Tell Me 'bout It Tuesday

Welcome back to Tell Me 'bout It Tuesday. Each week I'll post about a mommy hood situation that's got me baffled. This is your chance to show off all your mommy smarts AND get answers to a situation that's got you confused. To participate, simply leave a comment with your smarty pants answer...and if you'd like, include a question in your comment that's got you puzzled. This will be a great time for all us mommies to help each other out and visit new blogs we haven't yet seen!

What's puzzling me this week:
How would you chose to spend your Valentine's Day if it had to be more of a family day instead of a day focused on romance?

Leave a comment if you've got an answer...leave your link if you need advice too!

Halloween

Notice Lorelai's skinned knee...she sustained the injury while resisting to have her photo taken. I don't want to sound mean...so, you can just read my mind to see how I feel about that.
Notice also that the pirate in this picture demanded that eyeliner be part of his get up. Wow.


Hmm...let's see...this little girl is wearing a letter sweater and poodle skirt...looks to me like a 50's costume...yet, I still had a guy say "Oh! It's a sorority girl!"
Huh?


We had lots of fun trick or treating...as always. I'm a huge fan of Halloween and I look forward to the day we have our own house...so that I can go so over the top decorating that the neighbors think I'm nuts.

A Must-Do Family Day!

Would you believe that just a little over 10 miles from the hustle and bustle of Hall Road and Lakeside Mall you can experience:
fields of corn
dirt roads
roadside produce stands
big old barns
I've always know that most of Michigan is in fact country...I just didn't realize that such a beautiful spectacle was so close to my house!
Today I ventured out with Lorelai to Wolcott Mill. It is located near Romeo Plank Road and extends between 31 and 26 Mile Road. You can find all the details here. The park offers many things to experience, (including a historic grist mill and hiking trails) but our focus today was the farm center.
I can't express how much I enjoyed the ride to Wolcott Mill. We took Schoenherr to 26 Mile Road, 26 east to Romeo Plank Road, Romeo Plank north to 31 Mile, and 31 east to Wolcott Road (which you take south to the Farm Center entrance. I would drive this again JUST for the view. The stretch of 31 Mile we took is a dirt road as was Wolcott. I highly recommend this route if you (like I) adore a hilly, tree lined dirt road. I had to stop myself from pulling over and taking a picture!
The farm center is located at the northern end of the park. Lorelai and I enjoyed getting up close to chickens, pigs, sheep, goats, ponies, a donkey, dairy cows, and a baby cow.





All the animals were friendly and, as you can see, the grounds of the farm are quite picturesque (good for us photo lovers!).
The farm center was offering hay rides today for $4 (which also included cider and a doughnut). I was going to pass up a ride...until I saw that it was a HORSE DRAWN hay cart! I couldn't resist!


We were sad that daddy wasn't with us...but we can't wait to go back! During October Wolcott will be running hayrides out to their pumpkin patch where you can pick your own pumpkin! There will also be a farm Halloween event and trick or treat event as well as Santa events in December. GO!