Family Fun

Amanda on December 12th, 2011

We left for Disney very early on a Sunday morning.  Our flight left Buffalo at 8:15AM and since I’m a neurotic traveler that likes to arrive the full two hours early, mom and dad came to the house before 6:00AM to drive us to the airport. Right before leaving for the airport: We got checked […]

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Amanda on November 29th, 2011

Ian and Matthew dressed as Captain Hook and Peter Pan this year. We did a dress rehearsal on Sunday, October 30th so that Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Jackie could see the boys all dressed up: On Monday, Ian’s class was having a big Halloween costume party.  Since they were expected to change from their costumes […]

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Amanda on November 22nd, 2011

Showing me the face he wanted carved into the pumpkin…. Helping clean out the pumpkin “nuts” (guts)… Matthew’s pumpkin (“wif a nose wike me!”)… Carving a jack-o-lantern face that Ian drew… Carving my pumpkin after the boys went to bed…

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Amanda on November 22nd, 2011

Back in October, Mike and I took the boys to Kelkenberg Farm to check out their Fall Pumpkin Festival.   They really loved this water-pump-rubber-duck-racing-thingy… Taking a pony ride… Then it was time to go on our hayride… Picking our pumpkins…

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Amanda on September 13th, 2011

Backtracking a bit to early August… We went to Darien Lake the first weekend in August on a day that was supposed to be overcast and potentially rainy.  The rainy weather held off but the crowds were scared away.  The good news was, we had an awesome time and didn’t have to deal with long […]

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