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Sorry for all of the blurry pics! It was a tough night for the camera to say the least! We had a great time at Boo at the Zoo for the second year in a row! Unfortunately though, we got started off at the bottom part of the Zoo which threw us off for meeting up with the Schneider's! Sorry Guys! Glad we were at least able to meet up for a hot second though!:) Man it was one heck of a windy night!

This past weekend we headed over the Patriot Center to see Disney's Princesses on Ice - Princess Wishes. We went into this not knowing whether or not Olivia would enjoy her first real show and in the back of our minds were kinda of planning for the worst case scenario(meltdown and wanting to leave). I mean we knew she loved ice skating, she's always slipping and sliding at home on the hard wood floors pretending she's ice skating. I think she picked it up from our trip to Rockefeller Center this past January. Anyway, we also know that she l-o-v-e-s princesses so we were kinda hoping she'd stay entertained for the full hour and a half or so. OMG, she freaked out! I mean Disney really knows how to put on a show for these kids! We were also surrounded by like a million little princesses in the crowd.(Sorry, we didn't get the parental memo requesting that you dress your kids up in a costume, I mean sheesh!) Needless to say, we were forced to buy the $20 Little Mermaid wand that lights up and sings the "Under the Sea" song, the $20 Princess Program that comes with a "complementary" fake princess rose, along with the $10 cotton candy bag with "complementary" Mickey Mouse crown thingy, $10 collectable popcorn box thing, $5 soda, $5 pretzel and $5 hotdog(okay, the dog was for me!;)). Didn't really mind forking up the cash for the Little Mermaid wand or the Program/rose because they were HUGE hits with Livvy, but they really knew how to push the other stuff on ya! I mean how's a parent gonna get out of buying a huge bag of bright pink and blue cotton candy when the annoying vendors jam it in your kids face! As a parent, and like I’ve mentioned before, you really learn how to avoid conflict whenever possible, especially in public. So of course we bought the popcorn, soda and cotton candy.;) She can't get enough popcorn now, she loves it! Anyway, it was her first time eating cotton candy, so that was kinda fun for her to experience. For those of you who haven’t had it in a while, I definitely recommend it. I forgot how it melts in your mouth! Olivia was beside herself! And how can you put a price tag on that, you know? Anyway, we all had an incredible time! You know, it's pretty amazing how your kid can turn something as dreadful as "Princess Wishes" on a Saturday night into a lot of fun for all of us! I mean the look on her face when this big dragon thing came out and sprayed fire all over the ice, was truly priceless! I would give up any amount of money or any night of the week for moments like that!:)

We took a trip out to Pumpkinville in Leesburg this past Sunday with The Schneider's and Linda, Chris' Mom. In the early am it was looking really gloomy, but it quickly cleared up and it turned out to be a b-e-a-utiful day! We all had a ton of fun and we ended up coming home with 5 pumpkins! I'll send some pics of the jack-o-lantern we're planning to carve up this weekend a bit later. Anyway, see the pics below and don't forget to click on them for a caption. Hope you all enjoy!