Labor Day weekend!

Usually for Labor Day weekend we travel with our friends the Mowery's to Sun River or the coast but this year with two small babies under 2 months and Brooke having to go back to work for a few weeks to set up her classroom we decided not to go any where.  That freed us up to visit my parents down in Corvallis for the long weekend and to take Brandon to Enchanted Forest and to his other places he loves to visit in Corvallis.

We started off meeting my mother in Salem at Enchanted Forest on Friday on our way down to Corvallis.  Brandon was super excited to see his CiCi.  He enjoyed running around Enchanted Forest, mainly through the tunnels and into the little houses.  I had forgotten all the little fairy tales that it celebrated and found myself reminiscing about all the times I had visited as a child.  Brandon was a bit scared of the witches and we did not even attempt the Haunted House (one of the scariest ones I have ever been in).  He did go on a super slide with my mom and Sean and did go on the original Bob Sled roller coaster that I went on 20 plus years ago twice with both Sean and myself.  Olivia did great and napped pretty much the entire time in her stroller except just to eat a few times.  We finished the outing with a picnic lunch in front of the colored water show (one of our favorites as a kid).

Daddy, Brandon, and Ci Ci going through the tunnels

Going in the tunnels at Enchanted Forest with CiCi

Going through the key hole

I believe this was the three bears one

Witch slide!

Looking at Goldilocks sleeping in little bear's bed

Shoes slide

Having a blast going down the slide with CiCi

Brandon and CiCi

Daddy and Brandon going down the slide

My sweet baby girl having fun in her stroller

In the Bob Sled Roller Coaster

 Brandon was stoked to get to my parents house and see the tin man, scarecrow, Dorothy, and the wicked witch figurines that he gets to play with at my parent's house.  He was also excited to see my Dad, Baba, as he had not seen him in a while.  He ran around my parents house and had tea parties with my mom and did a lot of imaginary play with the wizard of oz figurines and his playmobile house we brought.  On Saturday, we woke up to a warm day and went to Otter Beach, a large out door swim pool in Corvallis during their toddler hour.  Brandon had so much fun playing in the water and going down the big slide with Sean over and over again.  Olivia napped during the entire time and enjoyed her rest in the shade.  Brandon also went down two slides by himself that he was really scared to originally go down.  We were so proud of him that he conquered his fears!

Going down the water slide Brandon was scared of at first by himself

So much fun at Otter Beach

 During the day on Saturday, the Ducks played their first football game against Nichols St.  I had fun dressing Olivia up in duck gear for her first game.  On Saturday night, Sean and I got to go out to dinner for a long over due dinner by ourselves and to celebrate our 7th year anniversary a month later.  My parents graciously watched Olivia and Brandon for us.  We went out to dinner at Big River and had a very yummy dinner and yummy Big River drinks.  We also watched the Beavers lose to a Division 2 school Eastern Washington.

First Ducks game!

On Sunday, Sean went golfing with his mother and we met her for breakfast so she could see her grand kids before they played 18 holes of golf.  My mom and I took Brandon to Avery Park to play on the large train and at the park.  I have many fond memories of playing at Avery Park as a child and of getting my senior pictures done at the park.  The roses were in full bloom and very beautiful there at this time of the year.  Sunday night, Sean and I had our fantasy football draft for our dynasty league that we are in with a bunch of our friends.  It was fun preparing for the draft and then doing the draft.  I am pretty happy with my team and excited to watch the Seattle Seahawks, who many project to make the super bowl, play this year.

We packed up on Monday to head home.  It was a very fun Labor weekend filled with lots of help with the kiddos and rest.  Olivia is growing up so fast.  She began cooing purposefully and quite often over Labor Day weekend.  She is such a sweet heart and loves to cuddle and be held.  It was great that my parents got to spend time with her and Brandon.