Edmonton Corn Maze 2011

The last hot day of the year was on Saturday. I thought we should spend it outside, so we decided to go to the Edmonton Corn Maze. Adults cost $10 each, kids 6-12 are $8, and kids 5 and under are free. And if you "like" the Edmonton Corn Maze on facebook, you can get $2 off coupons. So it only cost us $22 to go. And it was definitely worth the money.

They usually have sunflowers outlining the maze, and by the time we got there this year, they were a little dead. Except for one. Go little buddy!

They have many things to do besides the maze. They have some farm animals you can feed and pet. My girls loved petting and looking at the animals.

They also have a huge pile of hay you can climb and jump on.

This year, they also had this huge jumping pillow. It was the highlight of the place for the girls. I went and jumped up too. It was really fun. Can you find Hannah in this first picture?

They also have a little dirt track that you can ride bikes on. The girls loved it.

They also have this little train thing called the Corn Cob express, but we didn't go on it. I just made Hannah pose for this picture.

Now it was time for the maze.

And this is what it looked like from above this year.

The girls had fun trying to figure out which way to go in the maze.

And Hannah kept picking up corn off the ground and peeling it.

When we were halfway through the maze, there is an option to exit or go on to the second half. Hannah and I decided to stop and go back to the jumping pillow. And Joe and Taylor ran on to finish the maze.

And she let me take some pictures of her!

When Joe and Taylor got back the girls got some strawberry ice cream.

We got there at about noon and left a little after 3pm. When we got there, there was no line up to pay, and when we left, there was about 50 people waiting to pay! It was a busy day there. So if you do decide to go on a Saturday, go earlier than later! I am planning on going back before the weather gets too cold.

Jurassic Forest

Last week I tagged along during a Gibb get together as we all went to Jurassic Forest. Calee and all her kids, Diane and her twins, and Sis Gibb were there too. It is out in Gibbons, so I car pooled with Barb. We only had Jarom in her van on the way out there, mine and Barb's girls squeezed in Diane's van.

It felt like I was walking in the gates to Jurassic Park in the movie when we got there. Taylor was a little scared at first. But that was probably because she wanted to watch the movie Jurassic Park the day before. We don't have it so I was showing her clips of the movie on youtube. Yes I did show her this scene from the movie. We didn't finish it, she told me she was too scared and to turn it off. I love that movie, saw it 5 times in the theatre!

When you get inside, there are 2 pathways you can take. And along each pathway there are dinosaurs that move!

Hannah wasn't scared at all. In fact she was having major 4 year old pms that day. I am so scared of this girl when she is a teenager.

Scarlett wasn't scared either, we just told her to make that face cause it's super cute.

This next picture was taken right when Barb said there was a pterodactyl in the sky. Haha!

And Jarom was being such a good boy. Of course!

There were those yellow and black caterpillars everywhere and the girls each found one. They both kept telling me to take care of them, I was like, I am not touching that thing, am I right Barb?!!

They had a big open sand area with fake fossils and brushes and other cool dinosaur play structures. The girls loved it!

The girls had so much fun that day. I would definitely take them back. It might have to be a once a year thing though, it cost $30 for me and my 2 girls! But I do think it was worth it.

Finally done!

Remember when I made this ruffle skirt for Ellie.



Well, it was time to make one for each of my girls too. It took me forever to finish them. I think I am not cut out for sewing anymore, I have lost all patience for it. I think I will take a break from it for a while. Anyways, here are some of the pieces I cut out for it. I had to keep them in order or I would be lost!



And here they are finished! I love them! I worked so hard on them, and it took me so long I almost hate them. It think it took me about 20ish hours to make both of them.



And of course I had to take some pictures of the girls wearing them.











The girls love them. They were really excited to try them on. And I am never making this skirt again! I have the pattern if anyone wants to borrow it!

Hot Mama's!

Last weekend a bunch of us got together to say good bye to Amelia and Natasha. Miss you guys! During the day on Saturday we played dress up and then took some pictures. It was so much fun! And it was so easy to take pictures of these beautiful ladies.

I have posted one favourite of each of these lovely ladies. If you want to see more, go to my photography blog here.



















Thanks for such a fun day ladies!

For Ellie

Well, it's actually for Maren. For Maren's Birthday (which was back in February!) I know, I'm such a good sister! I promised her I would make a skirt for Ellie. Maren came over one night before her birthday and picked out material from the material I had for Ellie's skirt. The pattern I was going to use was called the Nie Nie Ruffle skirt.



I cut out all the pieces a while ago, but they sat by my sewing machine for months. I was waiting for a night that I could do it all at once, and I knew it would take me a long time. Last night I finally started at 8pm. And 4.5 hours later...I still wasn't finished. So many ruffles! But I finished today! And it only took me 1 more hour. It would have taken me longer today but there are only 4 ruffle layers on Ellie's skirt instead of 6 like in the pattern. Check out all those ruffles!





It was fun to make because it was the first real time I used my serger. It's not the best serger but it works for me! It was so easy to finish all the edges. I can't wait to see it on Ellie. I hope you like it Maren! Happy super-late Birthday!

Speaking of ruffles, the other day, I found Hannah wearing 4 of her most fluffy tutus. They were sticking out so far. It looked hilarious.





Silly girl. So photogenic.