Fall Fun - Cox Farms

We love to find fun places to have family fun in the fall. Even though the weather had been very warm and not very autumnal, we still wanted to get into the spirit so we took some time and went to a new place for us called Cox Farms. It wasn't that far from the house, only about 45 minutes which is not too bad of a drive with the girls.

There were a lot of people there when we arrived but it didn't stop us from having a good time. We played on bales of hay, saw lots of farm animals and rode down a lot of slides. Jasmine even got brave and tried out a rope swing for the first time.
One of my favorite parts was the goat petting area. Ava must have tried to pet every goat there. She was fearless and just giggles every time she caught up with a goat and patted him. Jasmine too was unafraid but I expected that since she is older.
We went on a hayride that was OK. I was disappointed that this farm didn't have pumpkin fields and that our hayride wouldn't be taking us to a field for pumpkin picking. To make up for it, they had made these painted wooden displays to keep our interest in the hayride. I didn't see many as I was holding Ava and the visibility wasn't good with all the other people on the wagon.
After some more slide riding (Lorne and I took turns going down with Jasmine), petting a horse, taking a few fun pictures and getting a small pumpkin to take home, we were done with our visit to Cox Farm and decided to call it a day. You can imagine both girls were asleep within five minutes of getting in the car!
On our way home, we stopped by and visited my parents and Ava played with Moto. I couldn't resist taking these cute pictures as she would get on Moto's bed and try to lay with her and sleep with her. Moto was so patient and didn't mind that Ava was bothering her.

Roy Rogers Bowl

I was excited to participate in the first Annual Roy Rogers bowl. One of our good friends, Jeff Todd, owns three Roy Rogers in our area and he decided to sponsor the Mount Vernon vs. Hayfield football game and call it the Roy Rogers bowl and in addition he let me participate as well.I hosted a cupcake eating contest at halftime that turned out to be a big success. Check out the video!

The girls and Lorne were there with me and it was a fun time. I broke out my Edison letter jacket to be in the mood for high school football. I think we will attend this event every year!

Fall Frolic

They have a fall frolic at the school sponsored by the PTA and I signed up to volunteer. I helped with the cake walk and it was very fun. There were lots of fun events and food and Jasmine had a great time. I am glad we participated and even though I didn't get a lot of photos, here a few to give you an idea.

Back to School Night

My first back to school night as the Mommy of a Kindergartner! I was so excited. I was excited to see what they had been working on and how things were going in the classroom. I have been very lucky that Jasmine shares so much of what she does on a daily basis but it is exciting for me to actually go in and see for myself.
Ms. Certo, her teacher did a great presentation explaining to us what they had been doing during the first month of school and I got to see some of Jasmine's artwork and sit in her seat. I love being part of the real school club though it does remind me that Jasmine is getting bigger and growing up which is hard for me to deal with sometimes.

Taste of GW - Goerge Washington University Alumni Weekend

I decided to participate in another taste event - this time at my alma mater - The George Washington University. They were having Alumni weekend and had this great event to showcase restaurants and food establishments owned and operated by GW alum.I was excited to participate and also try other GW alums food as well. They did the event on the university grounds in a big tent and it was very lovely and the weather that day was perfect.
Warren Brown of CakeLove was there as he is a GW graduate from the law school. He is very famous and has been on TV and is a published author. I got to meet him and he was super nice. He has 6 locations in the DC metro area. I was happy to have my product in the same place as his so people could get a side by side comparison.Many people told me that our cupcakes were better than his and that made me super happy! It was a huge success and we didn't have any cupcakes to take home with us when it was over.
The family was there and they had a great time tasting and participating in the fun event.