It was 49 degrees and windy. A perfect day in my mind to stay home and snuggle in a blanket and watch a movie with popcorn and hot chocolate. But the kids decided they wanted to brave the cold and have some fun on Saturday.
So we first headed to Home Depot for their kids workshop, which is usually inside and warm. Not this time, we thought it a little crazy that they had tables set up outside for the kid to build their helicopters, since it was freezing outside. We braved the cold and had had the kids start on their projects, but before long our hands were freezing and we could barely hold the hammer to nail. So we packed up our projects and headed over to the pumpkin painting station so the girls could paint. I gave them a quick 5 minutes to finish so that we could head inside the store. At this time both Marcus and Natalya were crying from the cold. Home Depot was serving nice warm hot chocolate and grilled hot dogs so we grabbed a few and went to warm up inside the store. Poor Marcus couldn't stop shaking once inside. We enjoyed our warm treats inside while doing a little shopping and thawing out. We headed back outside to find a firetruck and more activities. The kids had fun climbing all through the truck and eating cupcakes and hunting for prizes in the hay. It ended up being lots of fun but we sure liked being able to get back in our car and warm up.
Home Depot Kids Workshop
The kids in the fire truck.
Poor Natalya was freezing.
Marcus loved driving the truck.
Hunting for prizes in the hay.
Raquel found a prize!
After a freezing morning you would think that we would head back home and snuggle under a warm blanket, but that is not what we did. We headed out to the Fall Harvest Festival at the Meadowbrook library. I'm glad we went the kids and I had lots of fun and the sun came out and the wind stopped blowing so it wasn't too cold. The kids got to look at another fire truck, ride on a hay ride pulled by horses, play lots of games, eat popcorn and makes lots and lots of crafts.
Fall Harvest Festival
Checking out another fire truck.
Petting the horses that pulled us on the hayride.
This was no leisurely hayride but a hang on to your seat you may fall off the edge type of ride.
I was just glad the girls sat on the inside.
Smiley Marcus enjoying they day with his new fireman hat.
Natalya making one of the many crafts, a pet rock.
The girls were in heaven being able to make so many fun things.
The girls had fun playing lots of different games and collecting tickets for prizes.
You are a trooper. When you mentioned going and snuggling in a blanket, that's exactly what I was thinking when I saw how cold Natalya was. haha. Burr! What a neat day. Such fun memories. I bet fall is beautiful there!
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