two special birthdays. Lilly turned three and Sophie turned 6! Lilly had an awesome purple hippo cake (her favorite animal and color), and the highlight for Sophie was opening her presents. She loved everything, and she was especially surprised to open Mel's Skipper doll. It has always been her favorite toy when visiting South Dakota. Skipper is 40+ years old and comes with lots of clothes and accessories, many that are handmade. Sophie has hardly let it out of her sight over the last two days!


Does it look like someone is having fun?



Another picture of the birthday girl.

New Jersey is about 3 weeks ahead of Northern Virginia weather-wise. The rolling mountains adorned in shades or orange, yellow, and red were gorgeous! The leaves were so fun!





We went to a great farm for some fall festivities. It was cold up there! Madeline is still a California girl and not a fan of the cold weather as you can see here. I think the temperature was 52 and a bit rainy.


She warmed up to some rides with her cousins, though.


This ride was a little more Sophie's speed.


We took a hayride to the fields and picked pumpkins! It was muddy, and most of the options were huge, but we managed to find a couple we could carry.




 We had a great trip! The ride took 5.5 hours each way, and I am pleased to report we made all eleven hours without a single electronic for entertainment: no movies or video games. We enjoyed the company of each other and the beautiful scenery!






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