Aviation Lesson

Harold the Helicopter from Thomas the Train books is always a bright smiling happy helicopter. Well, as Anna was learning about her different aviation vehicles, she would always call Harold an airplane. Poor Harold, I'm sure that would have taken away his smile! I certainly couldn't let that go on for very long, so today we dropped by the Gilbert Hospital on our way home. I spoke with the front office person and asked about showing my daughter their helicopter close up. I was kind of expecting either a "no", or being able to maybe look out of a window near the helipad. Little did I know how cool Native Air was! I received a personal tour with the girls right on the helipad with the paramedic that actually goes on each flight. He taught us all about how helicopters work, what they take for each flight, how much it costs to operate one, and all these really neat details about helicopters! Anna had so much fun looking at it, and touching everything. She would have gotten a chance to sit inside had it not been for the mechanic currently working on it. Anyway, the paramedic even took our picture - nicest guy ever!
Harold definitely won't be mistaken for an airplane ever again!

Pics Pics Pics

Tummy time is a huge favorite...well, maybe not.



It's okay, she survived.





Sorry about the hair - it was right after nap time. Anna's eyes are SO pretty, they are such an amazing color!



Not much to say, just thought some pictures would be fun.

A Day On The Farm Continued

Okay, this first picture wasn't actually at the farm (see previous post), but out here in Queen Creek, there are some animals that get a little confused; either that, or Target was having a strange sale on REALLY fresh chicken that day...


Here are some of the peach trees we saw during our hay ride. There were more that had bigger blossoms, but apparently I was busy getting Anna a snack during that part...



I loved all the different play areas that kids could enjoy. Anna definitely did as well. That's her bum poking up between the two tunnels.



They even had an area where all the rescued deer gathered to be fed by the hay riders.



Emily missed most of the morning snoozing away. She just doesn't appreciate the things we do for her...

A Day On The Farm

Today was the start of the Peach Festival at Schnepf Farms, so we took advantage of the gorgeous weather and spent the day at the farm! We had never been before and I would definitely say that besides a little unpreparedness by the farm workers, we were not disappointed! Anna had so much fun! There was a little train for her to ride:


She wasn't too excited about sitting on the train as it was running, but as we were choo-chooing along, she kept clapping her hands and laughing out loud.



It was so cool, they even had a tunnel to go through.



Here is Emily and I waiting to leave the station.



There was also a hay ride where we received a guided tour by Mark Schnepf (the farm owner). It truly was a beautiful day and Anna was SO well behaved, having tons of fun looking around and even getting to pet the animals at the "petting zoo". The cost to enter the park and ride all the rides was only $7.00, so it was really great for us. Plus, the farm is less than 5 miles away from our home; what a great deal! :)